A Complete Guide to Using Prefelt in Needle Felting and Wet Felting

(including how to cut shapes freehand or with templates)

Prefelt (or pre-felt) is partially felted wool that behaves like a soft, flexible fabric. It cuts cleanly, holds its shape, and bonds beautifully to loose wool, making it one of the most useful materials in both needle felting and wet felting.

This guide shows you how to use prefelt confidently.

Guide to Making Prefelt

Prefelt is a versatile wet felting basic. It’s simply wool that’s been partially felted, firm enough to lift, cut, and shape, but still soft enough to bond beautifully into your next project. Whether you’re making appliqué pieces, backgrounds, or crisp little cut‑outs, prefelt gives you lots of creative options. Here’s how to make it step by step, plus easy fixes for anything that goes a bit wobbly along the way.

Using Silk & Bamboo Fibre in Felting — Quick Guide

Silk and bamboo don’t felt by themselves, but when you add them to wool they give your projects extra strength, smoothness, and beautiful highlights with almost no extra effort.

Five Ways to Make Wings 

Before you start, grab a wing template picture online bee, fairy, dragonfly, anything that fits your creature. Print it or keep it on your screen so you can trace the shape and size easily. It takes out the guesswork and keeps your wings consistent.

A simple guide to spinning yarn you can use in your felting projects

Spinning your own yarn might sound like an extra step, but it’s one of the easiest ways to create the texture, thickness, and colour you want for your felting projects. A simple top whorl drop spindle lets you make small batches of beautiful, custom yarn that blend perfectly into your work, no wheel, no fuss, just wool and lots of fun.