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FeltingLessons

Topic

Beginner

Projects and guides that assume no prior felting experience.

Projects

Sweater Mittens

One felted jumper makes two or three pairs. The template, where to place it to use the cuffs, and the fleece lining that turns them from craft into kit.

4 min read Beginner

Projects

Felted Sweater Projects

One felted jumper is about half a square metre of thick, cut-friendly wool. Fifteen things to make from it, ordered by how much fabric each one needs.

4 min read Beginner

Patterns

Felt Cat Patterns

Felt does not fray, so a cat pattern is four shapes and no hemming. How to draw your own template, and what changes when the cat is going to be chewed.

6 min read Beginner

Projects

Felt Animal Hair Clips

The animal is the easy part. The reason most felt hair clips end up in the bin is the join between the felt and the metal, and glue is never the answer.

4 min read Beginner

Tutorials

How to Felt a Wool Sweater

Deliberately shrinking a jumper turns a charity shop find into thick, cut-friendly fabric. The settings that work, and the ones that produce a stiff board.

4 min read Beginner

Projects

Felt Bag Charms

A bag charm gets knocked against doorframes every day, so it has to be felted harder than it looks. Twenty minutes each, and a hardware fitting that will not shed it.

4 min read Beginner

Projects

Felt Valentine Crafts

Felt does not fray, cuts cleanly and comes in every red there is. A dozen Valentine projects sorted by how long they actually take.

4 min read Beginner

Projects

Felt Bottle Bag

A wine bottle is its own resist. Wrap it in wool, felt it in place, and you get a sleeve that fits exactly — one evening, no pattern, no sewing.

4 min read Beginner

Projects

Felted Heart

The shape everyone gets slightly wrong. Three ways to make a heart in wool, and the one adjustment that stops it looking like a leaf.

4 min read Beginner

Projects

Needle Felted Angel

An angel is three shapes you already know how to make. Get the cone standing straight and the rest is decoration.

4 min read Beginner

Projects

Needle Felted Hedgehog

The body takes twenty minutes. The spines take the rest, and there are four ways to make them — only two of which look right.

4 min read Beginner