Half the fun of felting, whether you’re nuno, wet, or needle felting, is incorporating all those luxurious, beautiful, textural fibers other than wool. Embellishment fibers can vary widely and include cotton, silk, animal fibers, yarn, threads, linen, nylon and soooo much more. I sat down with my mom, Sharon, our in-house felting extraordinaire, to pick […]
Tips and Tricks for Felting with Cotton Cheesecloth
Join Sharon and Hannah as The Tin Thimble talks tips and tricks for nuno felting with cotton cheesecloth and achieving a more casual look.
How to Solve 5 Common Nuno Felting Problems
We’ve taught a lot of people how to nuno felt. In our eleven years of business, we’ve introduced thousands (literally!) of students to the beautiful art of nuno felting. This means we’ve met a lot of incredible people, seen many draw-dropping felted items and also seen our fair share of mishaps. Today, we’ll be sharing […]
Our Favorite Felting Tools
Today we’re going to do a quick run-through of our favorite felting tools for both nuno and wet methods. If you’ve just registered for a workshop with us, or are just getting into felting on your own, this will be a great introduction to some tools of the trade. Felting is a creative process, and […]
Felting with the Guys – Wet Felted Slippers
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 […]
Felting with Lace – A Fun Textural Experiment
Are you curious about felting with lace? We were too! We recently received an exciting order of garment fabrics from one of our favorite distributors and included in the box were several types of lace. If you follow us on Instagram (@thetinthimble), you may have heard us mention this already. The pink and red are […]
A Mother-Daughter Day in the Classroom
Last month, Sharon taught a private lesson with her daughter Jill, and two customers, Yoko and ‘Gaga’. Gaga is Yoko’s mother and because Yoko doesn’t speak English, and Sharon doesn’t speak Japanese, ‘Gaga’ is what Sharon called her. I’m sure her real name was much lovelier, had Sharon been able to pronounce it. It was […]
Creating Tree Bark with Wool – A New Textural Workshop with Sharon Mansfield
Sharon recently developed a textural workshop that we’re super excited about. In her brand new, advanced level, Tree Bark workshop, students will create a piece that is knotty, lumpy, knobby, and loaded with different textural elements. Through modified versions of the Japanese technique, shibori, hand stitching is utilized to form and sculpt a rough tree-bark […]
Carders, Batts, and a Potential Carding Workshop
Hello everyone! As you know, we held our annual Felt Fest a few weekends ago (if you want to see pictures of the festivities, click here). We continue to hold this event year after year (this year was our sixth Felt Fest!) because it’s a whirlwind of creativity. With three, or four, workshops happening simultaneously, […]
The Coolest Handbag Workshop We’ve Ever Offered
Sure, we may be a little biased, but I’m fairly confident that Sharon’s upcoming Compound Resist Handbag workshop is the creme de la creme of purse workshops here at the Thimble. This 2-day workshop will be happening during Felt Fest, and if you’re interested in signing up, you can find more details here. This bag […]