Give the gift of creativity...
Both classes are beginner friendly and young person friendly, though I would recommend no younger than 8 years of age and able to follow simple instructions to avoid injury from the sharp felting needles. Contact Leaping Llamas Artisan Shop to reserve your spots: https://www.leapingllamas.com/ Classes to be held at The Wool Market & DIY School located at 420 N. Main in Hutchinson, KS are being finalized for mid-January. Stay tuned as details are confirmed. You will also be able to find me at Winter Woolfest 2020 in Wamego, KS on Saturday, January 26th, where you’ll be able to take...
Come Create with me!
I love teaching people how to tap into their creativity... It's so fun to be able to find things around your house to use as tools to help stab things into existence. Grab a cookie cutter and you can utilize everything from your felting kits! How fun is this little caption bubble we stabbed into existence. Felting kits are available now grab yours - they make great gifts too!
Where I began
Some of you have known me from early on in my felting journey, and you have seen my work transform and evolve slowly over the past ten+ years. Some of you only know me from what I’ve been teaching and doing these past several years, as I’ve honed my teaching skills in local workshops, convention classes, and guild events and meetings. But I dare say that very few, if any of you, recall my early work, for which I was, at the time, as a self taught felter, very proud. Now some of these make me cringe: I show you...
My Biggest Fan.
The fellow in the picture with me, taken in April 2010 while we were on my birthday trip to Savannah, GA, is Randall “Randy” Walker, my husband. This picture was taken just a couple of years after I had discovered, and immersed myself into felting, and I am amazed that he isn’t rolling his eyes because of my felt “covering every horizontal surface of our home”. But, we were away from home, so maybe that explains his smile! Randy was my biggest fan, even when the house WAS covered in felt, or fiber was flying, or I asked him to...
What you don't know...
WHERE DO I FIND WOOL TO BEGIN FELTING?
I am often asked where to find fibers with which to felt, and the answer is simple-EVERYWHERE! First and foremost-look local. Your community extension office or 4H club may have listings for fiber producers in your area, you may find fiber producers at your local farmers market or fiber festivals, and your community, or one nearby, may have a fiber guild. All of these are excellent resources to provide you with local fiber. Second-look to etsy.com or artfire.com for independent fiber producers. Some of my favorite sellers are the following: Treasure Goddess is a dear friend, and while her main...