How To Make A Rug From Sheep Fleece

Finally i lay the rug out flat to dry and give it a final check to make sure no locks have come loose and everything is where it should be ta daaa.

How to make a rug from sheep fleece.

Learn wet felting to make a sheep fleece rug. You don t have to kill an animal for this attractive faux sheepskin rug. Natural ethically made rugs finished felted fleece rug. Although unwashed it had very little dried grass in it and had been cleared of all matted dirt in short no sheep shit.

There are lots of things to consider such as which is the best type of fleece to use as fleeces from different breeds of sheep respond differently to the felting process. Making a vegetarian sheepskin rug is quite a complex process. Thanks to this most of the tail wool is missing but it was easy to tell the tail end on the right of the picture because the locks. I do prefer fall icelandic fleeces over spring fleeces because they are cleaner less hay and things.

We love using our sheep s wool to make felted fleece rugs. Learn how to make a fleece rug with these step by step instructions. Felting a large sheepskin a fluffy felt rug has been on my to do list just about since i started felting. I was intimidated at the prospect of working with a raw fleece full of vegetable matter and animals waste.

For one reason or another i put it off. This is a part of my yule goat costume project to see the finished costume or if you want to support my art go to this post. Shetland fleece is probably too soft but all of the others have fleece that is often used in rug making. There are projects and then there are projects that live in your dreams.

Feel free to use a fleece from different breed of sheep in a different color or even a spring fleece. Navajo churro have been perfected by the navajo indians for very fine complex.