Fiber Fact Sheets
Felted beads are the ultimate soft sculptural bead. Mold them into any size or shape, they stay soft even after the felting process is finished. Embellished with tiny embroidery or left plain, felted beads are a fun twist on the traditional hard bead. The process of felting beads involves wool …
While you are much more apt to needle felt a purse than to make a felting needle purse, this project combines the two. Storing felting needles can be a challenge. They are too large for standard needle books and cannot easily pierce fabric or sheets of felt due to the …
Do you have some boring yarn? Read here about how to transform any natural fiber yarn (angora yarn, wool yarn, silk yarn, alpaca yarn, mohair yarn, llama yarn, even dog hair yarn!!) into luxurious translu- cent hand painted yarn using simple methods and materials. Create lovely designer yarns similar to …
Felt comes from carded or fleece wool roving. Felt can be used to make vest, purses, book covers, coasters, and many many more items. Let your imagination have fun while creating felt for those upcoming projects. Making felt at home requires little effort due to the na- ture of the …
It’s easy to begin dyeing your own roving for spinning or needle felting projects. All you need to begin dyeing is some acid dyes and a heat source. There are no set rules for how to apply the dyes to the roving. Feel free to be creative. Use as many …
What are these silly little balls so many people keep referring to? Wool dryer balls are a great alternative to dryer sheets and will reduce your drying time. Go green and start using wool dryer balls. Wool dryer balls have the advantage of reducing static and absorbing excess moisture. This …
Begin here Start with a dry freshly shorn fleece. Before you invest any time on your project, select a pencil size thickness of fiber and tug on it .If the lock staple breaks, the fleece is not sound. (You can use the broken fleece to felt with). Sometimes the tip …
To be more ecologically friendly, people in the 21st century are looking to more natural and home- grown ways of doing tasks previously accomplished with chemicals, mass production lines and plastic. Using crepe paper to make dye for wool is one such ecology-minded method, as it yields almost no waste. …
Currently we are buying fleeces with the following qualities: Alpaca and llama fleeces must be white, beige or light fawn in color. Sheep and Goat fleeces must be white in color. The staple length must be between 3.0 and 6.0 inches in length (not stretched). Fleeces must not be moldy. …
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