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Felt (it) up tutorial by Nad Thitadilaka

August 24, 2009 by Linda Lanese

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As you can see from these amazing pictures, Nad is a pro at felting and I found a tutorial on “instructables.com” Although the pictures are not the best unless you are PRO menber, you can look at these pictures and see the finished results.  I also found this little snippet about Nad on “supernaturale.com” a wonderful site that offers crafters fun and exciting projects, so check them out and try Nad’s tutorial. nFelt is a line of felted accessories made by Nad Thitadilaka. Nad is a textile designer originally from Phuket, Thailand where there is no wool or snow. She lived in Chicago for a number of years and became fascinated with this stuff called wool. The felting began when she threw a knit hat into a hot washing machine and was surprisingly happy with the results. Her brooches and necklaces are made with wool roving and glass beads but the results are totally divine. Who knew that simple felting could yield such visually rich objects. Seeing the layers in the spherical brooches is just amazing. She is now working in Thailand as a textile designer for the non-profit organization called the Doi Tung Development Project (www.doitung.org). Doi Tung helps create sustainable economies for northern Thai people by supporting textile and handicraft skills as an alternative to illicit opium farming.

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Book Review: Off to the Nursery

One of the best things about the return of warmer weather is getting to plant new flowers and starting the vegetable garden if you have one. Off to the Nursery by Alice Oehr is subtitled “a celebration of gardening, plants and seasons,” and it’s also a celebration of diversity (because gardening is for everyone) and caring for the earth.

The book starts with the work of getting the garden ready for spring, pulling out the old plants and spreading compost made from kitchen scraps. They grab tomatoes and peppers, learn about zucchini and eggplant and explore the tasty world of herbs.

They also look through the seeds, succulents, berries and fruit trees, flowers and aquatic plants, talking about the benefits of different plants and how fun they are to grow. Maybe you can relate to the family buying what seems like way too many plants?

The book was originally published in Australia, so some of the flowers mentioned might not be familiar to your or your kids, but that’s kind of fun, too. You can also use this as an opportunity to talk about which plants in the book can grow where you live and that just like animals, plants have preferred habitats, too.

Illustrations are colorful and the book combines a standard font and a hand written font to make it feel more like a journal about the garden. The illustrations include fun facts and growing tips such as always planting mint in a pot or germinating seeds on a wet paper towel before planting.

If you want to introduce kids to gardening or just talk about what kind of plants can be grown at home where you live (yes to tomatoes, probably no to the kumquat tree), this cute book is a great addition to your spring reading list.

About the book: 30 pages, hardcover. Published 2025 by Scribble US. Suggested retail price $18.95.

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