What is Felting?
Basically, it is the process of turning a protein fiber (meaning
animal fiber) such as sheep wool, alpaca, mohair, yak, etc. into a piece
of fabric by connecting the individual fibers. The wool can be in any form
from raw locks to processed roving or batts and there are several
different methods of accomplishing this felting process.
Let's talk about dry or needle felting. What is
dry felting or needle felting? Needle felting
is a craft artwork created by using a needle and wool fibers. This
involves using special barbed needles to basically tangle the individual
fibers together until they form a matted piece of fabric. The continued
process of poking the barbed needle in and out of the wool, pushes the
fibers up and down thereby interlocking them.
With needle felting you may change wool into realistic looking
animals, food and many other things.
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