tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380631593644516380.post3984246236365614758..comments2024-03-17T09:59:25.470-07:00Comments on Making Handmade Books: Making a Felt Book, Pt. 5: BindingAlisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649805582936306865noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380631593644516380.post-1933864150593225962012-01-25T07:19:17.979-08:002012-01-25T07:19:17.979-08:00Here in Tucson, I have awful moths. Really a deter...Here in Tucson, I have awful moths. Really a deterrent to doing any felting. Never been able to get them to go away, but I've learned to put out lots of traps and trained my cats to catch them. Rotating woolen items seems to help, but it's a never ending issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380631593644516380.post-11749616176106705242012-01-23T18:41:43.151-08:002012-01-23T18:41:43.151-08:00good ideas. india flint might remind us that eucal...good ideas. india flint might remind us that eucalyptus (or other similarly strong scent) could be part of the dyeing process which might also deter critters.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380631593644516380.post-23838051566083599322012-01-22T16:34:26.379-08:002012-01-22T16:34:26.379-08:00Regarding the books, I wonder as well. It has been...Regarding the books, I wonder as well. It has been nine years and I haven't had a problem, yet. Handling the books a lot, sealing them in the airtight plastic bins, and/or creating boxes for them that incorporate some of the scented things I mentioned or PVA (particularly the kind with the pepperminty smell)—all things I've done—may work. If you dye your own wool I'm told you can incorporate a certain chemical into it. Here's hoping…Alisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649805582936306865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380631593644516380.post-42647197979594622142012-01-22T14:20:35.232-08:002012-01-22T14:20:35.232-08:00thanks for the ideas...i don't keep anything l...thanks for the ideas...i don't keep anything like the amount of wool around i used to. but i wonder about felt books. it's possible all the dyeing plus whatever chemistry one uses will help keep the moths away. but i do wonder about felt! again, my studio at the time was largely fleece, wool yarn, and woven woolens. (and i have tried the freezer, artemesia, moth balls, cedar...)Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380631593644516380.post-6518060903019572592012-01-21T18:24:27.333-08:002012-01-21T18:24:27.333-08:00So sorry to hear this! Awhile back, I posed the mo...So sorry to hear this! Awhile back, I posed the moth question to some longtime felters and, strangely, all of them either had never had a problem or were horrified that I could even ask such a thing. No one was able to give me a definitive answer.<br /><br />After poking around for advice, the precautions I was able to come up with are:<br />1. Seal each color airtight in a separate gallon Ziploc bag. (Color isn't the issue. Air is.)<br />2. Store bags in a plastic bin with an airtight lid.<br />3. Keep a sachet of cloves or cinnamon with the wool. I read that moths don't like strong smells (camphor, processed camphor in the form of moth balls, or cedar are other possibilities).<br />4. Someone also suggested putting bags in a hot car (in summer, one would assume) or some other hot place which is supposed to kill off the eggs.<br /><br />Air, heat, strong smell. So far, these have been working. Good luck!Alisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649805582936306865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380631593644516380.post-31701178105248584742012-01-21T04:47:36.359-08:002012-01-21T04:47:36.359-08:00this whole felted book tutorial has been very inte...this whole felted book tutorial has been very interesting. i do have a question about the moth issue. do you ever find moths infiltrating them? (i have had this happen in my studio-ugly and many many pounds of wool were lost).Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.com