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Halfway between merino and a carpet fleece, and better than either at most felting jobs. What corriedale is, how it behaves, and when merino is still the right answer.
4 min read Beginner
The cheap coarse wool that fills the inside of every needle felted sculpture. Why using merino for a core wastes both money and time, and what to buy instead.
4 min read Beginner
Wool that stays fluffy after an hour of work is almost never a technique problem. Work through these seven causes in order and you will find it.
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The foundation shape behind almost every felted figure. Learn how to build a ball that is genuinely round, genuinely firm, and smooth on the surface.
4 min read Beginner
Moths eat keratin, and a fibre stash is a buffet. What actually kills eggs, why cedar and lavender are not enough, and how to store wool so it survives.
4 min read Beginner
The wet felting method for wool balls: fast, repeatable and much better than needle felting when you need a garland's worth rather than one.
4 min read Beginner
Felting books split into three kinds — technique manuals, project collections and artist monographs. Most people buy the second kind first and wish they had bought the first.
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A pen holds three to seven needles and covers ground several times faster than one. Where that speed is worth having, where it ruins the work, and which tool to buy.
4 min read Beginner
Wool felt, craft felt and needle felted sculpture behave completely differently in water. How to wash each without destroying it.
4 min read Beginner
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.
6 min read Beginner
The mat is not padding. Its ridges grip the wool through the plastic and shear it slightly with every roll, and that shear is what turns a fragile web into fabric.
3 min read Beginner
Needles almost never break because they were cheap. Four habits account for nearly every snapped needle, and all four are easy to unlearn.
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