A common question that felters have is how much does wool shrink when felting. It can depend on a lot of factors such as the type and fineness of the wool, what direction you have laid the fibres, what direction you roll the wool while felting, what temperature of water you used, etc.… Read more...
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Felt Art: Painting with Wool
Over the past several months I have turned my attention from my loom and spinning wheel to the world of feltmaking.… Read more...
Wet Felting with a Washboard
The old fashioned wash board is quickly becoming my most used felting tool. I use it for the final fulling process when wet felting.… Read more...
Simplicity Hand Held Felting Machine
I have been doing quite a bit of felting lately. I have been making some larger art pieces using a wet felting method and then adding detail and embellishing with needle felting.… Read more...
Wet Felted Pictures
Wet felting with wool is so versatile. With a bit of wool, a length of bubble wrap, a spray bottle, some soap and water, you can make just about anything you can imagine.… Read more...
Feltmaking – Wet Felted Hats
I got a hat block for Christmas – Lucky Me 🙂 This one is a cloche style of hat block made of styrofoam from Gillian Gladrag .… Read more...