Hand Crafted Felt: Cat Tea Cozy

Description

Beautifully hand-felted by women artisans in Nepal, this functional and fun tea cozy featuring a playful duo of cat and mouse will surely bring whimsy and color to any tea party. Keeps your teapot hot!
Measures approximately: 13 inches x 10 inches.
100% All Natural New Zealand Wool.
Azo-free dyes.
Due to the handmade nature, slight variations in size, exact color, shape, pattern, or other characteristics may be evident. Each piece is truly a unique work of art, lovingly crafted by hand.
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.
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