Can you needle felt with yarn

The design on the punched side is sharp; the reverse is blurred. Take your time, and be careful as you work.

June 15, Save Pin More. Comments 3 Add Comment. Martha Stewart Member. June 7, I just started felting! Your first few felting yarn projects should consist of items that are not intended to be worn closely on the body, like a scarf or purse. As your felting skills progress, you can be adventurous and use an educated guess to adjust the size and gage of your project to allow for shrinkage without ruining your felting project.

This can easily be accomplished by using a larger needle or hook when creating a felting project. The finished felting project will be several sizes smaller, thicker and firmer. Your project needs to be completely finished before washing. Any embroidery stitching and finishing must be complete, as well as adding any closures or zippers. Once you have knitted your desired clothing, place it inside a zippered mesh bag with very small openings or a sealed pillowcase to prevent loose fibers from plugging up your washing machine's pump and to prevent your project from being damaged by the agitator.

Smaller items can even be sucked into the drainage hose and cause considerable damage to your washing machine. You may want to check on your machine part way through the cycle and remove any loose fibers floating in the tub. If felting a small item like baby clothing or mittens, you should place another larger item, not a towel, in the bag as well to prevent losing your project with the draining water.

Set your machine's option to wash in hot water and rinse with cold. You will need to add a tablespoon of gentle detergent that is suitable for wool items and a fabric softener if you desire. Once the wash cycle is finished, check to see if your project is sufficiently felted. You may need to repeat the wash part of the cycle several times to reach your desired level of felting. Once you are satisfied with the felting, remove the item and lay it flat to dry.

Hand Felting. There are two methods of felting yarn by hand, a wet method and a dry method. The wet method begins by layering a batt or roving of wool by very gently pulling the fibers apart and placing them on a large flat surface like a cookie sheet with the fibers all facing the same direction and alternating the direction of the layers. One layer runs horizontally, the next vertically, then horizontally until you have at least four layers. The more layers you lay down, the thicker your project will be.

The next step is to add very hot water mixed with a small amount of hand soap or dish detergent. Slowly wet your wool and apply pressure to wet areas with your hand, using firm pressure. Fold over any frayed fibers into the edges and press them back into the project to create a more even edge. As your soapy water cools, you will need to drain it from your tray and add more hot water while applying pressure.

Click here to cancel reply. Same here! Painting with wool, and all the other projects listed by Tom Kelly. I am also interested in needle felting tutorials in various project types. These are definitely in demand from the other responses here, too. Thank you! You need some felting tutorials. There are lovely scarves you can make easily using wet felting method. Felted soap with needle felted designs on top. Jewellery or vessels. I could go on and on. Please add some wet and needle felted tutorials.

I joined before checking to make sure felting classes were offered. Will you please add felting tutorials? I joined hoping for felting stuff too. Not craft made out of pre-made felt. Wet felting and needle felting tutorials. Joined with a gold membership hoping for a needle felting class. I am also interested n a needle felting class. Thank you for your feedback. I have forwarded your comment to the proper department.