Felting tips

A blog about whimsical knitting and felting patterns and ideas with photos.

Needle felting

Does it frustrate you that your wool figurines don't look the way you want them to? The best advice to beginner needle felters will help!

These beginner-friendly needle felting kits are a great way to learn the art of needle felting. You'll love these cute felting projects.

Needle felting a soft circle

Maker Team member Felicia of @felicia_murray creates exquisite needle felted wool sculptures. Her trademark has become organic seascapes, which are other worldly! We are so happy to have her share some of her techniques with us in the first of a two part tutorial series. Let's dive in! Needle felting may seem intimidating at first, but there is so much that you can do with this technique. I am inspired by nature and the ocean, so I am constantly looking for textures and plant life around me…

Learn everything you need to know about wet felting - the supplies you need, how to wet felt, and different wet felting techniques.

Oh my gosh… it’s SUCH a joy to watch the birds begin to build their nests. We are hoping like mad that a bird will build a nest in our garden. More than anything, we are preying that one of the hundreds of hummingbirds that visit us will build a nest in our avocado tree. […]

I’ve started another project based on the book I told you about. I decided to put my own spin on it, but it isn’t turning out the way I wanted it to, so I am going to make something el…

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Hello! This tutorial has been updated (as of March 2012) Please click here for the new version *************************************************************** This tutorial will show you how to make a basic piece of flat felt. Anyone can make felt – it’s easy. To...

When I learned to needle felt, I tried the simple (but very impractical) technique of using a cookie cutter as a template. A cookie cutter template (literally) sounds good on paper. It turns out it…

A question I often get asked when creating my needle felted animals is ‘what type of wool did you use for your core wool?’ or ‘what wool is the dog’s long fur made of?’ When you first start needle felting the variety of fibres out there and knowing what to start with can seem really…

I've been seeing tons of projects for felted acorns again this year. Here's and easy way to make the felted balls you need for that project. And it's great to do with kids. They love the "magic" that happens during the felting process and this technique contains the soapy water mess. Get a small plastic container. Fluff your wool a little by pulling it apart. (You can use just one color of blend a few together) Add a drop or two of dish soap that been watered down (50/50). But you really…

Grasping the concept of felting, the process of meshing fibers together to create felt, isn’t too difficult, and in fact, felting can be a fantastic creative outlet and hobby. When you begin to explore some of the lesser-known techniques, however, things can start to get a little confusing. What’s the difference between wet felting and nuno felting?