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| - | You can do wet felting on your kitchen table. Coarse wool takes longer to felt, so it's probably best to start using finer wool. Use a net (debris netting from building sites works) / old vegetable sack / net curtain / bamboo mat placed on a towel. The washed, carded wool to be felted is placed on top of the net material. Small amounts are overlaid like roof tiles. Do it in a couple of layers - the second layer overlaid in the opposite direction to the first. Then either another piece of net (etc.) is placed on top, or it's all folded over so that the wool is between two pieces of netting. Warm soapy water is rubbed in a circular motion. The rubbing creates friction and the water provides moisture to cause the wool to shrink and mat to create felt. See [here](/craf/craft) and the first video above for more on the techniques of wet felting. | + | You can do wet felting on your kitchen table. Coarse wool takes longer to felt, so it's probably best to start using finer wool. Use a net (debris netting from building sites works) / old vegetable sack / net curtain / bamboo mat placed on a towel. The washed, carded wool to be felted is placed on top of the net material. Small amounts are overlaid like roof tiles. Do it in a couple of layers - the second layer overlaid in the opposite direction to the first. Then either another piece of net (etc.) is placed on top, or it's all folded over so that the wool is between two pieces of netting. Warm soapy water is rubbed in a circular motion. The rubbing creates friction and the water provides moisture to cause the wool to shrink and mat to create felt. See [here](https://www.lowimpact.org/ |
| Needle felting allows you to use coarser wools that might not wet felt so easily. You can buy felting needles online - [Wingham Wool Work](http:// | Needle felting allows you to use coarser wools that might not wet felt so easily. You can buy felting needles online - [Wingham Wool Work](http:// | ||
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| - [Niki Collier](https:// | - [Niki Collier](https:// | ||
| - | - [Liz Gaffney](/craf/craft) - basic instructions for making a picture with wet felting | + | - [Liz Gaffney](https://www.lowimpact.org/ |
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