Making felted soap is fun and easy. All you need is a bar of soap, some natural fiber like mohair or wool, water, and your hands! Follow these steps to create a gently exfoliating, long-lasting, and beautiful way to wash. Instructions for decorating your felted soap are also included.
In the spring, wild birds are on the lookout for nest building materials. You can provide a one-stop shop for your backyard friends by providing them with a nesting ball. Here are directions for weaving a grapevine ball and filling it with natural fibers.
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You can turn scraps of natural fiber yarn into something useful and eliminate waste while crafting. Using this tutorial, you can welt-felt beautiful dryer balls from leftover pieces of yarn. These recycled dryer balls help reduce drying time and wrinkles in your laundry.
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If you want to hand-weave a mohair breast collar for your horse, here are four design options that you can try. Each uses a variety of 2-ply mohair cord to make triangles or bars which are easy to create for beginner weavers. Included are the colors and lengths of cord that are needed to make the pattern shown.
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You can weave a beautiful, durable, and breathable breast collar for your horse using mohair cord. Here are the directions for making a 34-inch, standard horse-sized breast collar. The two sides consist of 11 strands of 8-ply mohair, while the down strap is 9 strands with a roper-style finish. Decorate with a design made from 2-ply mohair and attach tugs of your choice.
You can weave a beautiful and durable camera strap or gun sling using mohair cord. Here are the directions for making a 28-inch-long strap with 9 strands of 8-ply mohair. If you choose, you can decorate your strap with a design made from 2-ply mohair, three examples are included.
You can use your mohair combing waste or any scrap fiber to make ecofriendly and functional dryer balls. Dryer balls are easy to create and can be used for years to reduce wrinkles and drying time in your laundry. This simple felting project is perfect for beginners interested in fiber arts.
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One way to process your own fiber at home is to utilize wool combs. Wool combs work well for long staple length mohair and help align the fibers while simultaneously removing vegetable matter. The results are beautiful combed top that is perfect for spinning worsted yarn.
You can create beautiful combed top by processing your mohair with wool combs. However, the combing process can be troublesome without a lubricant like combing milk. Here is a recipe for making your own mohair combing milk to cut the frizz and static while using wool combs on your goat fiber.
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After shearing is completed, raw mohair fleece from an Angora goat will need to be scoured. Scouring the fleece removes oil and dirt so that the locks can be used for spinning, weaving, felting, or other projects. Here are two options for washing raw mohair for clean, shiny, usable fiber.