Materials
BEAD TIP: Most small bead holes will not fit over the scarf pin as
the metal is thicker then jewelry pins. Purchase the pin first
then the beads to fit the pin, or create polymer clay beads.
~*Artfelt® merino wool roving 50 gram hank: "Solid Black" and
"Cobblestone" were used for sample instructions below
~*Artfelt® merino wool "Cobblestone" pencil roving (shown at right)
~*1 yard Artfelt® Paper (which is the key to this process)
~*Artfelt® Tacking Needles (barbed-not for kids!)
~*Artfelt® 1" thick Tacking Board (work mat)
~**Polyform Products Premo! Sculpey polymer clay (in colors to
match or mix together to match your chosen roving packs)
and some scrap clay
~Straight un-bent scarf pin kit (***Spumoni)
~1 wire wrapped lampwork glass bead with medium hole
(samples from Blue Moon Beads)
~3 Medium hole "E" glass or silver beads
~Small ball stylus tool
~X-Acto type craft blade knife
~Stencil brush
~Two knitting needles or wooden skewers
~Smooth ceramic tile for working and baking surface
~Liquid (NOT gel) Superglue or cyanacrylate glue
*You can find felting products, projects and instructions at the
Felting Instructions
1. Cut a piece of Artfelt paper that tapers in the center and
widens at the ends. The length is your choice. Measure around
your neck with a measuring tape to the desired scarf length, then
add 4" for wool shrinkage. The center of my scarves start at about
5" and taper to about 7". Place one half of the paper
shape onto the tack board. Lay black roving across the length of
the paper and tack down with tacking needle every 1/2" or so.
Lift the paper gently and shift it to
cover the rest of the scarf shape.
2. Pull lengths of multi color
roving to almost cover the black roving vertically this time, as shown.
(I left a black edge for definition.) This creates a cross-hatch
of the fibers. Tack down the roving every 1/2" once again,
through both layers.
3. Now tack the pencil roving into a loose design on the scarf as
you work. I created two sizes of round swirls near one end of
the scarf by spiraling the pencil roving. I also twisted
light and darker gray areas of the pencil
roving and tacked it in a curved manner.
Clay Scarf Pin Instructions
1. Mix clay colors to match your roving. Once you have achieved
your solid new color, your clay will be fully conditioned and
ready to shape. The blue clay in the Cobblestone roving is created
with Premo! Sculpey White (#5001), a little Black (#5042) and a
little Ultramarine Blue (#5562). This makes a blue-gray color. The
green shade is is White, with Green (#5323), a touch of Burnt
Umber (#5053) and a touch of Black clay. Gray is
White with some Black added.
2. Roll a small olive size ball of solid black clay (A)and press onto
the center of a knitting needle. Roll the clay (not the needle)
against your work surface to form a long bead shape (B). Pinch off
small pieces of the blue, green and gray clay and press onto
the long bead. Twist together a thin rope of blue and gray, wrap
around bead as desired and press flat against the bead.
Texture the bead if desired by poking it with a stylus tool or large needle.
3. Create three small beads in various shapes and press onto
the three headpins (see phtoo at the top of the page). Bake the
small beads on a piece of polyester fiberfill or cardstock placed
on a ceramic tile, and the large focal bead on the needle (needle
ends suspended across a pie pan) as directed on the clay
package. Allow the clay to cool.
4. Assemble the scarf pin following the instructions that come with
the kit and secure to scarf.
