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For Chai Chai…

Posted by kenleighacres on October 25, 2011
Posted in: Felting, Fiber, sheep. Tagged: , . 4 Comments

On a recent blog post, Chai Chai left a comment asking if I had plans to make any little felt sheep with horns.  I had an idea in my head and had time this morning to try it out…

Instead of making a generic sheep with horns, I thought it would be fun to make one of her sheep.  She has Cascade Sheep and you can visit her and her sheep on her blog – Homestead…From Scratch

I used her ewe, Avalon, as a model.  She has been a bit under the weather and I hope she is feeling better very soon!

I see a new line of little felt sheep being created in the studio 🙂

Gearing Up!

Posted by kenleighacres on October 21, 2011
Posted in: Farm Life, Felt Scarf, Felting, Fiber, Jacob Sheep, sheep. Tagged: , , , , , . 10 Comments

I have been madly preparing for a couple shows coming up in November.  The first show is Fiber Mania in Grants Pass, November 12-13.  I am really excited about this one because my friend Joan from Mud Ranch is going to come up from California and share a booth with me.  The second event is a Handmade Holiday Sale in Eugene, November 26-27 at the Spencer Creek Grange.  This is the first time I have done any shows in November, I am trying really hard to stay ahead of schedule (instead of putting things off until the last minute) so I don’t feel overwhelmed with Christmas just around the corner.

Here is what I have been working on…

Felt Soaps – If you haven’t tried these, you need to!  It is your wash cloth and soap all in one.  Wool is an excellent exfoliant.  Your soap will last longer and you can reuse the wool scrubby when the soap is gone.  The scents I have done so far are – Lemongrass, Honey Almond, Lavender, and Jasmine.

Dyed Silk Scarves – I have been dyeing these silk chiffon scarves that will then be nuno felted.

Here is what the finished scarves will look like.  The wool is felted through the silk resulting in a very lightweight scarf.

Awhile ago I sent a LOT of wool off to Zeilinger to have processed into Batts.  The Batts are VERY large, so I have been sorting them into smaller, 4 oz. batts.  I have approximately 20 of this dark gray and…

20 lilac packaged.

I haven’t started on them yet…but I have a lot of bag ideas circling around inside my head 😉

and last, but certainly not least…are all of the little felt sheep that are occupying my office!

We have the natural colored crew – all made with wool from jacob sheep.

The colored crew – made with wool from jacob sheep and wool from a friend’s border leicester and a little bit of dye.

and the ones that wanted to be a little special.

A little scarf to keep them warm this winter 🙂

Please come say ‘hi’ if you happen to be at either of these events!

How many lambs…A little contest!

Posted by kenleighacres on February 27, 2011
Posted in: Farm Life, Felting, Jacob Sheep, sheep. Tagged: , , , , , , . 33 Comments

At the start of lambing season, I thought it would be fun to have a lambing contest.  Unfortunately, with the number of ewes we have, it seemed a little overwhelming and I couldn’t figure out the logistics.  We are down to 5 ewes left to lamb and they are due within the next couple of days…perfect number and time for a little contest!

Here are the girls in all of their pregnant glory…

Sahara

Jonquil

Star

Amber

and Veronica

Veronica says that I am going to owe them some pretty good treats after posting the above photos 🙂

If you would like to play along, leave a comment here with how many lambs you think these girls are going to have.  The cut off will be when they have all lambed.  Jonquil and Star are due today and the other three are due on the 1st of March.  I will have my son draw names from a hat of all the people that guess the right number.  There will be two winners! 

Now to the important stuff…the prizes 😉

The first prize is one of my needle felting kits to make a little sheep…

 

The second prize is one of my wet felted soap kits to make your own felted soap…

If you aren’t the crafty type, no worries…I will be happy to send you an already made felted sheep or felted soap!

Have you heard?

Posted by kenleighacres on September 23, 2010
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Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival (OFFF) is this weekend!  We will be there and hope you can make it too!

There will be lots of sheep, fiber from every animal you can imagine, herding demonstrations, workshops, inspiration, llamas, alpacas, bunny rabbits, demonstrations, a cook-off complete with taste testing, goats, fiber craft competitions, and a parking lot fleece sale.

We are very excited to see all of the sights and hope that our cheerful colors will bring the sunshine out for the weekend!

Click here for a full schedule.

A Felting Challenge!

Posted by kenleighacres on January 11, 2010
Posted in: Felting. Tagged: , , , , . 13 Comments
If you follow my Studio blog, then this will be a little repetitive. 

I don’t believe you should ever stop learning new crafts, so I have entered a felting challenge over at – My life under the bus – The premise of the challenge is to make something based on the Felt Wee Folk book by Salley Mavor.  It does include felting, but I am not familiar with making the adorable fairies and dolls.  I have an idea in my head and I hope it translates well!  I will post pictures once the challenge is finished.

 This inspired me to do a Felting Challenge of my own.  No previous felting experience needed – I will even provide the materials!!!  I have been tossing around the idea of a felting kit in my head and I have decided on my little felted sheep. 

  

They are so fun to make and easy for beginners.

 Here is how it works:

 1.  You must have commented here or are a follower on my Studio blog – if you don’t fall under either category and really want to participate then please leave me a comment.

 2.  Leave a comment saying that you would like to participate.  I will contact you and find out where to send your felting kit. 

Once you have entered, this is what you will get –

A piece of felting foam, 2 felting needles, 2 colors of Jacob wool, 2 beads for eyes, yarn, and instructions.  You will need a little bit of glue and a yarn needle.

 3.  Send me a picture of your completed item – everyone will be starting with the same project, but they will be judged on creativity.  You can photograph your sheep with a prop or at a fun location, add an accessory, turn it into something else – a hanging ornament, a mobile, etc., let your imagination go wild!!!

 4.  The contest will end February 5th at noon – please have your picture to me by then.

 5.  I will post the pictures on both of my blogs on the 6th and they will be judged by the people 🙂  I will close judging on Sunday, the 10th at noon and announce the winner.

 6.  The winner will recieve one of my Fabric and Felt totes with colorful wool inside!

   Good Luck!