Braiding

This was the very first piece I created in the 2nd year. It's made by stitching long individual strands of wool together (using a zig-zag stitch on the machine) then folding over and repeating, stitching the two halves together. I repeated this hundreds of times to create this piece, which is based on bones and the body.

After finishing, I went in with hand-stitches to hold the shape in place and tidy up any rough edges.

The natural curve of the material. The more you add to it, the more it curves.

These little loops, shown above and below, make it so easy to use another piece of wool to thread them together, almost in a corset type way.

Finished piece! Although I could add more to it at any time, however it was only a two week project so time was very limited.