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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!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen  2018

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

6″ x 6″

Framed

Another moon picture! They are popular, it is so much fun to make them and think of the Moon! Another commission, hope she will be happy with it!

Designed and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen   2018

Rug hooking

Hand dyed wool strips on linen

Framed

10″ x   10″

It was so much fun to keep turning my work to get the whirlpool effect, and also working with all my blue stash, interesting way of hooking!

Designed and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen   2018

Rug hooking

Hand dyed wool on linen

Mounted on a cork

7″

Trivet

Yellow is not my color, but it was fun to combine all the tones of yellow I like that I had in my stash.  I like what it came out quite natural and organic!