Felting. Now read an article from a do-it-yourself website and do the tasks below.

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1 Felting 1. Have you ever tried felting? 2. If yes, was it fun/ easy/ difficult/ boring? 3. If no, why haven t you? 4. If you prefer other crafts, what are they? 5. Would you like to learn a new craft? E.g. basketry, beading, leatherworking, macramé? Now read an article from a do-it-yourself website and do the tasks below. Guest Artist Rory Valentine will show you how to create a felt ball necklace. Materials: 3-4 colors of wool roving ("tops") Bar of pure soap or dish washing liquid Spray bottle of water Bowl of water Towel Colored bead string Seed beads Magnetic necklace clasp or other necklace fastening Sewing needle (thin enough to go through a seed bead) 50

2 To create felt beads: 1. Pull small amount of fleece from the roving and form into a round ball shape. Pull another small amount of fleece in a different color and layer thinly around fleece ball. Continue winding thin pieces of fleece around ball in differing colors and directions until desired size is reached. (For this project, make the ball approx. 6 cm in diameter.) You want to make sure the ball is light and fluffy like a cotton ball because the air trapped inside helps it to felt. 2. Use spray bottle to wet hands, then soap up hands and begin to very gently roll fleece ball between them. Don't use to much pressure or squeeze the ball too hard at this stage because it will cause folds in the fleece that are difficult to get out. You want to wind up with a smooth surface. 3. Keep rolling ball in hands adding slight amounts of pressure until desired size in reached. For this project the ball should be approx. 1,5 cm in diameter. During this process if the ball gets too dry simply apply more water with the spray bottle. If the ball becomes too wet and/or soapy roll the ball on towel to remove excess moisture. 4. Once the ball is the desired size, rinse it in the bowl of water squeezing out the soap. 5. Allow felt bead to dry overnight. To fast dry, place beads in a sock tied at the top and put in a dryer or hang it at the radiator. To create the necklace: 1. Cut a 26-inch length of bead string. 2. Tie a knot approximately 20 cm from one end of the string. 3. Thread the bead string through the needle. Make sure your needle is thin enough to go through a seed bead, and string 3 seed beads up to the knot. 4. Bring the needle through the top of the felt bead. 5. Bring the needle back through three previously strung seed beads. 6. Tie another knot to secure. 7. String approx. 2.5 cm worth of seed beads and tie another knot. 8. Repeat steps to create felt beads until the desired number have been strung. For this project we are using 9 beads for a 40 cm necklace. 9. When all the felt beads have been strung, string the seed beads for another 10 cm and tie on half of the magnetic clasp. 10. Repeat seed beading and tie the other half of clasp on the opposite side of the necklace. 1. So you have read instructions how to make a felt bead necklace. What else is it possible to make out of felt beads? What is it possible to make of felt wool in general? Can you imagine these things made of felted wool? Toys, dolls, jewellery (like earrings, bracelets, brooches), bowls for candies or cookies, different pieces of garment (e.g.coats, scarfs, mittens, hats ), home décor elements, wall hangings, bags, purses, trinkets, cell phone cases, pendants, lamp shades, animal accessories, what else? 51

3 2. Grammar focus. Find and underline all imperatives in the text both affirmative and negative. How are they formed? Fill in this table: NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE./. + Infinitive. to Long form Short form Infinitive. to e.g. e.g. e.g. 3. Make the imperative form of the given verbs and insert them into the text. to take x 3 to have x 2 to give to start not to go to stay to get to speak to come to sit down to recover to tell to stand up to open to make to rest 1. that chewing gum out of your mouth. 2. straight. 3. me the details. 4. your book. 5. two tablets every evening. 6. a left and then a right. 7. in and. yourself at home. 8. Please without me. I'll be there shortly. 9. a piece of this cake. It's delicious. 10. to him. him how you feel. 11. a quiet word with her about it at home and up. some sleep and. 4. Build sentences in affirmative and negative. 1. football / play / please / me / with 2. not make / noise 3. not go / late / to bed 4. your homework / now / do 5. lunch / with / me / have 6. loud / not talk / so 52

4 5. What did your mother tell you? Follow the example. 1. She told you to get up. Get up! 2. She told you not to quarrel. 3. She told you to have breakfast. 4. She told you not to be late for school. 5. She told you to pay attention to classes. 6. She told you to behave properly at school. 7. She told you not to miss classes. 8. She told you to study. 6. Now report the sentences from Exercise 4, starting He/she told/asked E.g. He asked to play football with him. 5. Group work. First, if you see any unknown words, look them up in a dictionary, search the Internet or consult your teacher. Have you tried any of these crafts? Are there any techniques that your group mates are not familiar with or have never tried? Then choose one and write instructions how to make or decorate an object using any of these techniques. After you have finished, instruct your friends how to do it. How to How to make How to do decoupage stenciling scrapbooks a seashell picture box or a photo frame assemblage art collage ceramics furniture design handcrafted dolls origami mail art rubber stamping woodworking beading basketry blacksmithing candlemaking crocheting egg art gourd art jewelry making knitting lacemaking leatherworking macramé needlecrafts polymer clay quilting rock painting rug hooking sewing soapmaking spinning and weaving greeting cards with pressed botanicals (or how to press botanicals, i.e. dry flowers and plants by pressing them) 53

5 Glossary a bead n one of a set of small, usually round, pieces of glass, wood, plastic etc, that you can put on a string and wear as jewellery wool roving n the strand of twisted and drawn-out fibers of wool from which yarns are made seed beads n a kind of very small beads, approx.1-2 mm in diameter a needle n a small thin piece of steel, with a point at one end and a hole in the other, used for sewing fleece n the woolly coat of a sheep, especially the wool and skin of a sheep when it has been made into a piece of clothing to wind v to turn or twist something several times around something else fluffy adj very light and soft to touch cotton n a plant with white hairs on its seeds that are used for making cotton cloth and thread to trap v to prevent something such as gas, air or water from getting away to wet v to make something wet, covered with water to squeeze v to press something firmly together with your fingers or hand; to get liquid from something by pressing it smooth adj a smooth surface has no rough parts, lumps, or holes, especially in a way that is pleasant and attractive to touch pressure n the force or weight that is being put on to something to apply v to put or spread something such as paint, liquid, or medicine onto a surface excess adj additional and not needed because there is already enough of something to rinse v to remove soap, dirt etc from something by washing it quickly with water to dry v to make something dry, or to become dry (without water or liquid inside or on the surface) to tie v to fasten things together or hold them in a particular position using a piece of string, rope etc to thread v to put a thread, string, rope etc through a hole a knot n a part where one or more pieces of string, rope, cloth etc have been tied or twisted together References: 1. DIY network: do-it-yourself projects. Page accessed on 2 February, The discerning Fiber Artist's complete source for merino wool roving, felting fiber, and silk fibers. Page accessed on 2 February, Veltiniautojų svetainė. Page accessed on 2 February,