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Fulling & Felting

Fulling and felting are techniques used to turn natural fibers into fabric and other creations.

Fulling is when natural fibers are first woven and then shrunk to create a tighter weave of fabric. Traditional felting uses needles with sharp edges to cause the fibers to meld together and is often used to create small stuffed animals and figurines. These artisans offer their techniques and free patterns to help get you started. Don't miss their finished items for sale - you will be amazed at what these folks create.

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Alpaca Fiber Art
	Discover what you can make with luxurious alpaca fleece. Hand felting instructions and projects. Needle felting 3 D characters. http://owning-alpaca.com/felting-wool.html (Clicks: 133; Link added: Aug 23, 2006) Link Details \| Report Broken Link
Fulling & Felting Crafty Tip If you have a thin spot in your felt, use a felting needle to fill in with dry fleece. Wet felt the area and you will never be able to tell that the fleece was added.

Sunfleur
	Needle felted flower pins to embellish hats, scarves sweaters and jackets. Little needle felted animals to hold and display. Pins are often embellished with beads and fun fur. Looking for wall art? Be sure to visit my Art pages where you find my needlefelted paintings http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=93916§ion_id=5068901 (Clicks: 81; Link added: Nov 11, 2007) Link Details \| Report Broken Link
Fulling & Felting Crafty Tip Needle felting can be done on many surfaces, not just on wool with wool. I have needle felted on canvas, denim and silk (yes, silk!) Protect your needles by keeping them in small drink stirrers.

Kay's K9s: Handcrafted Miniatures by Artist K. Turple
	Handcrafted Needle Felted Miniature Dogs (and Cats!) by artist K. Turple. Each needle felted dog is a one of a kind work of art. Commission a needle felted version of your own dog or cat! Sculptures can be created as small as 1:12 scale, or larger if preferred. http://www.kaysk9s.com (Clicks: 97; Link added: Jan 18, 2008) Link Details \| Report Broken Link
Fulling & Felting Crafty Tip If your felted creation appears too fuzzy in photographs due to stray fibers, try giving it a trim with some scissors. Just be careful not to snip your work!

Red Suede Kitten
	Red Suede Kitten makes original handcrafted felt jewelry. Each piece is made by hand in Melbourne Australia. The range includes felt cloud brooches and necklaces. http://redsuedekitten.etsy.com (Clicks: 81; Link added: Jan 15, 2009) Link Details \| Report Broken Link
Fulling & Felting Crafty Tip Felting can be a great physical outlet for your creative energy. It can be therapeutic to felt outdoors in summer in the fresh air. Also, any water you splash around doesn't create a mess as it can indoors.

Felting Lessons
	My website is devoted to felting, with free step by step instructional videos on how do wet felt. All of the felting videos are free. Find inspiration with my project gallery and inspiration pages. http://www.feltinglessons.com (Clicks: 62; Link added: Jun 1, 2009) Link Details \| Report Broken Link
Fulling & Felting Crafty Tip When laying out fibers for a wet felting project, use a high powered flashlight to look down into the layers. Seeing thin spots is much easier this way!

Created and Felted Handmade Bags
	Created and Felted by Claire . Cute and Curvy Original bags. Hand knitted and felted to create tactile seamless hand and shoulder bags. Knitting with many threads means colours blend through the bags to create sculptural artistic and practical designs http://createdandfelted.etsy.com (Clicks: 35; Link added: Jun 27, 2009) Link Details \| Report Broken Link
Fulling & Felting Crafty Tip To produce a good felt for a knitted project with no visible stitches showing try using multiple strands of a 3 or 4ply yarn. This will knit up just the same as a thick yarn but should give much better results.

Mireilles Nuno, Wet Felt and Needle Felt Art Shawls and Scarfs
	My selection of scarves, shawls, shrugs and scarflettes and pins have all been either nuno felted with silk, or wet felted with wonderful fibres such as merino, silk, tencel, bamboo and yak. Every piece takes on its own shape through out the process and is why it yields such wonderful organic results. Holes are not flaws in the process, but part of each art piece.Even though colors can be similar there is no way to get two identical pieces so be assured each is individual and one of a kind. http://www.mireilles.etsy.com (Clicks: 65; Link added: Jul 16, 2009) Link Details \| Report Broken Link
Fulling & Felting Crafty Tip I was always leary about dyeing wool around my children, until I was introduced to dyeing with Kool-Aid, it is colorfast and actually has a lot of the same properties as store bought acid dyes. As long as you use the vinegar to set it stays color true. You can dye it in traditional steam baths on the stove or in the microwave, and the kids can help with the dyeing. Afterwards to care for the article just wash in cold water and use a bit more vinegar to help the color stay set. BTW my children were never allowed Kool-Aid before and they will definitely never have it now!

Karen Rao - Felt Artist
	UK feltmaker creating unique wall hangings inspired by the sea. Karen's individual method of feltmaking results in tactile and dramatic seascapes, rich in texture and depth. Karen's felt art is either freehanging or canvas mounted. These look stunning as stand alone pieces or as a dynamic set of contrasting colours. http://karenrao.com/ (Clicks: 9; Link added: Jan 22, 2010) Link Details \| Report Broken Link
Fulling & Felting Crafty Tip After you have created your piece of felt art, add more fibres by needle felting to produce greater definition and drama.

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