Photo 6.1. From top to bottom:
- Strip of wadding with knots
- Wadding where the edge has been teased out and twisted. The wadding has also been teased into holes
- Wadding where edge has been formed using a soldering iron
- Man-made felt with irregular fringe formed using a soldering iron.
- Strip of netting with knots
- Light weight Vilene strip with knotted loops
- Light weight Vilene strip tied with smaller strips
Photo 6.2. From top to bottom:
- Cotton cut into a fringe
- Cotton cut into a fringe and then knotted
- Cotton folded over, cut into fringe and then knotted
- As above but fringe is then frayed afer knotting
- Pattern cut into felt
- Slits cut into man made felt and then stretched
- As above, then sample was pressed with a very hot iron between sheets of baking parchment. This made the felt go smooth and shiny
- Two strips of felt folded over each other and then pressed with a very hot iron
Photo 6.3. From top to bottom:
- Light weight vilene strip, knotted.
- Light weight vilene strip, knotted.
- Man made felt strip with a fringe cut into it. The strip was knotted.
- As above, then the strip was pressed with a very hot iron
- Strip of cotton fabric frayed along both long edges and then knotted
- Strip of cotton fabric frayed along both edges and then gathered by pulling on a central thread.
- Cotton fabric frayed and then cut to shape
- Short strips of vilene bound together with longer strips.