Felting wool. The basic techniques of the craft

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The Craft of nomadic shepherds that once upon a time of shorn wool produced household items and clothes, now again of great interest to artists of applied arts. Now these techniques are used to create contemporary fashion accessories, beads and toys, items of women's clothing and jewelry for the interior. Felting of wool or felting – simple and convenient form of art to the classroom in circles, in schools and gardens to develop children's motor skills, imagination, creative thinking.

As a rule, applied arts – it is reinterpreted and improved in accordance with modern trends in the ancient handcrafts, which once created need for life household items. Using the legacy of the old masters, reviving the technology and revealing the secrets of the craft, the current artists are doing is very modern, but attractive for its ancient origins, the art objects, fashion accessories and clothes.

Felting wool are two ways – dry (folding) and wet with soapy water. Folding use a special thick needle with uneven cuts, which is long and hard to pierce two or more superimposed on each piece of hair until, until they become one. The folding is well spread not only ornament on plain wool basis. It is also used to create bulk items-toys, beads and other feminine accessories. Wet felting creates a single rolled-up cloth due to repeated friction. This method is best used for flat items.

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In felting only use sheep and camel wool, fairly thin and soft. The quality and thickness of the raw material affects the results. Merino wool, mohair and “verblyuzhka” suitable for creating fine art works, clothing and jewelry, from more coarse and thick-good toys, shoes, floor mats. To check out the suitable material for felting or not, need to wet a piece of wool in soapy water for a few minutes to roll it with your fingers. Then rinse and see the result.

Felting toys out of wool

All you'll need wool for felting and special falcata needle (everything you can buy in the online store or a specialty salon). Materials are better to buy ready-made, specifically designed for this technique. Still need a pillow or thick piece of foam – it is the basis for the work, and metal brush for combing wool. Let's make a butterfly.

In a thick cardboard cut out the stencil for the shape of the wings in two sizes, one larger for the upper wings, the other less – for lower. Take a piece of wool, put it in the hole, giving the desired shape, and the needle pierces rapid movements across the surface as long as the hair is not matted. Remove the stencil, turn the work to the other side and done with a needle the same. For decoration of the wing, take a small piece of contrasting wool, roll it into a ball, superimposed on top of the wing is pierced with a needle until it is completely connected to the surface. The same is done on the reverse side. In this way produce the felting from the wool of the other wings. Now made of black wool roll sausage, laid it on the pillow and the needle start to pierce, continuously rolling over the surface of the pillow. The result is not flat, but rounded detail. For thickening-head added a bit of wool from one edge and running again with a needle. The body of the butterfly is ready. Rolled down to him one ready in the wings, also with a needle. Of fine twisted silk thread make antennae (you can use wire). Felting wool goes well with beading, sequins and beads. Wings of a butterfly can additionally be issued with these materials.

The Basic principle of felting toys is as follows. Forms for flat work with a needle first on one side of the product, then turning it to the other side, with reverse. For rounded shapes  detail wool, piercing with a needle that continuously rotate along the axis. The result is not flat, but round shape.

Fashion beads

To create an original women's jewelry also successfully used felting wool. Beads in the form of an oblong or round balls strung on a thread, in combination with the other elements look very fashionable and creative. It uses both dry and wet method. For wet felting take a fairly thick soap solution is sprayed over them with a piece of wool and starting to roll it on my hand until, until you get a dense ball or oval. Then soap is washed off, the ball is dry, decorate it with embroidery or beads. Of these separate elements of different sizes and colors of beads collected.


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