Supplies & Tools
Felting Mat Alternatives
The mat only has one job — to receive the needle after it leaves the wool. Several things in your house already do it, and some do it better than foam.
3 min read Beginner
Felting Tips & Troubleshooting — page 3
Tips & Troubleshooting
Is Needle Felting Dangerous
The honest answer: you will stab yourself, it will hurt, and that is the whole of the risk for most people. Here is what to do about it and the two rarer concerns.
4 min read Beginner
Tutorials
Felting in Knitting
Knit it huge and loose, wash it hot, and it becomes dense fabric that never frays. The rules for hitting a target size instead of a felted disappointment.
4 min read Intermediate
Tutorials
How to Felt Without a Felting Needle
Needles are one route to felt, and the newer one. Water, soap, friction and a washing machine do the whole job with nothing sharp involved.
3 min read Beginner
Tips & Troubleshooting
Wool Dryer Balls vs Dryer Sheets
One softens fabric by beating it, the other by coating it in a waxy film. That single difference decides which is better for towels, sportswear and your dryer.
3 min read Beginner
Tips & Troubleshooting
Wool Dryer Balls and Essential Oils
Oil on wool in a hot dryer needs a little care: how many drops, when to add them, which oils stain, and why undiluted oil on hot fabric is worth avoiding.
4 min read Beginner
Tips & Troubleshooting
Felting with Dog Hair
Undercoat felts, guard hair does not, and the difference decides whether you get a keepsake or a bag of fluff. How to collect, wash and work with it.
4 min read Intermediate
Tips & Troubleshooting
Felting with Cat Hair
Cat fur felts more readily than dog hair and gives you far less of it. What to make with the small amount you get, and the one safety point worth knowing.
4 min read Intermediate
Supplies & Tools
Felt Rug Pads
A felt rug pad is not the same thing as a non-slip pad, and buying the wrong one is why rugs still creep across hardwood floors.
3 min read Beginner
Tips & Troubleshooting
Felted Soap Benefits
A bar of soap wrapped in felt is a flannel and a soap dish in one. What it actually does for the bar, for your skin, and the hygiene question people always ask.
4 min read Beginner
Tips & Troubleshooting
How to Clean a Felt Hat
Felt hats are not washable. Brushing, sponging, steaming and a rubber block will handle almost everything a hat picks up — water and detergent will not.
4 min read Beginner
Supplies & Tools
Felt Hat Blanks
A hat blank is felt already shaped into a rough cone or capeline, waiting to be blocked. Which shape to buy, what the grades mean, and what it costs to start.
4 min read Advanced
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Other sections
Needle Felting
Sculpt wool into animals, figures and decorations with barbed needles. Start with the basics, then work up to armatures, faces and fine detail.
Wet Felting
Warm water, soap and friction turn loose fibre into solid fabric. Learn layouts, shrinkage and resists for scarves, soaps, vessels and flat felt.
Nuno Felting
Felt merino through open-weave fabric to create light, drapey textiles. Fabric choice, fibre weight and migration, explained clearly.
Projects
Complete makes with photos at every stage — animals, flowers, ornaments and home decorations, sorted by how much experience they need.
Patterns
Printable templates, measurements and shaping guides you can follow exactly, or adapt once you know what the shapes are doing.
Tutorials
The core techniques, one skill at a time — each written as a sequence you can follow at the table with wool in your hands.
Supplies & Tools
Which needles, wool and mats are actually worth buying — what the gauges mean, what to skip, and what a starter kit really needs.
Knitting
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.
Seasonal & Nature
Why leaves fall when they do, what a cobweb actually is, and the seasonal makes that follow from both.
Recipes
What to do with the pumpkin once it is carved — cooking from fresh, including the parts most people throw away.