Felting Needles are straight needles with barbs cut along the shaft. When repeatedly pushed into a tuft of wool felt fibers, the barbs pull the fibers down, compressing and locking them together. The barbs are cut in one direction so that felting or matting together of the fibers will occur when the needle is pushed in and not when it is pulled out.
This matting/felting process makes a large ball of fluff condense down into a denser mass of wool. Poking more in one spot will depress that area creating a dent or depression in your sculpture to make, for example, an eye socket.
Before we get into more detail on how to needle felt, let me explain a bit more about the tools and supplies you will be working with.
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Felting Needles Links
• The Basic Idea
• Felting Needles
• Stage of Wool Fiber
• Dyed Wool Fiber
• About your working surface
• Getting Started
• Felting Accessories
• Buy Felting Products
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