Needle Felting
Needle Felting for Beginners
What needle felting actually is, the four things you need to start, and how to turn a handful of loose wool into a firm shape you are pleased with.
5 min read Beginner
Topic
Felting Needles
Needle gauges, shapes and when to reach for each one.
Supplies & Tools
Felting Needles Explained
What the gauge number means, how triangle, star and reverse needles differ, and the smallest set that will cover everything a beginner makes.
4 min read
Supplies & Tools
Felting Supplies for Beginners
A starter kit that costs less than a takeaway, what to add once you know you like it, and the equipment that mostly sits in a drawer.
3 min read
Tips & Troubleshooting
Common Needle Felting Mistakes
Soft shapes, fuzzy surfaces, visible seams and snapped needles almost always trace back to the same handful of habits. Here is how to spot and fix each one.
4 min read Beginner
Needle Felting
Needle Felting Fur
Smooth felt looks like felt. Four methods for making a surface that reads as fur, and when each one is the right answer.
4 min read Advanced
Needle Felting
Needle Felted Face
Faces are made by taking wool away, not adding it. The order of operations that gets a head from a ball to a character, for animals and dolls alike.
4 min read Advanced
Needle Felting
Needle Felting Eyes
Eyes are the last thing you add and the first thing anyone looks at. The three types, how to sink them so they belong in the face, and the highlight that brings them alive.
4 min read Intermediate
Supplies & Tools
Needle Felting Pen
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
Tips & Troubleshooting
Why Felting Needles Break
Needles almost never break because they were cheap. Four habits account for nearly every snapped needle, and all four are easy to unlearn.
4 min read
Supplies & Tools
Felting Machine
A felting machine is a sewing machine with no thread and twelve barbed needles. What it does well, what it cannot do at all, and whether you need one.
4 min read Intermediate
Supplies & Tools
Felting Mat Alternatives
The mat only has one job — to receive the needle after it leaves the wool. Several things in your house already do it, and some do it better than foam.
3 min read Beginner
Tips & Troubleshooting
Is Needle Felting Dangerous
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