What is 3d Needle Felting

Very simply needle felting is the art of using barbed needles to turn wool fibres into felt.

If you havent felted before you may feel a bit daunted when you your kit arrives but there is no need.

Our kits contain core wool and merino roving. The core wool (off white and coarse in texture) is used to create the base of your creation and the coloured merino (roving) is used as a top layer to add colour.

All our kits show how much wool to use for each step of the process and where applicable we also provide templates to help. There are also images so you can see what you are trying to achieve.

Using a small amount of core wool, and resting on your felting pad, start to stab the wool with the needle. You should be trying to create the shape on the template or in the images. The key is to keep layering on the wool and felting until the piece is very firm to touch. If you don't felt long enough your piece wont hold in place. When you measure out your wool you may well think that there is no way that amount of wool will felt to the size we have stated but it will slowly but surely firm up.

I mention needles in another FAQ section but to help here I will explain that the three needles in your kit are small, medium and large. use the large needle when you start on the core wool and work down as your piece becomes smaller.

When adding the coloured merino you may wish to break this into smaller pieces; see the section on wool for tip on how best to do this