Nuno felted scarf

It is a reversible nuno felted scarf. This scarf can be wear both ways, on the fabric side or the fibre side.

On the fibre side you can appreciate the brights colours used.

It is a coral reef scarf inspired by the underwater world.

I´ve been recently working on two projects for a textile exhibition. The submission brief asked to be inspired by the sea and the underwater world; its colour, textures, pattern and forces...

And when planning the design for my scarf, I unconsciously picked up these coral reef colours.

I used 5 different colours of extrafine merino wool. I blended pink, violet and orange for the accent colour and aquamarina and turquoise for the background.

 As embellishment a used Mulberry silk in pink and turquoise; and silk fibres in aquamarina.

My favourite side is the fabric one.

As a fabric a I used silk ponge.

I used very little amount of wool to have a shrink of 50 % and achieve this texture.

I felted until the fibres crossed the fabric and the colours could be seen from both sides.

I made this scarf with tutor Nicola Brown in The yarn Room. Nicola is a very good teacher, I really enjoyed all the process and I'm very happy with the result, thank you Nicola!