It occurred to me that you may not know what handmade felt is all about.
This is not meant to be a tutorial on how to make felt… just a brief description for you. There are many different ways to make it but this was the first technique I learnt.
My felt begins with unspun sheep wool. This is just a small part of my stash. I have wool straight from the sheeps back, as well as wool that has been washed and combed. Some is commercially dyed, some I dye myself.
Generally, I use merino. It is soft and easy to work with. Occasionally, for special projects, I use a courser type, like corriedale. It is much more difficult to felt but is harder wearing and hold its shape well.
Felt created using a wet technique begins with pulling out tufts of wool and laying them down in the same direction.
The next layer goes down across the first. And so on, until you have a thick, soft batt.
To make the wool really interesting you can vary the colours. In this way the finished fabric has wonderful changes and blends that commercial felt rarely has.
This is where the
work starts. The wool batt is sprinkled with soapy water.
A layer of gauze is placed over this and the water is gently worked into it. Working it further with small circular hand rubs starts to intertwine and tangle the fibres. This is the beginning of the felting process.
If the wool doesn’t pull apart when it is pinched and gently tugged, we are ready for the next step.
The batt is rolled up in bubble wrap and rolled back and forth for 50 – 100 rolls. Unwrap it, turn it, roll, repeat. This goes on for a while. Definitely a good way to give your upper body a workout.
Occasionally the piece can be thrown onto the table; it can squished in your hands; and rolled a bit more. It can take a fair amount of time and effort to work the wool.
Eventually the surface texture of the piece changes. The sheet of fabric, which had become very thin when wetted down, has thickened a bit and shrunk markedly.
Voila! It is done and ready to use in whatever way you like.
Maybe a tail?
Accessory
Wall Hanging
Nuno Felt 
There are two styles so far. The little Mary Janes with a tiny strap. And the wrap over ones. I think they are kind of cute.
From time to time I make a sheet of felt to cut up and use for a project and have pieces left over. For a while I just left them to sit, until I could see what they might be. And last weekend it came to me. These pieces would make lovely little booties.
Now that it is getting a little colder here where I am, these make a lovely, soft, colourful way to keep little toesies warm. So far I have made them in a size suitable for 3-6 month olds. I’ll see what kind of response I get at the markets and take it from there.
Tell me what you think of them.
These everlasting flowers are a great present, because, well, they last.
They say all the things a flower says, but they go on saying it long beyond the use-by date of a cut flower. Plus you can wrap them with your very own hands and send them overseas.
I wear them on coat and jacket lapels, on hats and bags, to keep a scarf in place, or just to brighten up a T-shirt.
They are listed in my etsy shop here
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeljaysFeltnArt?section_id=7123447
I'm trying to list a new one each day, so pop in regularly to have a look.
They are made using wet felting techniques. I have incorporated bits of shiny silk and tissue silk to create texture and tonal changes. They also have threads of brightly coloured silk that catch the light and make the surface even more interesting.
I am fond of making long tails on my berets. It is just another design detail that sets these ones apart from your stock, standard, mass produced item.
They remind me of the beautiful textures you find on rocks and trees which are covered in lichen and moss.
If you like them they are available in my etsy store
www.beljaysfeltnart.etsy.com
Felt created using a wet technique begins with pulling out tufts of wool and laying them down in the same direction.
The next layer goes down across the first. And so on, until you have a thick, soft batt.
To make the wool really interesting you can vary the colours. In this way the finished fabric has wonderful changes and blends that commercial felt rarely has.
This is where the 
work starts. The wool batt is sprinkled with soapy water.
A layer of gauze is placed over this and the water is gently worked into it. Working it further with small circular hand rubs starts to intertwine and tangle the fibres. This is the beginning of the felting process.
If the wool doesn’t pull apart when it is pinched and gently tugged, we are ready for the next step.
The batt is rolled up in bubble wrap and rolled back and forth for 50 – 100 rolls. Unwrap it, turn it, roll, repeat. This goes on for a while. Definitely a good way to give your upper body a workout.
Occasionally the piece can be thrown onto the table; it can squished in your hands; and rolled a bit more. It can take a fair amount of time and effort to work the wool.
Eventually the surface texture of the piece changes. The sheet of fabric, which had become very thin when wetted down, has thickened a bit and shrunk markedly.
Voila! It is done and ready to use in whatever way you like.
Maybe a tail? 
