Hi, Guys!
I'm Kristen and Welcome to Studio Knit!
This is a very special time for us DIYers because it is National Craft Month.
Did you know that?
So, to celebrate, I am getting together with some Kin Community creators and together we
are going to be bringing crafty new ideas to you that everybody can make.
For my project, I'm going to be sharing these FIBER FEATHERS.
These are so much fun, they definitely have a very bohemian vibe.
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All of the DIYs that my friends are sharing, I am going to have links to their channels
down in the description below, so make sure to check them out.
Let's begin with our materials.
We are starting with yarn.
Any colors, any fiber and size.
We also are going to be using corn starch and some floral wire.
Mine is wrapped in paper, I find that this works really nicely.
Some wire cutters, we also want to have some scissors on hand.
As well as a couple of paint brushes, a medium and a small size, and some craft glue.
So, let's start with our fabric thickener.
It is 1 1/2 cups of water to 1/4 cup of corn starch and just stir it over a low heat until
it thickens up.
Place it to the side and let it cool off.
Starting with our floral wire, we are just going to cut into whatever size you desire
and then you are ready to get your yarn prepped, as well.
I like to make them a little bit longer than I think I need because we will be cutting
them down to to size.
So, once you have all of your pretty colors, it is time to first wrap the wire in yarn.
And you can do it in any color, I find that a little bit of craft glue helps keep it nice
and secure on both ends.
We just wrap it up and then it is time to take all of our pretty colors and make our
feathers just by knotting one strand of yarn at a time.
Now let's give it a nice little warm bath.
We're just going to dunk our feather for about a minute or so.
This is the back side of the feather and I want to show you this side here, this is the
front.
So we'll just lie it down and I like to them all straight.
I find that just sort of using the tip of my scissors
really helps get them nice and straight.
Then just cut up the side, right like that.
And we're going to get that Fabric Thickener,
our corn starch and just brush it on both sides.
I like to get it really covered.
It's fun to work with.
Then, with our brush, we can just shape into a feather shape.
I find that sort of pulling it down definitely does help and just brush brush brush until
you get the feather shape that you desire!
And you can save your corn starch fabric thickener in the fridge.
And we just let our feather dry on some parchment paper.
It can take a couple of days, so if you want to speed it up with a hair dryer, that totally
works.
Now while I'm waiting for my feathers to dry, I am going to create a wall hanging using
my friend Robert, from Kin Community, he has this great Hoop Weaving DIY video from this
World Crafted series.
I have a link down to that below.
It's so much fun.
I've gotten really obssessed with weaving and Iook forward to learning more about it.
Thank you so much for watching.
I hope you are inspired to make your own FIBER FEATHERS.
Make sure to please check out all of my crafty friends from Kin Community.
They have come up with some great DIY projects that we all can make.
I'm really excited to get started on them, as well.
Thanks so much for watching, guys.
BYE!