How To Make A Rug From Sheep Fleece

I was intimidated at the prospect of working with a raw fleece full of vegetable matter and animals waste.

How to make a rug from sheep fleece.

Finally i lay the rug out flat to dry and give it a final check to make sure no locks have come loose and everything is where it should be ta daaa. Making a rug with blue texel sheep fleece this is the raw fleece of a blue texel sheep. We currently have four sheep 1 cotswold 1 mini cheviot 2 shetlands but were just gifted 9 cotswolds and 3 navajo churros that are coming in a couple days. Learn wet felting to make a sheep fleece rug.

There are projects and then there are projects that live in your dreams. Learn how to make a fleece rug with these step by step instructions. Feel free to use a fleece from different breed of sheep in a different color or even a spring fleece. This is a part of my yule goat costume project to see the finished costume or if you want to support my art go to this post.

For one reason or another i put it off. Thanks to this most of the tail wool is missing but it was easy to tell the tail end on the right of the picture because the locks. Natural ethically made rugs finished felted fleece rug. I m going to teach you exactly how i make a rectangular 2 ft by 3 ft lamb fleece rug.

Felting a large sheepskin a fluffy felt rug has been on my to do list just about since i started felting. Navajo churro have been perfected by the navajo indians for very fine complex. We love using our sheep s wool to make felted fleece rugs. You don t have to kill an animal for this attractive faux sheepskin rug.

There are lots of things to consider such as which is the best type of fleece to use as fleeces from different breeds of sheep respond differently to the felting process. Making a vegetarian sheepskin rug is quite a complex process.