Topic
One eleven-stitch repeat, one right-side row to remember, and every wrong-side row purled. It makes columns of leaves — or, with four plain rows between, leaves scattered across the fabric.
4 min read Beginner
Corriedale for almost everything, cheap carded wool for the inside, merino only where it shows. Which roving suits needle felting, what it costs, and how to work out how much a project actually needs.
7 min read Beginner
Roving is not only for felting. Weaving, spinning, doll hair, punch needle and wreaths all take loose wool, and several of them need no equipment at all.
7 min read Beginner
Pure wool felt, wool blend and acrylic craft felt look almost identical on a shelf and behave nothing alike. What the labels mean and what each is good for.
3 min read Beginner
Three balls of felted wool in a tumble dryer cut drying time by roughly a fifth and replace fabric softener entirely. Making them takes an afternoon.
5 min read Beginner
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.
9 min read Beginner
Carded batts felt faster than combed tops and cost less per gram. What batting is, which kind to buy, and why quilters and felters want different things from it.
4 min read Beginner
Projects chosen by what they teach, not by how they look in a photograph — each one adds a skill you will use in everything you make afterwards.
3 min read Beginner
Merino is the fibre most felting shops sell most of, and it is the wrong choice for about half the projects people buy it for. Here is the split.
4 min read Beginner
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
Wool prickle is a mechanical effect with a measurable threshold, not an allergy. Where merino sits on that scale, and why felting changes how it feels.
3 min read Beginner
Play food from felt is the rare craft where crude shapes work better than accurate ones — and where the sewn and needle felted methods each win at different foods.
3 min read Beginner
