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From a picture felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2018

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

7″ x 9″

Framed

I made this piece at Cassandra Gunkel’s class, it was so much fun to be with 10 other people felting, each one more different than the other!  Love to make nature pieces, specially if there is water…

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen   2018

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

6″ x 8″

Framed

The autumn is so beautiful this time! I tried to copy the beautiful colors of the woods around here, they never will be so accurate, but I tried!

Using the design of the teacup hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen   2018

Rug hooking

Hand dyed wool strips on linen

5″ x 5″

China cup

I love the gingko bilova leaf shape, it got many shades of green when it starts drying, I tried to match them!  Love the effect with the teal color!

Using the design on the teacup, hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen  2018

Rug hooking

Hand dyed wool strips on linen

5″ x 5″

China cup

Trying to match the design on the teacup was fun, I think it worked! Nice to put your warm cup on a wool surface.

Using the design of the teacup felting and hooking by Gun-Marie Nalsen  2018

Needle felting and rug hooking

Hand dyed wool roving and wool stripes on wool fabric

5″ x 5″

China cup

It was fun to follow the design on the teacup felting it and then making the border in hooking. It is nice to  have a little color when you drink your tea!

Designed and punched by Gun-Marie Nalsen  2018

Punch needle

Hand dyed cotton threads on linen

Mounted on a wooden box

5″x 3.3″x 2

A little wooden box with a small ladybug on a leaf, made for a little girl’s birthday!

It was fun how it was taking shape. Love to make nature things!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen   2018

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Framed

6″ x 6″

More sea! I love to make the sea in felting, this time I imagined a very rough sea, with green algae and sand in it! I hope you can see it!

Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2018

Tapestry weaving

Color wool on cotton warp

3.5″ x 5″

Mounted on a stick

This piece was woven in my little Hockett loom, it is so much fun because you can work fast on a little piece! It was long time since I used it so I enjoying mixing odd colors, and it came out alright!

Designed based on a photo and punched by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2018

Punch needle

Hand dyed and regular cotton floss on linen

6″ x 6″

Framed

Long time since I did some punch needle. It was fun because I used the floss I

had, and as you can see  I had a lot of colors! It was fun, it takes time to do.

Designed and hooked and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen  2018

Rug hooking and needle felting

Hand dyed wool strips  and sari silk on linen, hand dyed wool roving

14″x 14″

Mounted on an old wood stick

Made for the SONG  Challenge 2018 of a group of rug hookers in Facebook.

It is about making a rug based on any kind of music, very interesting! I thought that

this story was fun to reproduce, as t is a kids story.I had a lot of fun making it up!