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.

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What “Fulling” Means in Wet Felting

Fulling is the final strengthening and tightening stage of wet felting. It happens after the fibres have already begun to felt together during the initial layout, wetting, and gentle agitation.

It’s the point where your soft, loose felt transforms into dense, durable, cohesive fabric.

What Actually Happens During Fulling

Felting Needle Gauge Guide

 How Gauge Works

• Gauge = thickness of the needle
• Higher number → thinner needle
• Lower number → thicker needle

Wet Felted Feathers

Four fabulous and easy methods for creating beautiful wet felted feathers

Wet felting feathers gives a softer, more organic finish than needle felting alone. These methods allow you to create flat decorative feathers, textured feathers with movement, or sculptural feathers that combine needle and wet felting for strength and detail.

 

The Prefelt Feather Method