Spend a day making your own unique felted chook cover that will sit nicely over a small teapot. Expand your feltmaking skills by making colourful dry prefelts that you can add to your chook and use in many felting projects.

Bernadette grew up in a sheep farming community and loves all things wool. A keen knitter she was introduced to felting over a decade ago. The felting process connects her to the origins of wool and sheep. Bernadette is an active member of Canberra Region Feltmakers, having held numerous committee positions. A keen learner and supporter Bernadette participates in many felting

opportunities, including organising, facilitating and attending workshops.

• Resist material (e.g. floor underlay foam) – approximately 30x30cms
  
• 100 grams of merino wool in 2 colours, to enable different colours in inner and outer layers
• 50 grams of merino wool in several colours, including some black and white, this is to make your colourful prefelts
• Prefelts: small amounts of red and orange
  
• Premade prefelts and silk hankies to use for decoration
  
• Small amounts of knitting wool for decoration (ensure it is not machine washable) as it needs to be able to felt into the wool.
• 2 small buttons will be needed (for the eyes), once your chook is felted
  
• Felting materials
  
• Two pieces of bubble wrap approximately 40x40cms each
  
• Small pieces of painter’s plastic or thin plastic bags
  
• Your usual felting gear
  
• Scissors and a needle and thread