NFRC: anyone here do felting?

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moyn

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One of my friends is really into felting and I wanted to give her something for that - she is in Australia, so anything from here would be different and new, but I have no idea what...??

 
I just put "felting" in Google and a site came up that had lots of interesting things. Might be of

some help just to look around, or go to a good fabric store and ask one of the clerks.

 
There are two kinds of felting, needle felting and knitted or crocheted felting

Do you know which your friend does? I've done the knitted felting where you knit something in a certain kind of wool then wash it and it shrinks, becomes like felt. Think of a boiled wool jacket, that's felting.

This company makes really darling kits, they would be a nice gift. I have made their felted flowers, really darling, and the sushi wallet.

http://www.pickupsticksonline.com/

For needle felting, one has a base that looks like a block of needles, and using unspun wool in different colors and a special pushing tool, you pound the wool onto the base tightly creating a stiff fabric of wool. I have a catalog that I can get the name for you that has supplies. You could find a cute set of mini cookie cutters, they make great molds in which to make the felted fabric, for buttons or little decos for larger projects.

Hope this helps!

 
Thank you both...

Heather I think she does the the pushing tool kind because she talks about taking out her aggressions on the wool!

She makes little bags in indigenous type patterns now...

I will look around a bit more, thanks!

 
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