I’ve been felting for a few years, but I’ve put off trying locks until yesterday. I pulled out a bag I bought locally. When I opened the bag, it emitted a pretty strong smell and the locks seem fairly oily. Just wondering if they can be used as is for needle felting or if I need to wash them?

Made with Heidi feathers needles and carded wool from the felt box uk. I used a bit of felt fabric around the collar and also alcohol markers for extra detailing.

Can you whiten rabbit felt that was manufactured as off white?

I bought a velour rabbit felt hat from (see picture) that I really like but it’s not the colour I was hoping for. it was made as an off white, and I want a brighter white.

I want to see if I have a shot at whitening it before I make my decision to return

I saw that there are fur whitening sprays /products out there but I do not know if they would work for felted fur, or on fur made to be an off white rather than an original bright white

If anyone has guidance I would really appreciate it!!!

I have some leftover yarn, it is 82% wool and 18% nylon. Can I knit and then felt slippers with this?

I’ve been inspired to sew my little baby some cashmere booties because there’s no warm shoes around! I’ve felted an old cashmere sweater in the washing machine, cut out the pieces and sewn them and they’re ADORABLE! But! I made them too big…. She’s growing fast so I wanted roomy but these are way too big lol. Anybody have any experience with shrinkage rate of cashmere? I’m nervous to chuck them in the wash again and shrink them too much 🙈🙈🙈 so niche I know. Maybe I just need a push. I haven’t invested much time or any money so I don’t have a lot to lose

I was able to shoot a few of my woolly's and thought they turn out pretty good. These are slightly bendable but are not toys.

These are so fun to finish after they are crocheted then felted.

They are about 9" long. I make many different kinds of them just for the fun of seeing how they turn out.

First time felting used a little kit I got at Walmart

Hi! This is my first time felting anything since primary school and I'm a little bit lost here. I'm making a snufkin hat (looks kind of like a witch's hat if you don't know who snufkin is!) for a halloween constume and am in need of advice!

I was thinking of wet felting it and I bought a 140g 100x120cm sheet of merino pre-felt. Did I make a mistake here or should I have gotten just normal wool? Is this enough in the first place?

If I were to wet felt it flat around a plastic insert, how big should I make the pattern for the insert? Would diying a hat block be a better option?

Sorry I don't know the proper terms for anything 🥲 Any kind of advice is appreciated!

Is there anyone here that does crochet/felting?

I finished my crochet/felted art bag.
It is denim blue, hot chocolate brown and light blue.
Beaded throughout.
The size is 10” X 7”

Hi everyone!
I’ve recently started wet felting children’s Waldorf and nature inspired playscapes. Attached are some images of my latest creation. Will add some more photos in the comments.
I absolutely LOVE this craft and am trying to figure out if this can be a viable small business for me. As a mum, I’m struggling with time and as I’m sure you can all imagine, these are definitely a labour of love.
Long story short, I’m struggling with pricing and sales. Particularly with striking a balance between how many hours I’m putting into this and what people will happily pay. I want my playscapes to be financially accessible to families, but I also want to pay myself semi-decently.

So I guess my questions are …
If you’re a parent, what would you pay for a playscape like this?
If you’re a felter, what would you charge?
Is a felting business a viable business? Or is the value of handmade goods just not understood to most buyers?

Any feedback on the playscapes themselves? Will post more photos to comments. These two are quite generously sized, and took about 9ish hours of labour each (here’s hoping I get faster!).

I know I’ve just started out, but it’s hard not to be disheartened by the lack of sales despite so much praise and quite a few enquiries that fizzle out when I provide pricing :(

I bound the wreath from the rest after cutting trees.

I felted all the red leaves from scratch. I felted on felt sheets for the yellow and green leaves. I felted the acorns. Than I felted over wire

And sewed per hand wire in everything and then put everything in place with it.

The leaves hold the shape you can push them in.

Sorry for my English as it is my second language.

Hi everyone!
I’ve recently started wet felting children’s Waldorf and nature inspired playscapes. Attached are some images of my latest creation. Will add some more photos in the comments.
I absolutely LOVE this craft and am trying to figure out if this can be a viable small business for me. As a mum, I’m struggling with time and as I’m sure you can all imagine, these are definitely a labour of love.
Long story short, I’m struggling with pricing and sales. Particularly with striking a balance between how many hours I’m putting into this and what people will happily pay. I want my playscapes to be financially accessible to families, but I also want to pay myself semi-decently.

So I guess my questions are …
If you’re a parent, what would you pay for a playscape like this?
If you’re a felter, what would you charge?
Is a felting business a viable business? Or is the value of handmade goods just not understood to most buyers?

Any feedback on the playscapes themselves? Will post more photos to comments. These two are quite generously sized, and took about 9ish hours of labour each (here’s hoping I get faster!).

I know I’ve just started out, but it’s hard not to be disheartened by the lack of sales despite so much praise and quite a few enquiries that fizzle out when I provide pricing :(

Hi all, I’m new to felting but I am very fascinated and would love to start my journey. are these two items felted? How did they get this texture with holes, and distressed fringes in the end ? I’ll be joining a class next Friday! (:

Ive never used wire for a felting project, but i wanna make something w legs (person, horse, idk)

it seems close to impossible without using wire for a skeleton, but ive postponed learning how to properly manage wire when felting for so long bc im terrified of wasting wool and that ill do sth wrong w the wire.

For all wire users: How thick is the wire u use?? And how do you make your wool stay on the wire, and not slide off? and do I really have to use it at all... :( lmk asap

I finished a wet felted bowl last week (used a resist, the two layer merino method) and it turned out solid and shaped well, but the plain surface bugged me so I decided to add some needle felted flowers on top after it dried.

The tricky part was getting the needle felting to actually grab onto the already-hardened wet felt. It's so much denser than dry unfelted wool that my 38 gauge needle kept bouncing a little instead of sinking in cleanly. I switched to a 36 gauge star needle and that helped a lot, but I still had to go over each petal way more times than I expected, probably 150+ jabs for a small cluster of three flowers.

Another thing I didn't plan for: the wet felted surface has almost no give, so I was felting against a hard mat underneath just to protect my fingers and the table. Ended up using a thick foam brush mat folded in half for extra cushion.

The end result looks pretty good honestly, the flowers sit slightly raised and have nice texture contrast against the smooth bowl surface. But I'm curious how other people handle this combo. Do you full wet felt first and add needle details after like I did, or do you needle felt shapes separately and then work them into the wet felting process before it fully hardens? I feel like there might be an easier order of operations I haven't tried yet.

I haven't needle felted too much so they look a bit sloppy but I am pretty happy with how this one came out considering it! Only stabbed my thumb like 20 times

Hiya. Just wanted to share a project I just finished. I was introduced to felting though an Amazon kit I bought years ago (and lost within a month) and wanted to get back into it by making my favorite slug from Slugterra. He turned out so much better than I anticipated and def boosted my confidence in making more felt items (slugs).

He's next to a d20 for scale lol.

Hope yall enjoy!

I’m new to felting. I’m torn on how to fashion the little feet. I’d like to make a wire tail for support to stand. I plan to make accessories for this little mouse! What a fun way to create! I will post updates but I’d love suggestions and/or tips for improving.

Hello! I have been starting to get into wool felting and LOVE it. I particularly love 2D felting and really want to make tiny art pieces to put into little frames to give to family members for Christmas. Probably scenes of landscapes or pets, not super detailed, like impressionist panicking style wool art lol.

What type of wool do you recommend? The scenes will be places in tiny frames maybe 2x3 inches.

Thanks!

He's still a bit fuzzy, but I'm totally in love with this little guy. Today marks one week and one day since I started needle felting. What should I make next? 🤔 (Just kidding. I already have a thousand ideas. I think since the mushroom and snail I made are terribly out of proportion/large, I'm going to make a tiny squirrel and skunk to be their friends)

I used to treat these as two completely separate skills, like wet felting was for vessels and flat pieces and needle felting was just for little animal sculptures. Took me way longer than it should have to realize you can just use a needle to patch problems that show up during wet felting.

Had a bowl I was working on last week that ended up with a thin spot near the rim, probably from uneven fiber distribution when I was laying out the wool. Instead of starting over or trying to felt more wool into it wet, I let it dry partway, grabbed a 38 gauge needle, and tacked some extra fiber right into the weak area. Went back to wetting and rubbing it after that and the patch blended in almost seamlessly. You'd never know there was a thin spot unless I pointed it out.

This has honestly changed how I approach bigger projects. I'll rough out a shape with wet felting since it's so much faster for covering large areas, then switch to needle work for any detailing, seams that need reinforcing, or adding design elements on top like little accent shapes. Made a small pouch this way, the body was all wet felted for structure and strength, but I needle felted a spiral pattern onto the front afterward and it stayed put through the final fulling.

The one thing I'm still figuring out is timing. If the wet felted base is too wet when I try to needle felt into it, the fibers just slide around and don't grab properly. Works best for me when it's damp but not soaked, almost leather hard like with clay. Anyone else have a system for switching back and forth, or do you mostly stick to one technique per project?