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woolwinds skip to main skip to sidebar woolwinds hand felted wool rugs by the garden pond water lily rug poppy rug worn out in style floor wall rug 36 x 54 other work panda wet felted and needled panda jacket knitted and fulled polar bear cub needled obi rug sheep shearing at all s wool that ends wool farm all of the wool i use is grown by my girls and a few boys here on my farm their annual haircut yields an average of about eight pounds of wool per sheep i hope you enjoy the video the felt o matic video the fabulous felt o matic i designed and made the first felt o matic in 2002 for my own use i had been using felting needles in conjunction with the wet felting process for a couple of years but because my work was becoming larger in scale i needed a more efficient method of needling than hand held needles to my delight my invention worked fabulously in the summer of 2005 a friend asked if i would make one for her then another friend suggested i take it to the bazaar at the felters fling and take orders the fling was only two weeks away so i madly made a couple of new samples while my original felto worked great it wasn t particularly lovely to look at the public debut of the felt o matic was a tremendous success and several weeks later quite a few other feltmakers had one of their own over the past two years i have made many more felt o matics they have found homes in feltmaking studios all over the us as well as in canada england denmark and norway essentially the felt o matic is a small hand operated version of the huge commercial needle looms which produce all sorts of needled non woven fabrics including the needled pre felt you can buy today many felters have recently discovered that using needled prefelt as a start then going on to wet felting helps speed up the wet felting process as well as giving the felter more control that is basically what i ve been doing for the past 5 or 6 years long before pre made needle prefelt was available and is the reason i designed the felt o matic of course by using the fabulous felt o matic you can quickly make your own needled prefelt which can be any size any color shape thickness wool type fiber blend etc you want find a bit more information at http felt o matic blogspot com if you are interested in having one please send an email to diannestott gmail com home subscribe to posts atom currently on the worktable a rug in process april 1 2009 you re invited to visit my studio studio hours by appointment or take a video tour at http www youtube com watch v i4pc18hhowe rug making workshops and private instruction available at the studio contact me for details at diannestott gmail com random thoughts and observations on feltmaking and living with sheep at http woolwindsmusings blogspot com about me dianne all s wool that ends wool farm studio vermont united states after many successful years as a clothing and knitwear designer in new york city working for several different major womenswear manufacturers i escaped from the hectic city life moved to vermont and established a small farm i keep a flock of sheep currently about 40 that i have selectively bred to produce a soft lustrous wool that is perfectly suited for making my one of a kind and limited edition jackets and other outerwear i have more recently expanded my work to include making hand felted rugs for floor and wall as well as sculptural felted objects for the home i feel a tremendous amount of joy and satisfaction knowing that the wool i am working with was grown by sheep that i held in my hands as tiny and incredibly charming newborn lambs i hope that feeling is reflected in my work view my complete profile juumou maki wool sushi roll just for fun