Wet, Nuno, Knit and Needle Felting
What Is Felting?
The first question you may have in mind is, “What is felting?” After all, there must be some kind of step between a handful of wool and a hat. Exactly how does one learn how to create felt? Felting is a simple...
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Felting Tools, Materials and Supplies
Felting requires two separate categories of items to complete its process—materials and tools. Materials: Yarn Yarn is an amount of fibers that have been spun together into string. For use with felting, the yarn used must...
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How to Felt Wool
There are four basic types of felting: wet felting, needle felting, nuna felting, and knit felting. Though there are others, these are the ones you will come across most in your quest to learn how to felt. Here on...
Read More"Felting is the art of taking wool fiber and creating something beautiful."
Learn how to felt wool including wet, needle, nuno and knit
What is Felting?
Felting is manipulating fibers into your own art or material. There are many ways to achieve your goals in felting. Why do fibers “felt?” Each strand of wool looks almost scaled, like a fish. What happens when you manipulate the fibers they end up creating a bond when the scales hook into each other. Once this bond is made it is really difficult to tear them apart – thus felted wool is some of the best material to create art, clothes, hats and even dolls. Learn More
Wool Jewelry
Wool jewelry is becoming quite popular these days. It’s an affordable and creative way to show off your felting skills. Felted beads are easy to produce if you have the time to create them, and you can even use a needle to create unique shapes and textures in your beads.
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