Felting A Fleece Rug

But she has taken it a step further and has built a loom and woven a rug from fleece.

Felting a fleece rug.

Wool fiber covered with small scales or barbs. Our rugs are made by hand at our smallholding here in sw scotland uk. Felted fleece living cushion. We make living rugs sometimes known as vegetarian sheepskins at our small farm in the peak district.

Buy a rug we make felted sheepskin rugs sometimes known as vegetarian sheepskins at our small farm in devon. Here is a simple method for turning a beautiful shorn fleece into a rug or throw without having to kill the animal to. Some of you may remember a post i wrote here in april about shearing sheep. Easy felted fleece rug advertisement do you love the look of sheepskin rugs.

No skin just wool and love. Handmade on the farm. The combination of hot water soap and agitation coming together to produce a whole new fabric. There is something magical about felting.

The finished rug is felted tight on the backside so that it holds its shape and doesn t fall apart. Made in the uk. For more information on how i make felted fleece rugs click here. It is a kind of alchemy.

Shearing sheep in sweden. Felted fleece sheepskins use sheep wool from shearing not the sheepskin so no animal is harmed during the process. Felting is the process of tangling or interlocking wool fibers to form a permanent mesh structure. Felting a magical process.

Felted rugs are also called vegetarian sheepskins or no skin sheep fleece rugs. We ve recently seen the beautiful fleece rugs she s felted and shown us on the forum with her daughters. Unlike smooth fibers such as cotton and silk wool is uniquely structured to allow for felting. Felted fleece rugs use sheep wool from shearing not the sheepskin that is felted using a technique involving hot water soap and rolling.

Learn wet felting to make a sheep fleece rug.