Little Felted Soaps

 

This weeks project. Get some soaps felted up and off to Walrus.

this is the before shot

woolly rainbow

To see how this rainbow of colour wound its way around some soap check them out  at Ainsworth on Granville Island right here in Vancouver, BC.

A little circle of felted soap

So I got some done. I am enjoying the solid colours with the white stripe.

Sunlight Soap, Why?

I have been asked why I choose to use Sunlight bar soap to make my little felted soaps. There are a few reasons. First: it is the soap I used when I first learned to wet felt. Second: it does not give me a rash. Third: everyone has a story about Sunlight soap. They sniff the bar and I can see the memory wash over their face, then they tell me. These stories are mostly associated with moms, grandmothers, old aunties doing laundry or cleaning surfaces. For me it is also the smell of clean, of making felted art with my mom, and creating felted objects with children I have taught at daycare. It is iconic in our society as it has been around for generations. It sneaks into our everyday. The story "Mud Puddle" by Canadian children's author Robert Munch has two bars of smelly yellow soap. In the background on a shelf at the morgue in the TV series "Murdock Mysteries" a bar of yellow soap sits. You know they are both references to Sunlight soap, and that makes me smile. I am all about stuff that makes me smile.

Soap production is getting serious this week

just a few little batts

some of the 66 felted soaps

Was needing inspiration to get some felted soaps done. So I wandered down to MelonHead's studio with an arm load of fibre to process and cranked out a few small batts on drum carder. Four of the batts so far have turned into lovely felted soaps. Sixty six happy little soaps to be exact all waiting to get a bit dryer before I put on their (who are we and what to do with us) jackets. This batch is destined for Walrus as soon as they are dry enough to travel. Now I just need to go get more naked soap to felt up as I am all out.

February is just around the corner.

I am working on a batch of soaps fitting for the two days that have red themes in February. I think we are a familiar with the 14TH but on the 15TH we should stand proud and remember what Lester B. brought us. A flag of our own. February 15TH is National Flag Day here in Canada. So here is to RED and WHITE, and maybe a little pink too.

New Batch of Felted Soap and a few Sleeves

New soaps on their way to Walrus. I have been taking advantage of the hot weather. Oh yes there are also a few sleeves on their way to Ainsworth.