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Ruth Walker, Feltmaker




Schedule: Future, Present & Past


Establishments of Availability


"Brim with a Twist" Examples


Purse with Two & One-Half Pockets


Pouch w/Dual-Action Cord


Co-ordinating Pairs of Products


Ever-Insulating Teapot Domes


From the Asteroid Belt: Planet Pincushions


Good Golly: Great Balls O' Felt!


What to do If: Care Index


Product Descriptions & Retail Prices


Workshops & Demonstrations


Useful & Possibly Even Educational Links


Your Comments, if You're Not Too Shy


Contact Information




Ruth Walker, feltMaker

Colorful, Highly-textured, Hand-felted Accessories of Hand-dyed Wool, Permanently Moth-proofed

In the immortal words of "Singin' in the Rain" screen star, Lina Lamont,

"If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as if our hard work ain't been in vain for nothin'."



Ruth E. Wiedenhoeft Walker  
Ruth Walker, feltMaker  
573-815-0485  

rewwalker@charter.net  




Exuberant Band Care
This exuberant-looking, two-ounce collar or hatband is one of the simplest of ‘collapse’ textiles, composed solely of a hand-spun skein of single-stranded yarn. Each strand of any yarn or thread is unbalanced on its own, and seeks to untwist. ‘Normal’ stranded yarns & threads are balanced by virtue of two or more singles "untwisting" around each other, reaching equilibrium; it’s just pure physics.

However, there is only one continuous strand here. When released from tension, the whole skein collapsed because the stored energy in the twisted strand forms localized double-stranded events. Boing! (er, "Sproing!")

The Taming of the Skein: Alas, portions of the yarn may get caught on rings, fishhooks, or stray pacifiers, and the whole skein may look irreversibly messy: Do not despair!

  • Hold the constriction with one hand.
  • Insert your other fist through the opening next to your first hand.
  • Pull your hands apart gently.
  • Allow them to come together, and the whole skein will follow, staring to even itself out.
  • You may need to pull apart gently two or three times before all the twist is more or less evenly distributed.

    If a portion remains irrevocably knotted (although I suggest you take a few minutes off to breathe, then gently work on it again before you take this route), cut off each end just next to the constriction. All is repaired!

    To Wash: (Do not dry clean; do not agitate.)Place in lingerie bag and soak in cool water with 1/2 Tbsp shampoo. You may use a touch of creme rinse if you like its aroma. Gently rinse. Spin out or blot dry in towels; block to desired shape.

    This will also refresh the springiness.

    ©2001-4 Ruth E.W. Walker






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    Ruth Walker, feltMaker
    Colorful, highly-textured hand-felted wool accessories for head, hands, hearth, and home; permanently mothproofed.

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    Schedule: Future, Present & Past  |  Establishments of Availability  |  "Brim with a Twist" Examples  |  Purse with Two & One-Half Pockets  |  Pouch w/Dual-Action Cord  |  Co-ordinating Pairs of Products  |  Ever-Insulating Teapot Domes  |  From the Asteroid Belt: Planet Pincushions  |  Good Golly: Great Balls O' Felt!  |  What to do If: Care Index  |  Product Descriptions & Retail Prices  |  Workshops & Demonstrations  |  Useful & Possibly Even Educational Links  |  Your Comments, if You're Not Too Shy  |  Contact Information



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