Projects
Felted Slippers
Two routes to felted slippers — knit them enormous and shrink them, or wet felt them over a resist. Plus the sole problem, which nobody warns you about.
4 min read Intermediate
Topic
Gifts — page 3
Tutorials
How to Make Felt Beads
Felt beads are small felt balls with a hole through them, and the hole is the difficult part. Three ways to make one that does not close up as the wool shrinks.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
Wool Dryer Balls
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.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
Felted Gnome
A gnome is a cone, a beard and a hat, which makes it the easiest recognisable figure in needle felting — and the hat is the only part that needs thought.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
Felted Mushrooms
Two shapes, one join, and the gills underneath that make the difference between a mushroom and a red ball on a stick.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
Felted Pumpkins
The ribs are everything. Whether you needle felt or wet felt one, a pumpkin without deep segments is just an orange ball — and the fix is a length of thread.
4 min read Beginner
Needle Felting
Needle Felting Ideas for Beginners
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
Tips & Troubleshooting
Felting with Dog Hair
Undercoat felts, guard hair does not, and the difference decides whether you get a keepsake or a bag of fluff. How to collect, wash and work with it.
4 min read Intermediate
Tips & Troubleshooting
Felting with Cat Hair
Cat fur felts more readily than dog hair and gives you far less of it. What to make with the small amount you get, and the one safety point worth knowing.
4 min read Intermediate
Tips & Troubleshooting
Felted Soap Benefits
A bar of soap wrapped in felt is a flannel and a soap dish in one. What it actually does for the bar, for your skin, and the hygiene question people always ask.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
How to Make Felt Dolls
Two quite different crafts share the name: needle felted wool dolls, and dolls sewn from felt fabric. Both are beginner projects, and the choice changes everything.
4 min read Beginner
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