I like working both with undyed and dyed wool, as each of the materials has 

some certain strong points. For instance, undyed wool gives clothes a very natural rustic look; its texture is smoother and shinier for it's not been damaged with chemicals.

(Above is the pillowcase, or pillow cover, made from undyed British wool and pure undyed fibres... I'll write some more about pillows in the next posting).

However, if you use only pure wool, you don't have a wide enough range of colours. Dyed wool, on the other hand, even though it sometimes feels too dried up when working with it, which doesn't affect the quality of the final product though, has one huge advantage: it offers a whole range of bold colours. For example:

(This is an autumn coloured neckwarmer which was bought by one of my British customers; made from extra fine dyed Italian Merino wool).

Potyomkin (Потёмкин) scarf

I've made this scarf for a Russian friend of mine who's a guitar player. What he wanted was a simply elegant accessory that compliments the musician's style without attracting too much attention to itself, with minimalistic feel to it. I decided to use such subdued colours and add a bit of a shiny texture in order for it to look better on stage. I believe this garment creates a truly enigmatic look.
Russian winter turned out to be really long this year, so the scarf is still in use!

My Christmas Give-away is over

Merry Christmas to you awesome folks! 
My Christmas Lottery is finished by now. Thank you everyone for your participation, it was a lot of fun for all of us, I believe. Thanks for your likes, heartwarming comments and shares, too! 

I do anticipate plenty of new Warm Feet Felt woollen stuff coming out next year; I make lots of sketches and am planning a new collection of vests in the near future. Also, I'm very excited about the possibility of working mainly with the pure British wool from now on! This wool is really top quality.

Meanwhile, let me announce the winners.
The winners of my Christmas'12 Lottery are.... :-)

ELENA ZAKHAREVICH

and

JOTKA JURZAK


Congratulations!!!

Two days left to go!

 Hello there guys! My Christmas Lottery is already half way through. 
I'm very excited to meet you all, and I try to keep an accurate record of all participants names :-)
On December 23rd, 6 pm London time we're going to find out who's the winner. He or she can choose a fantastic, absolutely unique scarf from those 6 scarves on the picture 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=495679867139595&set=a.495679863806262.112244.450776701629912&type=1&relevant_count=1

Those of you who're interested but are not on the record yet -- it's not too late to join in, but hurry, only two days left to go until my Christmas give-away is finished! 
To join, simply leave a comment to the lottery post (link above) and share it with your friends. Merry Christmas to all of you! Cheers!

Julia xx

Here it comes... a GIVE-AWAY from Warm Feet Felt!

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone! I’m so excited!

The New Year is around the corner. There’s holly on the doors, tinsel on the trees and flickering of candle lights in the windows. So much festivity 

in the air... and, on top of that, I am starting a CHRISTMAS LOTTERY!

The winner will get one of those beautiful scarves FOR FREE (you choose which one!)
Why not get one of those unique garments as a gift for Christmas?

So, if you want to participate, here’re the rules: you share my Facebook post with your friends out there on Facebook

MY FACEBOOK GIVE-AWAY

and leave a comment with your name, so I can put you on record of participants. On December 23rd I will write all your names on tiny sheets of paper and pick the winner randomly. Then I’ll send off the winner's scarf from London via Royal Mail (I ship at my expense).

Go ahead, share and comment!
Julia xx

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Welcome to Camden Christmas Fair

I'm very pleased to announce that I'm taking part in Camden Christmas Fair in London. The event will take place in The Colonel Fawcett pub ( http://www.thecolonelfawcett.co.uk/ ) situated in 1 Randolph Street, Camden, five minutes walk from Camden Town station. I'm inviting you to pop in and have a look at my goodies on December 2nd, between 3 and 9 pm. This is going to be my first real-life stand, showing off brooches and scarves, mittens and bags :-) 
Londoners, come and say hello! I'll be happy to see you all :-)

"London" vest

After beating around a bush for some time, I had finally decided to make a vest. Yes, it was not an easy decision after being stuck mainly in accessories :-) Making clothes seemed to be an entirely new dimension to me. It was not easy to choose a color either -- first I considered gray, then green... And then the weather started getting colder and colder. 

Spontaneously, having stumbled upon a lovely beige piece of silk in the felting supplies shop, I bought it together with beige wool roving perfectly matching it, kick-starting thus the process of creating this vest. 
I find this color extremely charming! It is so simple and bright, with a slight shade of peach pink to it. The vest appears very minimalistic, without any decor, adorned just with delicate silk lining on the inside.

Fits sizes 44-46 rus (38-40 eur). Made out of superfine Merino wool and 

hand dyed Margilan silk.