Felt Pumpkin Garland
Celebrate the beauty of autumn with this felt pumpkin garland, handcrafted by women artisans in Nepal. Featuring a row of colorful pumpkins made from natural New Zealand wool, it brings a warm, festive touch to mantels, tables, walls, windows, and entryways throughout the fall season.
Made using traditional felting techniques and colored with azo-free dyes, each garland is carefully crafted by hand. Slight variations in size, color, and shape make every piece one of a kind.
Details:
- Handmade from 100% natural New Zealand wool
- Colored with azo-free dyes
- Approximately 35" L
- Hanging loops on each end for easy display
- Due to the handmade nature of each piece, slight variations in size, color, and shape are to be expected
- Handmade in Nepal
Maker: Global Groove
The Art of Felting:
The first step to creating these beautiful felt pieces begins with gathering some of the world’s finest sheep’s wool from New Zealand. Making felted wool is an ages-old, time-consuming process of bonding fabric with fiber. This is a physical job where the artisan’s scrub, rub, roll and rinse the wool again and again with soapy water.
Once the wool is bound into a sheet and the desired thickness is complete, the felt is laid out to dry. From there, the felt wool is cut and re-worked into many complex shapes and designs. The many sheets of wool might merge several colors to create patterns and layers. This takes a well-trained, talented artisan and is a true labor of love. The end results are colorful, one-of-a-kind textiles that are stunning to behold.