Felted wardrobe elements look elegant and stylish, so today many fashionistas replenish their wardrobe with luxurious scarf models made using the technique of dry or wet felting.
Features of wet felting
Wet felting allows you to create plain hats and scarves. Using this technique, garments are characterized by a soft color transition. The peculiarity is the tangling of non-spun wool fibers.
To start wet felting, you will need fibers of wool, linen or silk, as well as ordinary soap and a felting machine or a stick.
Handmade felted scarf is very elastic and soft. Due to the variety of fibers, you can create models for any season - warm ones from merino wool for winter, demi-season ones for spring or autumn days, and, of course, light and airy from fine silk for hot summers.
Benefits
- The felted scarf is characterized by unpretentiousness in leaving. He is not afraid of creases or jams, since he quickly acquires an attractive appearance. Strong creases can be corrected by lightly patting with wet hands.
- Due to its density, this element of the wardrobe fits comfortably on the neck, creating freedom of movement and preventing sweating.
- Felt scarf is durable. Even with prolonged wear, spools do not form on it.
- Felt fiber is antistatic, so the hairstyle will not be electrified.
- The softness of the felted scarf allows you to embody interesting patterns, using the additional technique of dry felting to create original patterns and ornaments.
Models
The range of beautiful and unusual felted scarves is surprising, as designers are constantly experimenting with attractive textures, original prints and new materials.
Spider web
The spider web scarf is characterized by softness and an original pattern, which is formed due to the laying out of contrasting color rings. The ornate pattern gives the product sophistication and tenderness.
The spider line is created from lace and mohair with a small addition of flax, viscose and wool. Many girls choose these models because of the translucency. You can put a scarf on your shoulders. The combination of lightness and warmth is its main advantage.
From felt
All products from felt perfectly keep their shape, which is why scarves are in great demand. Fantasizing, you can create amazing models that will help to realize an unforgettable bow.
Felt scarf surprises with a variety of shapes. From small plates you can create a pattern in the form of a rose. This model is ideal as a decor for an evening bow. Warm scarves are often presented in the form of a collar, which has a hook or a large button. It is ideal if outerwear does not have a collar.
Cabbage
This model attracts the attention of the fair sex with grace, elegance. A scarf cabbage will become a spectacular decoration of an evening or ceremonial onion, giving it originality.
This scarf is made exclusively of wool through the use of wet felting techniques. The product received the name “cabbage” because of voluminous soft shuttlecocks that resemble cabbage leaves. To maintain this shape, designers use additional decorative elements - buttons, hooks, flowers, etc.
On gauze
The technique of wet felting refers to this art, as the result is original products. Since silk is a rather expensive material, it can be replaced with cotton gauze, and this will not affect the beauty and sophistication of the product itself.
Felting on gauze allows you to create patterns from thin fibers of yarn. If desired, you can additionally decorate the scarf with unique, voluminous patterns using a felting needle.
The gauze scarf is characterized by softness, so it can be tied around the neck in any way.
What to wear?
Felted scarf is not just an element of the wardrobe, but is used for decoration. You should not hide such beauty under outerwear. Typically, stoles are tied over outerwear. Felt scarves are often tied around the neck over the collar. Silk products usually decorate the neck with an unusual pattern.
Such scarves can be combined not only with outerwear, but also with sweaters or dresses. The top with a V-neck in tandem with a felted scarf looks very nice.
