A Taste of Wet Felting
September 6, 2025
Oatland Wildlife Center
1:00pm -4:00pm
Nancy Algrim
Come help kick off a new year of Taste of Classes! Join us in this 3-hour workshop of hand wet felting. Nancy will guild us through the process of binding fibers using soap and water. Hands on instructions include the felting process, embellishment, cutting, mending, shaping and finishing. The results are a beautiful flower that can be used in many creative ways.
Participants should bring a small towel (for drying hands),
A bowl, metal or plastic, big enough to hold hold about 3 cups of water
Small pointed scissors.
Students may also wish to bring an apron and small piece of drawer liner or place mat (12-14”).
Supplies for this workshop include 4 or 5 colors of Merino wool that can be purchased from Nancy in the class $5.00. Students are welcome to bring their own Merino wool.
Each flowers requires about 5-6 grams wool. Merino is preferred. We will use 4 to 5 colors
Nancy Algrim, a California native, grew up the Redwoods. A textile lover and creator since first grade, Nancy went on to earn a BFA in Fiber Arts with a specialty in Wet Felting from the University of Oregon.
She opened the Black Iris Boutique in 1981, offering European fabrics and custom sewing. Nancy creates the majority of the accessories for the shop. These include hand felted items, Kumihimo jewelry, knotted pearls, seed bead, lamp worked and fused glass jewelry. She loves to share her skills with others by teaching. Workshops are regularly offered at the Black Iris and when she travels.
Class limited to 10 students.
