Layout silk hankie scarfNuno-felted scarves
Nuno-felting is a very popular technique these days, especially for wearable items like scarves and wraps. Various fabrics can be used in conjunction with natural and man made fibres. A very fine wool such as cashmere or merino is ideal for nuno-felted scarves. Embellishing with bead and stitch adds to the surface texture, which is often ruched using this technique.
In the words of wikipedia:
Nuno felting is a fabric felting technique developed by Polly Stirling, a fiber artist from New South Wales, Australia, around 1992. The name is derived from the Japanese word “nuno” meaning cloth. The technique bonds loose fibre, usually wool, into a sheer fabric such as silk gauze, creating a lightweight felt.
See pictures below for more details.
Scarflette in exhibition
Sold at Exhibition
Closeup of embellished closure
Merino blend on silk
Merino and bamboo blend Felted onto hand-dyed silk
Closeup of stitching on Nuno felt
Closeup
Nuno felted scarf with inclusions
Ends of scarf with holes and layers
Cotton resists under habotai
A little hand stitching and gauze highlights
Layered silk mawata and merino
Layout silk hankie scarf