{"id":299,"date":"2009-06-06T02:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/2009\/06\/06\/felting-felting-felting-pictures-from-the-latest-workshop-and-facts\/"},"modified":"2009-08-27T04:54:46","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T04:54:46","slug":"felting-felting-felting-pictures-from-the-latest-workshop-and-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/2009\/06\/06\/felting-felting-felting-pictures-from-the-latest-workshop-and-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Felting, felting felting&#8230;.pictures from the latest workshop and facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Felt is the oldest form of fabric known to humankind. It predates weaving and knitting, although there is archaeological evidence from the British Museum that the first known thread was made by winding vegetable fibers on the thigh. In Turkey, the remains of felt have been found dating back at least to 6,500 BC. Highly sophisticated felted artifacts were found preserved in permafrost in a tomb in Siberia and dated to 600 AD.<\/p>\n<p>Many cultures have legends as to the origins of felt making. Sumerian legend claims that the secret of felt making was discovered by Urnamman of Lagash. The story of Saint Clement and Saint Christopher relates that while fleeing from persecution, the men packed their sandals with wool to prevent blisters. At the end of their journey, the movement and sweat had turned the wool into felt socks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_2K1ELBBtSVM\/SinfkjVupcI\/AAAAAAAABbA\/mha8XMmkWo0\/s1600-h\/_MG_1997-32.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344048251906467266\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 243px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_2K1ELBBtSVM\/SinfkjVupcI\/AAAAAAAABbA\/mha8XMmkWo0\/s320\/_MG_1997-32.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_2K1ELBBtSVM\/SingX5g6IkI\/AAAAAAAABbI\/ukrMqZ0R35Q\/s1600-h\/_MG_1996-31.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344049134032265794\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 243px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_2K1ELBBtSVM\/SingX5g6IkI\/AAAAAAAABbI\/ukrMqZ0R35Q\/s320\/_MG_1996-31.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_2K1ELBBtSVM\/SindvLPLMVI\/AAAAAAAABag\/sptPWU9AFVs\/s1600-h\/_MG_2006-35.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344046235391832402\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 243px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_2K1ELBBtSVM\/SindvLPLMVI\/AAAAAAAABag\/sptPWU9AFVs\/s200\/_MG_2006-35.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_2K1ELBBtSVM\/SindqQRwjKI\/AAAAAAAABaY\/ko2Bw_kz_ik\/s1600-h\/_MG_2004-34.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344046150845500578\" style=\"cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 243px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_2K1ELBBtSVM\/SindqQRwjKI\/AAAAAAAABaY\/ko2Bw_kz_ik\/s200\/_MG_2004-34.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felt is the oldest form of fabric known to humankind. It predates weaving and knitting, although there is archaeological evidence from the British Museum that the first known thread was made by winding vegetable fibers on the thigh. In Turkey, the remains of felt have been found dating back at least to 6,500 BC. Highly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soigne.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}