In this workshop you learn the basics of wet felting and make a small faux sheepskin. Wet felting uses water, soap and carded wool to shape almost anything, and this project needs no real hide at all: you felt carded wool onto the back of connected pieces of hamme, a whole fleece cut off in one piece, so one side looks like sheepskin and the other side is a felted surface. The method is simple and anyone can join in. The finished piece works as a seat cushion, a travel mat or a cover for your favourite chair.
The workshop covers the heath, wool, plant dyeing and the Hedestrik project. Hedestrik wants to draw attention to the Nordic wool that goes unused as a by-product for Nordic sheep farmers, and to wool's role in a climate perspective. It is a counterpoint to the commercial yarn and knitting world, favouring dogma and free knitting.
