Felting Info, Links and Examples.
March 18, 2008 by stephalicious
After yesterdays post about felting, I thought I would give you some links to good sites about felting.
So first of all, a definition of felt. And there is a little more history here.
The Esty Storque has a really good article ” Trends: A Little Fuzzy Bling of Felted Goodness” about felting with lots of links and pretty examples of super felted things.
How-Tos for Needle Felting
- Embellishing already felted items using needle felting.
- Tutorial for needle felting with a specific tool (Clover needle felting mat and tool).
- Making a needle felted head, this site has a PDF download with instructions.
- Needle felted apple tutorial.
- Video tutorial on applique needle felting on a sweater.
- How to make a needle felted ladybug
- How to needle felt a little dog. Wait till this downloads fully and then skip till the felting starts.
These cute creatures are from Okaggi on Flickr.
General Felting Links
Wet Felting How-Tos
- Instructions on how wet felt a large flat piece. Part one : Part two.
- Hand felting knitting, a five part how-to.
- Instructions on felting knitted bags. (Scroll Down)
- Wet felted beads from Knitty.com.
Machine Felting Knitting
- Very basic instructions, including shrinkage advice.
- Some hint’s and tips.
- A PDF on how-to felt from Patons.
- Felted slippers with knitting pattern.
- Felted bag for beginners instructions from Knitty.com. Knitting pattern here.
- Felted tea cosy, with knitting pattern.
This felted knitted star is from WordRidden on Flickr.
Materials
- Beginners kits.
- Hand dyed wool tops for felting.
- Un-dyed wool tops.
- Colourful tops.
- WoolPets, cute kits to get you started making needle felted animals. (Highly recommended).
- Felting needles and accessories.
Books
Felted Goodies on Esty (for inspiration of if you like felt but don’t want to make it)
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