Felting is a non-woven textile that is produced by condensing and pressing fibres together. They are made from natural fibres such as wool or synthetic fibres such as acrylic. There are many different types of felts for industrial, technical, designer and craft application. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can vary in terms of fiber content, colour, size, thickness, density and more factors depending on the use of the felt.

WET FELTING
Felt is made by a process called wet felting where the natural wool fibres, stimulated by friction and lubricated by moisture,  in effect making little “tacking” stitches. While at any given moment only 5% of the fibres are active, the process is continual, so different ‘sets’ of fibres become ac3vated and
then deac3vated, thereby building up the cloth.

MATERIALS:
Hot water
Hand Soap
Wool Felt

METHOD:
1. Spread the wool felt across any surfaces placed underneath. Overlay them with different colours
2. Apply hot water and hand soup to act like a lubricant
3. Move at a 90 degree angle toward the friction source and then away again and it will entangle the wood felt together.
4. Leave it to complete dry

NEEDLE FELTING
Needle feltng is a popular fibre arts craft that creates felt without the use of water. Special needles that are used in industrial felting. While erroneously referred to as “barbed” needles, they in fact have notches along
the shaft of the needle that grab the top layer of fibres and tangle them with the inner layers of fibres as the needle enters the wool. Since these notches face down towards the 3pm of the needle, they do not pull the fibres out as the needle exits the wool.

MATERIALS:
Felting needles
Wool Felt
Sponge

METHODS:
1. pick up necessary wool felt and roll them in various directions
2. Using your hands, shape the woolen felt into the shape of choice
3. Using felting needles, stick the woolen felt into place.
4. The more the felt are stuck together, the more compact the object will be.

NUNO FELTING
is a fabric felting technique developed by Polly Stirling. It is
derived from the Japanese word “nuno” meaning cloth.[1] The technique bonds loose fibre, usually wool, into a sheer fabric such as silk gauze, creating a lightweight felt. The fibres can completely cover the background fabric, or they may be used as a decorative design that allows the backing fabric to show. Nuno felting incorporates several layers of loose fibres combined to build up colour, texture, and/or design elements
in the finished fabric.

APPLIQUE
Applique is a sewing technique that involves stitching a small piece of fabric onto a larger one to make a pattern or design.