This turned into these (scroll down) skeins over the weekend. They are now drying with some weight on them to set the twist. It’s cloudy outside but the breeze will do it’s trick. I don’t know if you can really see it on the pictures, but here you have an example of how differently fibres [...]
Entries Tagged as 'fibres'
Setting the twist
April 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fibre Art, Spinning
Tags:bamboo·bambu·fibres·hand dyed·hand spun·hilado a mano·logwood·merino·seda·silk·wool
Textile Festival in Leiden
March 29th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Felt, Fibre Art
Last saturday, I woke up way too early,got ready and took the 7am train. Along the way I met with Kim and some friends of her (fantastic gals who made ma laugh the whole way!). We were going to the textile Festival held in Leiden, NL. All around the city in museums, galleries, studios, even [...]
Tags:Felt·fibres·knitting·leiden·patchwork·quilting·textile art
Tea dye
March 18th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Felt, Fibre Art
Now that the days are getting a bit nicer, I’m speding a lot more time outdoors. Going for walks, working in the garden. I ordered yesterday 3 new plants for the dye garden: woad (Isatis tinctoria) which gives a Blue dye. Madder (Rubia Tinctorum) that gives red, and weld (reseda luteola) which gives yellow. Last [...]
Tags:bamboo·dye·experiment·Felt·fibres·hand dyed·silk·tea dye·trilobal
GIVE AWAY – SORTEOS
January 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · News
Just a reminder…
Starting monday, I will hold a couple of give aways to all those subscribed to receive Florcita’s newsletter. If you’ve already signed up, you have to do nothing! Youa re in automatically…. if you haven’t signed up yet… DO SO! Right there on the top right corner! Be sure to follow the whole [...]
Tags:boletin de informaciones·fibres·give away·newsletter·wool
Details and tips for those who asked.
October 14th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Felt, Fibre Art, Tips
Last week I presented in this post a group of wraps (for you) or throws (for your house) called “Retazos”, which in spanish means “Scraps”. After listing them in my shop I was too tired from editing pictures, so I just added a mosaic here. Well, as there were some questions sent to me, I [...]
Tags:details·Felt·fibres·hand dyed·hand made·hand spun·Tips·tutorials·wet feltinf·wraps·yarn
International Year of Natural Fibres- Day of Felt
October 3rd, 2009 · 17 Comments · Felt, Fibre Art
I don’ t know if you’ ve heard already that this year, 2009, has been declared by the UN as the International Year of Natural Fibres. The goal here is to bring back attention to the 15 most used Natural fibres and their characteristics, and the fact that by supporting these fibres you are supporting [...]
Tags:Felt·Felt United·fibres·hand made·International Year of Natural Fibres·photography·prefelt·red·wet felted·wet felting
What have I listed today? Retazos
October 1st, 2009 · 10 Comments · Felt, Fibre Art
What have I listed today?
Originally uploaded by Marian Florcita
All of these wraps! No more photo editing today,. No more cropping and light balancing… and listing! Everything is in the shop now.
Tomorrow, with more time, I will post individual pictures and tell you the story of this new line, Retazos… spanish for “scraps”.
If you click on [...]
Tags:details·envolventes·Felt·fibres·hand made·hand spun·mosaic·patchwork·prefelt·private orders·retazos·scraps·throw·wet felted·wet felting·wraps
Dyeing adventures…
September 30th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Dyeing, Fibre Art
A few months ago I received from Monika from Red2White a little package in return for a package with wooden and ceramic buttons I sent her. Among other goodies, she included a bag of 100gr of logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum) and alum. Coincidentaly, as if the universe was trying to tell me something, the next day [...]
Tags:alum·bamboo·dyeing experiments·dyes·fibres·Jenny Dean·logwood·merino·natural dyeing·purple·silk
autumn leaves wrap
September 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments · Felt, Fibre Art
autumn leaves wrap
Originally uploaded by Marian Florcita
Autumn… best thing it has: soft light, afternoons in a sunny spot outside, wrapped with your favourite woolly shawl. A cup of tea, a book…. lovely.
Note those huge clogs there… my husband’s… who actually – like a true Dutch man – uses them for gardening, going for walks with [...]
Tags:autumn·details·envolventes·Felt·fibres·hand made·hand spun·leaves·life·throw·wet felted·wet felting·wraps·yarn
Fibres to spin
August 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Dyeing, Fibre Art, Spinning
Fibres to spinOriginally uploaded by Marian Florcita
I showed you the other day some of the fibres I dyed. Now this weekend I’ m hoping to spin them. Bamboo, merino, silk and cotton.And later tomorrow, Craftparking in Maastricht. A arts and craft market. I won’ t have a stall but a couple of friends will… So, [...]
