Projects
Felted Cat Toys
Which wool toys cats really play with, how hard to felt them so they survive claws and teeth, catnip versus silvervine, what to leave off, and a short note on dogs.
8 min read Beginner
Topic
Beginner — page 2
Projects
Felt Mobile
How to make a felt mobile for a nursery or a window: choosing a hoop, branch or crossbar, what to hang and how heavy it is, drop lengths that look right from below, balancing it, and hanging it safely over a crib.
6 min read Beginner
Projects
Needle Felted Snowman
How to needle felt a snowman that stands up and looks right: the size ratio between the balls, how much wool it takes, keeping white wool clean, plus a hanging ornament and a sewn sheet felt snowman.
6 min read Beginner
Projects
Felted Wreath
Felt ball, rolled rose, fringed and felted wreaths, with how many balls or roses a ring takes, which base to use, and how to keep a wool wreath looking good on a door.
6 min read Beginner
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Felt Garland
How to make a felt garland that hangs properly: how many balls a length takes, how to get a needle through a hard felt ball, spacing that stays put, and Christmas, Halloween and Valentine versions.
8 min read Beginner
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Felt Coasters
Three ways to make felt coasters that lie flat and do not lift with the mug: the right felt thickness, how many felt balls a coaster takes and how to sew them, and wet felted coasters with a design laid in.
5 min read Beginner
Projects
Felt Christmas Tree
How to make a felt Christmas tree, from the children's wall tree with detachable ornaments to felted cones and tabletop trees, with sizes, materials and what holds the ornaments on.
8 min read Beginner
Projects
Felt Christmas Stocking
How to make a felt Christmas stocking: a pattern that holds its shape, the felt that survives being filled, names and appliqué, sequin kits, and a seamless wet felted stocking.
6 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 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, what a needle felting kit should contain, and what almost every kit leaves out.
8 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