Needle felting. How much wool to order
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- I was asked a few days ago how much wool was in my purple bag and if 50g is enough wool to buy for a project so I made a video to hopefully give you an idea of how much wool to order for your needle felting projects.
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Hello. just to say I,ve been watching your videos and have learnt so much. Keep up the good work, without people like you I couldn't do needle felting. A big thanks!
Thank you so much, I am glad I can help. If there is anything you want to know about/struggle with please dont hesitate to ask
thank you so much!!!
No problem at all :)
Very helpful thank you
You are most welcome, thank you so much for your feedback, Im glad if I can help
when I first started I used synthetic polyfill toy stuffing as a core too that is cheap as chips I think I got 1kg for 6 quid but now I use 100% wool and I felt really firmly so I think how firm you felt affects the amount you use, on the piglet I made which was a foot tall and a real life looking piece I think I used 200g easily but it was a big piece and felted very tightly. For first smaller pieces that are felted softer I think you are right and 50g will do a project. If you grow to like it and start making big pieces and selling them then you will end up with a couple of bin liners full lol but to start I agree it is safer to buy maybe a small kit that does maybe 10 colours of 5 or 10 gram balls.Lots of kits around like that and a lot contain a foam pad, needles and finger protectors within the kit too.
yes I have heard people using the toy stuffing, I havent tried it yet - but the majority of my items are about 3 inches tall :D
I didnt reallise your piglet was a foot tall, that is amazing :)
and yeah I think Im well over a couple of bin liners of fleece - I have it spread over 2 rooms, Im kind of scared to see it all in one place
you can use the toy stuffing to fill out the armature it felts really well with the needle then I used to just add a good layer of my main top coloured wool
Yes I imagine that would be really cost effective if you are making larger sculptures - also I keep bags of my trimmings when I do long haired sculptures just to pad out as well
Yes thats almost exactly how I make my curls - I let them dry overnight but otherwise thats how I make them ua-cam.com/video/twsxXOCpKhI/v-deo.html
Thank you so much! I was just wondering - where do you buy wool from? I have looked for it everywhere online and can only find wool for knitting in the UK. I know this video is from 2017 but if you see this (or anyone else who knows anything about needle felting) please let me know!
Hi there. I am in the UK too. If you check out my sunday livestreams you will see me using kits from 'the makerss' who are in the UK and sell lots of wool etc, i also use 'World of Wool' and wingham wool all in the UK
Thank you!
oh thankyou for this was going to spend 100 dollars on wool now I know
You can never have enough wool :)
Thanks this helped a lot I just wanted to know where you buy your wool because most places only sell like 3g of wool and I need more
Most of my wool at the moment is from 'World of Wool' or 'Wingham Wool' but I am looking at other companies too. If you are in the US 'Felt Alive' is supposed to be quite good too
THANK YOU SO MUCH i love u
Aww thank you
Is cardid wool in a strip like the tops.
I'm new, having a go a wool dreards. I need lengths of wool that I can cut the tops seems perfect 🙂 I'm just being nosey about the bigger bag xx
Thank you ❤
It can be in a strip but more often it is like a fat fluffy sheet - but carded would not really work for dreads I dont think, everyone I know who does them orders tops
Where to buy wool?
wher can i buy bulk thanks x
I dont wholsale buy but I get bulk orders from World of Wool
Hi, where would you suggest to buy core wool in large bulk? I want to use it for a class size project.
Where abouts are you in the world. Im in the UK and mainly use 'World of Wool' carded white corridale slivers as my core wool.