| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| emmac |
Knitting an entire yurt!!http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/recycling-design-technology/kate-pokorny-knit-yurt-461009Good grief! 
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| Midland Spinner |
I must be a really sad rabbit... because instead of getting excited about the project.... I just got cross that they can't differentiate between knitting & crochet! | ||
| mochyn |
I can't see why she's doing it that way. Really wasteful of yarn: I think I'd knit (or crochet) pieces, full them and then join them. None of this fancy loopiness! | ||
| emmac |
Sorry, and I added to that by getting it wrong too! 
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| Midland Spinner |
Not to worry! I should lighten up! |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
I simply have to disapprove don't I  - why crochet a yurt when you can felt one (and don't tell me because it can be self supporting - I shall just stick my fingers inmy ears and *lalala*)
What about when it gets wet? When it naturally starts to felt (as it will if it is made from 100% untreated wool). It will shrink along the length of the fibre surely 
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| emmac |
I was wondering about the 'getting wet' issue too!!
Ridiculous really. |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
It might be an installation under cover 
But who wouldn't want to get down and make a proper felt covering?
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| emmac |
Well does that mean you are going to then????!!
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
Well you know - anytime there is a gelding, a steppe, some yak blood and milk, some mother of felt, an afternoon 
(I'd love to ) |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
Oh sorry - I thought you were offering 
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| RichardW |
My step cousin (if thats the right term) has just won £1/2 million to crochet 3 big animals & put them in a glass case for the 2012 olympics.
WHY? Any stuffed toy company could run them up in a day for a few £k. |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
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| emmac |
Ah - I'll have to save up then
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| Bebo |
Maybe it's the next DS skillshare weekend. Get all the sheepy people on here to save up their fleeces and then Frewen can lead everyone else in felting them into a yurt. Sorts out the accommodation as well
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
Yeah - except I've only read about how to do it - I've never actually *done* it
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| judith |
And your problem is exactly....
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| mochyn |
Frewen: I think she said that each bit of crochet had been fulled.
Still not really sure why she's doing it like that though. |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
Oh dear - my mistake then *trudges off to the bottom of the comprehension class*
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| Fee |
I was pondering a woolly sleeping bag liner, but a whole yurt!!
Sent a link to a friend and he reckons I should do one for Glasto...hadn't thought of the rain aspect
Has got me thinking about flags though... |