I am a felt artist and have nowhere to felt. How has this happened ?
In 2008 I moved to live in the Netherlands and shortly afterwards got introduced to the wonderful world of felting. Thanks to Els for that first introduction. As I became more and more addicted to felting , we converted an upstairs room in our Dutch house to a small felting and fitness room as my Christmas present in 2010. It was small and perfect .
Here is my certificate of ownership.
Thinking about moving back to the UK the question uppermost in my mind was not where to live , but where to felt. Quite crazy really. So when having decided to move back into our old family house, I needed to work out where to have a felting room.
Upstairs , maybe enough space, but there are wooden floors so my kind of felting with lots of water would cause floor to rot very quickly, not to mention the dangers of water leaking through the ceilings. A no go.
Shed in the garden. The obvious solution. You can get some really nice sheds . Here’s an airy example.
But I could not imagine tramping across the garden to a shed, and anyway what about water and electricity I needed.? No a shed was not for me.
The kitchen table. Simple and cheap ! I know many wonderful felters have started on the kitchen table , but for me I am far too messy a felter and I also really like to cook. These two parts of my life cannot operate in the same room!.
We were faced with a dilemma!!
But the was a little corner , or hoek, to use a lovely Dutch word, that perhaps could be incorporated into the house .
So here we are , many months later , and the corner is in the process of becoming a felting studio.
And the consequence of this work is dust and there is still no place to felt and worse no time for even thinking about felting at all !
Tricia Mowat Slater
2 Oct 2016Oh I do hope the workmen are speedy!
Jo
3 Oct 2016Hope you reach completion before the winter Jane! How exciting Jo x
Jean v. d. Heiden
3 Oct 2016When all is finished you will have a wonderful felt room
well worth all the effort and you can forget the difficulties. Maybe like having a baby – no not really I take that back!
Success.