If you love wet felting, I think you'll love Nuno felting even more! It's a type of wet felting that's done with a very light fabric backing (think sheer silk scarf) that lets the felt drape, and gives it the softer hand you're looking for.
I learn SO MUCH from your videos. Also the soundscape you craft with music, ambient sounds, and the snick of scissors on fabric is just dreamy. Thanks for sharing!
I think you totally hit the mark for 'piece of moss' cloak. I really like the orange and red in it, overall love it! For suggestions on wet felting, maybe making a structured bag from wet felted material.
Really pretty capelet! I have not seen this felting technique before, but the results seem to be worth the effort! I love your costume aesthetic; your characters are beautiful and trend toward sweet (even the “dark” ones) without falling into the sickly, treacly sweet realm, and I like that. You remind me of a slightly Goth hobbit, and I appreciate that sensibility. Looking forward to your next video (featuring maybe a little Baby Bat?). Well done!
Thank you! Also yesss goth hobbit is basically what a strive for as an aesthetic so that’s perfect thank you! Yes definitely going to try to get some more baby bat in the next video, she’s been so mad at being kept out of my studio lately haha
This looks so cute, but also like one of those things where you have to trust the process quite a lot! I love when you show new techniques like this! ❤😊
I never heard of wet felting before! that was really interesting to watch! I love how you can see some strands/curls of the green wool, makes it look like something that's growing
This is such a beautiful project. It's amazing to see what happens when textiles are used differently. I was super surprised when I saw the silver clasps you used to open and close the cape, because just yesterday I sewed some of the same ones onto a project for myself! 🙂 I love watching your costumes you design come to life.
i love how these mossy wool projects are coming out! i've been putting off finally doing wet felting a colour-blocked beret for over a year and you may have finally pushed me into doing it! most of the examples i've seen have been single colour but i love how you were able to get such a nice palette in. i also love that texture you got at the end, it really brought everything to that mossy place!
Thank you! Aah that sounds super cute! I think one of my favorite parts of wet felting is how easy it is to incorporate different colors so I think that should definitely work for your project
@@danielletdg8423 oops, the notif got eaten for this reply! my understanding is that you do two separate pieces, one for the full circle for the top, then a bottom circle that is the same circumference but has a hole for the head in the center. they end up joined at the outer edge so they're continuous at the fullest point, then you make a band for it to attach on the inner circumference as a band. i'm sure you could do elastic instead of a band though, it's definitely a bit tricky (and definitely why i've been putting it off lmao)
This turned out so cute! Think it's my favourite part of your mossy witch outfit :) Have good memories of wet felting in primary school, it was really fun! We never made something to complicated of course but I feel inspired to maybe try that technique again :)
I used dish soap the first time I did it! Honestly I don’t recall that much of a difference except it drying my hands out more but the internet said the fewer the suds the better lol
The capelet turned out super cute and definitely looks like moss! I love the bits of red and orange. I kind of want to try this technique now, it looks really fun to do. I'm not much of a sewer (besides hand stitching), but I love crafting techniques that are very hands on like this if that makes sense. The clasp was definitely a good choice over a ribbon! A ribbon would have felt a little too.... red riding hood, maybe? I'd love to see a mossy corset/bodice made with this technique (if that's possible).
Thank you! This is a fascinating technique of building a fabric. The results are really beautiful. Well done. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
This was such an interesting process! I'd never seen wet felting and thought this was soo cool!! Love how the cape came out and how the costume is coming together .
Isn’t it so cool??? Haha every step of the process I was bugging micah to come look at it like “wow look how cool it looks at this step, but wow isn’t this next step even cooler looking?” I was very excited haha
Cute cape. You know, a wooden toggle or "horn" toggle would also be a fun closure idea for round two. Oh! And when I spinning, the wool was called "roving".
I keep watching your videos while I prepare myself to make next seasons RenFaire costumes, getting fabric for the costumes, etc. your content is wonderful! I’ve been sewing for a while, but am still very green to things like pattern drafting and alterations, but your videos have shown me that it doesn’t have to be super complicated. Thank you so much!
Ah thank you for watching, I’m so glad you like them and find them helpful! Do you know what you’re making for next year? I love seeing other people’s costumes!
@@moth.faerie at the moment I’m kind of winging some basic pieces, but I do want to see if I can get a wood elf costume done for sure, and maybe a hobbit! One idea I also have is wench, but make it witchy and spooky.
I really enjoy seeing a reveal for each component of your overall look. It's a lot of fun watching everything draw together and become more cohesive over the series.
It came out so cute! I love it and now I want to make my own. 😊 Totally off-topic, but I went to a fan-made website for a video game I play this morning and saw what, I swear, was an outfit made to look like your witch outfit from last year. Even the character wearing the outfit looked like you. It was so adorable! Not sure who made it but I'm sure they must be a fan. I'd link it but the whole thing is technically against ToS for that game and I don't want to get anybody in trouble.
Very forest witch! Lovely. Re the shoulder shaping - I assuming that its a dense fabric that does not fray? You could cut a slim triangle out where you would put a dart and then stitch the 2 edges together butted up? You could even make a feature with some foresty style embroidery? I've butted up fleece this way using an overlocker - flatlock stitching. If you were concerned that the felt might give over time you could reinforce the back with some fine fabric/net.
Cute cape! I actually quite like the way it drapes over your shoulders, I think it helps sell a far-made aesthetic, but that may just be personal taste :p Definitely gonna learn more about wet felting, as it seems to be the solution to a project of mine, so thank you for branching out!
@@moth.faerie I'm researching e-textiles(putting or building electrical circuits from fabric)! I've played with conductive fibers before, that can be needle felted, but I'm definitely gonna experiment with various wet felting techniques
it looks really cool, organic and whimsical. Nice to finally see something I did before xd I made a felt bag with a poppy design ... it was so much physical work, I don't have the strength for it tbh but it was a lot of fun
Thank you! Ooh that sounds so cute, i love poppies! It’s definitely a lot of arm strength haha I put on some tv and went kinda slow which helped a little I think
I love that you use so many different techniques in your videos. As someone just getting into costuming and cosplay (not just general fashion sewing) it's really helpful to see that you do need other things than just a sewing machine to make something look the way you want it to.
Wow it came out sooooo moss like!!! What a fascinating method of making fabric too - I'd never heard of it! It would be fascinating to know if you could do a little satchel bag with this method! that would likely need a few pieces sewn together but would definitely fit the moss fairy/wood elf aesthetic
Thank you!! I think it’d work well for a satchel but it would probably need to be felted to a sturdier bag if you wanna hold anything heavy? That sounds like a fun project though, I’ll have to do that in the future!! Definitely trying to build up a fairycore wardrobe 😊
@@moth.faerie yeah it probably would only be able to hold fairy goods on its own like leaves and acorns lol would using a backing of a thin canvas/calico work maybe? That way it stays soft but has a bit more sturdy backing
Me: I want to felt a mossy cloak cause that would make me feel complete. (Does research, finds video!) Holy shit! Minji Lee already did it! (You are amazing 😻)
This turned out BEAUTIFULLY! Could you try this over an existing wool blanket ? Just thinking it might be more "drapey", but artistic ?! Love the colors!
I’m not sure if you could do it over a wool blanket, but I think it’s possible! Probably depends on how the wool blankets been treated and if it’s already gone through the whole fulling process? I think if it’s already been fulled it probably will have a hard time sticking to more wool but that’s just a theory 😅
Haven’t watched the full video yet but the link for skillshare doesn’t seem to be there? Or maybe just not working? Just started watching your videos about a week ago and love your content!
I thought the stiffness of the cape reinforced the idea that it was made of bark. The last thing I wet felted was a beret a few months ago. The head hole grew so large that it was unwearable but in my defence I haven't felted for 20 years lol.
This type of video is so dangerous for me....one more craft that would be fun to learn.....I already don't have enough time for the projects that I want to do with my current skillset......
