Wool is the only common fibre that permanently tangles itself into cloth. What actually happens to the fibre, and the four different crafts that all get called felting.
4 min read Beginner
Charcoal reads as neutral, brown reads as warm, and black reads as formal whether you meant it to or not. How felt takes dye, and which shades survive sunlight.
3 min read
Hand carders, the drum carder and the two methods that need no equipment at all. How wool colour mixing differs from paint, and why it does.
4 min read Intermediate
Needles almost never break because they were cheap. Four habits account for nearly every snapped needle, and all four are easy to unlearn.
4 min read
Felt shrinks by a third or more, and not evenly in both directions. How to measure your own shrinkage rate and size a project so it fits when it is finished.
4 min read Intermediate
A fedora, a trilby and a homburg are three different hats, and the difference is measurable in centimetres of brim. What each shape does for a face, and how to size one properly.
3 min read
What roving is, how it differs from tops and batts, which breeds are sold in it, and how much you need before you spend money on the wrong fibre.
4 min read Beginner
Merino is the fibre most felting shops sell most of, and it is the wrong choice for about half the projects people buy it for. Here is the split.
4 min read Beginner
Carded batts felt faster than combed tops and cost less per gram. What batting is, which kind to buy, and why quilters and felters want different things from it.
4 min read Beginner
Pure wool felt, wool blend and acrylic craft felt look almost identical on a shelf and behave nothing alike. What the labels mean and what each is good for.
3 min read Beginner
Three materials, three processes, one confusing set of names. How felted fabric is made, how it differs from felt, and why boiled wool is neither exactly.
3 min read Beginner
Wool prickle is a mechanical effect with a measurable threshold, not an allergy. Where merino sits on that scale, and why felting changes how it feels.
3 min read Beginner
Sculpt wool into animals, figures and decorations with barbed needles. Start with the basics, then work up to armatures, faces and fine detail.
Warm water, soap and friction turn loose fibre into solid fabric. Learn layouts, shrinkage and resists for scarves, soaps, vessels and flat felt.
Felt merino through open-weave fabric to create light, drapey textiles. Fabric choice, fibre weight and migration, explained clearly.
Complete makes with photos at every stage — animals, flowers, ornaments and home decorations, sorted by how much experience they need.
Printable templates, measurements and shaping guides you can follow exactly, or adapt once you know what the shapes are doing.
The core techniques, one skill at a time — each written as a sequence you can follow at the table with wool in your hands.
Which needles, wool and mats are actually worth buying — what the gauges mean, what to skip, and what a starter kit really needs.
The knitting side of working with wool — leaf patterns, casting on, needle sizes and knitting faster — including the pieces that go on to be felted.
Why leaves fall when they do, what a cobweb actually is, and the seasonal makes that follow from both.
What to do with the pumpkin once it is carved — cooking from fresh, including the parts most people throw away.
