Just after Christmas, Sharon showed her grandson, Colby, and her son-in-law, Daniel, how to make their own wet felted slippers. Being the teenager he is, Colby had grown out of the slippers he’d made with Sharon two years back. It was time for a new pair!
The guys started by creating duct tape molds of their feet, just as our students do in our workshop for this class. Next, they created plastic patterns, that also act as a resist, for the correct size and shape of their wet felted slippers. Once they were perfectly formed, the really fun part could start….designing with corriedale wool roving and embellishment fibers!
With red and black for his colors, Colby decided on designing a boot type slipper that would lace up the front.
Dan was inspired by a pattern on a persian rug. To achieve this, he spent a lot of time incorporating yarn and carefully shaped pieces of roving.
Aren’t Colby’s slippers fantastic?! We trust he’ll wear them proudly and often, and can’t wait to see what he makes next, when he grows out of these!
The time and effort Dan put into his design really shows, though they’re not quiiiiite finished yet. The excess at the top of the boot needs to be folded over and a button sewn on to the ‘flap’ in place. He has worn his wet felted slippers every day since he made them and proudly tells those who comment on on them, “Thanks, I made them!”.
Find corriedale, plastic for the slipper pattern (aka resist), soap and more used to make these slippers in our online shop!
Wow, these are fantastic!
I’d love to have my 14 year old son in for a lesson while he continues to grow!!!
Great job guys!
We’d love to have him (and you!) in for a class. Workshops with guys are always fun, they make such different things than many of our female students! Thanks for the comment.
These are both beautiful, great job
Thanks, Carollyn! We’ll pass your message along to the guys.