Finally, cover the fiber layers with a clear heat-removable or water-soluble topper and use hoop clips to secure the topper so it can't move during
felting. Since the clear topper becomes perforated in the design areas, it is very easy to remove after
felting without heating or washing, so choose either kind.
Seven designers from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan presented their clothing collections, inspired by the art of
felting.
The
Felting Friends women - Val Adie, Janet Greenfield, Hilary Gunkel, Ann Guthrie, Catherine Jardine, Kathleen Little, Marion Mackay, Liz Reece-Heal, Lynne Schroder, and Nessa Walker - worked with Mairi learning how to make felt pictures and planning the work.
To make felt, you only need wool, water, and soap, or wool and
felting needles.
Fiber artist Sabrina Mauer of Eugene calls needle
felting "the art of a thousand pokes."
In the use of
felting needles, Masturlal claims it was perhaps the only filtration felt-making company worldwide that started using "spiral" section needles.
I met up with my good friend Josie Jeffries who was doing her seed-bomb workshops - www.seedfreedom.net - and was also introduced to the art of
felting with Cassandra Lishman - www.livelightly.co.uk Most people made a felt flower brooch or a little felt bag but I wanted to make a gnome and fair play, Cassie didn't bat an eyelid.
Knitting Never Felt Better: The Definitive Guide to Fabulous
Felting offers a fine guide to the
felting process and provides basic
felting instructions reviewing the best yarns, techniques for creating three-dimensional objects, stitch patterns, and some 20 projects including step-by-step instructions.
Felting, it seems, is becoming the fiber art for everyone.
Seven years ago, Jenne Giles was a San Francisco painter and sculptor who didn't know
felting existed.
"Picture Yourself
Felting Your Knitting: Step-by-Step Instruction for Perfectly Felted Crafts" is a guide to assist knitting enthusiasts everywhere in the practice of
felting their work.
Felt frenzy: 26 projects for all forms of
felting. Interweave.