Projects
How to Make Felt Food
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
Topic
Beginner — page 8
Tutorials
Felt Applique
Felt is the ideal appliqué material because it has no fraying edge. Which felt to use, how to hold shapes down while you stitch, and the four edge stitches worth knowing.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
Felted Christmas Balls
A tree full of wool baubles that survive being dropped by children and cats. Three methods, what each one actually weighs, and how to hang them so the loop holds.
4 min read Beginner
Tutorials
Dyeing Wool with Food Colouring
Food colouring is an acid dye in everything but name. With vinegar and gentle heat it bonds permanently to wool, using pans you can still cook in afterwards.
4 min read Beginner
Supplies & Tools
Wool Felt Desk Mat
A slab of dense wool felt under a keyboard is quieter, warmer and kinder to a desk than any synthetic mat — provided it is the right thickness and actually wool.
4 min read Beginner
Supplies & Tools
Felting Yarn
Half of all felted knitting projects fail at the yarn shop. How to read a label, how to test a swatch, and which yarns felt hardest.
4 min read Beginner