Felted clothing

Love felting? Learn to felt wool. Skip the fabric stores this round and head to your local thrift store for high quality material at a fraction of the cost.

this is how the image of the running paint grew into something bigger than a scarf. It is the tunic/dress I have been working on recently. Made of layers of cotton and silk fabrics seamlessly felte…

Inspired by Esterhazy cake :) as example www.ruszwurm.hu/html/a_sk_eszterhazi_torta.html merino, silk chiffon fabric, 50/50 merino/silk yarn Back side

Mend a hole or rip in your sweater or knit clothing with needle felting. Keep the design simple or add lots of embellishment. Step by step visual guide for this simple process. You'll need wool fibers in your choice of color(s) (carded wool batts or wool roving), a felting needle, and foam pad or block. Save this for future mending!

History of Felt Making Felt is a non-woven fabric formed when sheep's wool or animal fur is subjected to heat, moisture and pressure or agitation. Using soap, or creating an alkaline environment, assists the felting process. Heat and moisture cause the outer scales along the fiber to open, and the soap assists the fibers to slide easily over one another, thereby causing them to become entangled. The wool fibers are made up of a protein called keratin. The keratin in the fibers becomes…

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Using wool roving to mend clothing is one of my favorite techniques and is a beautiful sustainable practice to extend the life of your clothing. Last year I repaired a hole in one of my favorite knit hats and will be showing you a similar repair for a second hole that I found. This project

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