Felt and Embroider Mask Markers

Here, the students wet filter small drop-shaped knitting markers and sew beads on them.

Unleash your creativity in mini format with wool, needle and thread.

At this workshop, you will learn how to wet felt knitting markers of various shapes, and then to embroider small motifs on them. You decide for yourself the expression of your markers, whether they should be with small flowers, fine patterns or statements - It's up to you.

With wool and soapy water, you will learn the principles and technique of wet felting. It does not take long to felt the small markers and you therefore have the opportunity to make several and experiment with different shapes and colors.

After the felting, you will learn three simple embroidery stitches that you can put together and sew on your markers.

At the workshop there will be wool in many colors, as well as embroidery and mica yarn.

In the price are included all materials for two markers. If you make more, there will be a smaller additional amount per marker. You don't need any prior knowledge to participate.

**About the Educator: **

Rikke Tonnesen is the creator of Damegarn -a soft tribute to women's craftsmanship. Damegarn is colourful hand-spun yarn consisting of yarn residues and delicious wool from Danish sheep farmers.

Rikke was born and raised in Tønder and the marsh has made its mark on life and mind to that extent. She clearly remembers all the weekends when her parents took Rikke and her siblings on trips around the levees in the marshes. Nature was a big part of Rikke's childhood, but back then she didn't think much of either the plants, the birds, or the sheep and their wool. It was more about whether there was toasted chocolate in the lunch box and about getting home in time to watch the youth series on German television.

Rikke's parents loved the marsh. She even thought it was a bit boring and in the wind and rain on a bike it was downright a beast. The marsh has left its mark on Rikke and today she appreciates its beauty, rawness and tranquility. The wool came to her about four years ago when she stood in the stable of a sheep farmer and watched while the sheep were being sheared. Here it really dawned on Rikke how beautiful and amazing a material wool is and that most of this beautiful (g) wool was often sent to the incineration and therefore completely wasted. Since that day at the sheep farmer, Rikke has been working on processing and spinning the wool, as well as developing wool products. Every time she has the wool in her hands, she is fascinated by its texture, colors and beauty.

Rikke's greatest respect goes to all the women who through the ages have had the raw wool in their hands and patiently and persistently worked their way to a finished textile from warm socks to fine woven suits. No great-grandmother or grandmother has taught Rikke to work with wool or spin yarn, but she loves when she can pass on her knowledge and experience.