Wool craft, one step at a time
Needle felting, wet felting and nuno felting — explained step by step, with the tools that are worth buying and the mistakes worth avoiding.
How the barbs actually work, which of the four needle gauges to reach for, how to hold and angle the needle, how to join one piece to another, and a first project that teaches all of it.
Read the guideSculpt wool into animals, figures and decorations with barbed needles. Start with the basics, then work up to armatures, faces and fine detail.
Warm water, soap and friction turn loose fibre into solid fabric. Learn layouts, shrinkage and resists for scarves, soaps, vessels and flat felt.
Felt merino through open-weave fabric to create light, drapey textiles. Fabric choice, fibre weight and migration, explained clearly.
Complete makes with photos at every stage — animals, flowers, ornaments and home decorations, sorted by how much experience they need.
Printable templates, measurements and shaping guides you can follow exactly, or adapt once you know what the shapes are doing.
The core techniques, one skill at a time — each written as a sequence you can follow at the table with wool in your hands.
Which needles, wool and mats are actually worth buying — what the gauges mean, what to skip, and what a starter kit really needs.
Fixes for the things that go wrong: fuzzy surfaces, broken needles, wool that will not felt, and shapes that refuse to hold.
The knitting side of working with wool — leaf patterns, casting on, needle sizes and knitting faster — including the pieces that go on to be felted.
Why leaves fall when they do, what a cobweb actually is, and the seasonal makes that follow from both.
What to do with the pumpkin once it is carved — cooking from fresh, including the parts most people throw away.
Four thin wings felted flat on a foam pad, a wire along each front edge so they hold a pose, and a body with clubbed antennae. Sizes, wool weights, monarch markings and five other species, plus brooch, clip and plant pick mounts.
13 min read Intermediate
A smooth pebble wrapped in a few grams of wool and rubbed in soapy water until the felt shrinks tight onto it. How much wool each size of stone takes, the stocking trick, cut-open geode stones, and what felted stones are good for.
9 min read Beginner
Seven felt hat shapes women actually wear, with brim widths in inches, how to pick one for your coat, your hair and your day rather than a face-shape chart, sizing over long or thick hair, and keeping a wool felt hat in shape.
8 min read
A 4 inch felt gingerbread man pattern with every piece measured, the cookie cutter trick for cutting it, white icing in rickrack or embroidery, and a needle felted version firmed inside the same cutter. Plus a gingerbread house ornament and a garland.
13 min read Beginner
How to choose a felt cowboy hat and keep it in shape: wool felt against rabbit and beaver blends, what the X on the label does and does not tell you, crown creases and brim widths, sizing in inches, and what to do after rain.
9 min read
How to make a felted vest with no seams: nuno or all wool, measuring and sizing the resist so it shrinks to fit, how much wool to buy, cutting the neck and armholes, and fulling it to size on your own body.
8 min read Intermediate
