Fairytale Cowls

Seeing as I am enjoying creating my latest cowl so much I have decided to do a series of cowls inspired by the fairytales I enjoyed as a child.

I have some inspiration boards for some of the pieces but these are the basic building blocks of each design

Snow White will be red, black, and snowflake white yarn with ties ending in red apple charms.

Pied Piper will be in sari silk yarn both spun and ladder with black lace, red velvet, wooden buttons and a leather cord pull tie with drilled penny ends.

Red Riding Hood will be red ( of course) either rags to riches yarn or felted red wool with a faux fur collar and wolf teeth pull ties ends.

Cinderella will be gold and cream with tea dyed muslin, old gold lace, pearls and tulle

I'm also thinking of Mother Goose in grey and Sleeping Beauty in silk and stainless steel

Felted Cowl - the princess and the toad

You know what, I've just taken the cowl out of the machine and it looks good but I have decided not to go with the mermaid theme but to go with something completely different.

I'm currently listening to Emily Loizeau's cd Pays Savauge (I recommend it simply for the photographs, you get a wonderful french boho collection with a bearded lady,dandies, silk and furs, long skirts and tousled curls, top hats and horns) and I fell in love with the mix of languages and troubadourish style that echos through the entire album.

She has a wonderful song on there called "The Princess And The Toad" and it made me totally change my plans for this cowl. I'll still be decorating it with muslin but this will be tea stained and ruffled with gold tulle, old lace, pearls and water lillies and the loop pull will have two gold balls on the end to represent the ball that the princess lost in the palace pond which lead to the story itself.

I'll post some images from the album so you can see what has inspired me so much

Up the Airy Mountain, Through the Rushy Glen..... Etsy Treasury

New Treasury - Frog Prince

Brand new treasury made before I go off to the land of nod
Frog Prince