Topic
Merino, corriedale, core wool and blends — what each fibre is good for.
Avocado stones give pink, not green. What separates dyeing from staining is the mordant, and what separates a colour that lasts from one that does not is knowing which plants were never going to hold.
8 min read Intermediate
Wool takes acid dye because it is protein and cotton is not. The acid, the temperature and the timing all exist to make that bond happen evenly — and to stop the pot felting your fibre while it does.
8 min read Intermediate
How the barbs actually work, which of the four needle gauges to reach for, how to hold and angle the needle, how to join one piece to another, and a first project that teaches all of it.
9 min read Beginner
Warm water, soap and friction turn loose fibre into cloth. Learn the layout, the rubbing, the fulling and the point where most beginners stop too early.
4 min read Beginner
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
Three words for wool that has been prepared three different ways, used almost interchangeably by shops. What each really is, and which felts faster.
6 min read Beginner
Merino, corriedale, core wool, batts and tops explained — which fibre felts fastest, which gives the best surface, and which will never felt at all.
4 min read
Wensleydale, teeswater and other longwool curls are sold as intact locks rather than tops. How to attach them, wash them and use them without losing the curl.
4 min read Intermediate
The technique that makes felt light enough to wear in warm weather. How wool migrates through an open weave, how much to use, and why less is always more.
4 min read Intermediate
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.
3 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
A board of carding cloth on a frame lets you paint a colour blend fibre by fibre and pull it off as a rolag. What it does that carders cannot, and how to build one.
4 min read Intermediate
