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Needle felting is a way to achieve a felted finish with no water and soap(Wet felt) , it makes the friction and cause fibers to interlock and bind together by repeated jab, and finally form a shape.
Needle felting can be used to make 3D figures (felted wool animals,sculptures,charm etc), accessories (necklace, brooch, hair clip etc), or to decorate other things, like a scarf, bags, keys or phones. Needle felting is an inexpensive and portable hobby, and the basic techniques are quick and easy to master. Want to have a try? Check out our needle felting course <Needle felting: from Beginner to master>
Here are some basic tools and supplies you need to get started…
1. Upholstery foam 2.Finger cots 3.Felting needle 4. Wool roving
Need a Needle Felting Starter Kit? Check it out in ETSY, or Our store(Coming soon)
Note: Other tools will be needed by course required
There are a lot of choices out there, Roving, Tops, Batting etc. We divide felt wool roving into long fiber and short fiber, check out the photos below
（left：short fiber right：long fiber）
As we said the principle of the needle felting above, the short fiber wool is easy to start. Because it's easy to tangle and compress. So it achieves the prefelt before you start to poking. That can save you a lot of time. For example, if you spend 30m to finish a needle felted ball with long fiber, it'll be 15m with short one.
Pls check out our needle felting tutorals for beginners: <How to make needle felted balls with long wool roving> ; and <How to make needle felted balls with short wool roving>(Coming Soon)
If you want to have to try, you can find short fiber needle felting wool roving(Coming soon) in our store.
Basicly there’re two sizes of felting needle, thick and fine. Thick needles are used to start forming the shape or felting the large felt wool crafts(since at the beginning the wool felt loose inside, thick ones can make a quick felt，and fine needles always be used to shape the surface or do the small size wool felting.
Example:
An fluffy felt ball needs a thick needle to achieve the effect of fast felt.
A fairly firm felt ball needs a finer needle to make the surface smooth
If you want to know more about the classify of felting needle, check out this post from hawthornhandmade, there's a detailed description for the use of variety felting needles.
There are 2 ways to split the felt wool. 1. Tear apart the wool roving vertically. 2. Pull apart the wool rovin
Note: Don’t trim the wool roving, just pull off by your hands.
Squeez /Hold the wool roving slightly to estimate the size, if it is not enough, add some wool roving；If it is much more, pull off the extra part. Remember don’t cut them!
Note: Don’t trim the wool roving, just pull off by your hands.
Squeez /Hold the wool roving slightly to estimate the size, if it is not enough, add some wool roving；If it is much more, pull off the extra part. Remember don’t cut them!
The basic content of needle wool felting will constantly update along with our courses, please keep an eye on it.
All of above is based on the summary of our short learning，if there’re some incorrect part or can be improved, please leave your comments below. Thanks:)
In last lesson of <Needle Felting: From Beginner to Master> and additional tutorial <How to make needle felted wool ball with short fiber wool?>, we've left a question for you: how to make your needle felting ball smooth? Do you have any idea about it? Well, we'll answer the quesion in
This video tutorial comes from Mr.ALMOST. They are very good at making cute needle felted animal charms. We will introduce more video tutorials of them in the future. Today's video tutorial is pretty simple, teach you how to make pointed ears, similar sheet parts are made in this way, first stab the
This video tutorial follows our previous blog post, explaining how to make the surface of needle felting smoother. With our previous article, you will have a deeper understanding of how to make needle felting better. Without further ado, let's get started
Let's talk about regular needles first. We usually use 36, 38, and 40 gauge felting needles.
First, smoothing the surface of needle felting is a systematic project. It can be completed not only by getting a particular point or step but by the superposition of multiple factors and steps. Grasp the strength in the process of stabbing, selecting the right wool and needles, and cooperate with t
