Beginner

Supplies & Tools

Felting Needle Sizes

A reference table of felting needle gauges from 32 to 46, what each is actually for, and why no honest chart gives you a millimetre figure.

5 min read · Beginner

Projects

Felt Flowers

Three ways to build a flower from felt cloth — rolled, stacked and petal by petal — which suits which bloom, and the cutting that decides whether it looks made or bought.

6 min read · Beginner

Supplies & Tools

Wet Felting Materials

Wet felting needs four things and forgives almost no substitutions in the first one. Which fibres actually mat, which quietly refuse, and what the water, soap and surface are really doing.

6 min read · Beginner

Supplies & Tools

Felting Needle Kit

Most needle kits sell you forty needles and one useful idea. What the gauges in the pack actually do, which pieces matter, and the three things almost every kit forgets.

7 min read · Beginner

Supplies & Tools

Felting Kit

Starter kit, project kit, wet felting kit and gift kit are four different purchases sold under one word. Which one suits what you want to make, and how to judge it before it arrives.

6 min read · Beginner

Supplies & Tools

Felted Sky

Felted Sky is a family-run American maker of beginner needle felting kits. What the Sculpting with Wool boxes contain, the one thing to check before ordering, and how to keep going once the wool is gone.

6 min read · Beginner

Projects

Felt Plushies

A felt plushie is cut and sewn, not needle felted. Which felt to buy, why the pattern carries no seam allowance, and the edge stitches that hold a stuffed toy together.

12 min read · Beginner

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

Needle Felted Fish

Nothing about a fish body says fish. The fins and tail do all the work, and they only work if the body underneath is a flattened teardrop rather than a sausage.

6 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