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Felting for beginners: a description of the technique with a detailed master class. Felting your own hands

The ancient art of felting out of wool in recent years has become a fairly common hobby among skilled needlewomen. This technique is also called felting or filtering, and with it you can make a huge variety of cute little things: jewelry, toys, as well as clothing, jewelry and even shoes. Perhaps, this is the most simple occupation with which a novice needlewoman can calmly cope. The technique of felting involves two types of felting: wet and dry. For the former, certain skills are needed, and the latter is suitable for people of any level of preparation.

What do you need to felting the wool?

To master felting with your own hands, you need to stock up on the necessary materials and tools. The main thing that will come in handy is natural wool and special needles. Material of any color and shade can be bought in the store for needlework, there are also sold and needles of different thicknesses. To create planar figures, you need silicone molds, and for bulk products - sintepon, so as not to waste precious woolen threads, which significantly lose in volume after felting. For the convenience of work, prepare a sponge so as not to pinch the fingers and the surface of the table. Now on sale you can find ready-made sets for felting, especially useful for beginners.

What is the difference between needles?

Those who master the techniques of felting with their own hands, it is worthwhile to know that the felting process is carried out by metal needles of different thickness with a bend at one end, in order to be comfortable to hold, and notches to tangle the fibers on the other. The most voluminous ones are used at the initial stage of creation of the craft to give the initial form, then they are replaced with needles thinner to complete the process. To give the final form, add small strokes and the necessary details take the thinnest needle. At the final stage, a thick awl will leave noticeable holes in the puncture sites. To be fully armed, starting felting technique, it is desirable for the beginners to stock up more than one needle, as when felting in a uniform or a failed push they often break down. To increase the speed of creating jewelry, it is recommended to use several needles at the same time, for this purpose there are special holders.

Technics of dry felting

Such techniques as felting (for beginners this is especially true) allows on the first attempt to create soft beads, toys and flowers, that is, three-dimensional elements. On the volumetric sponge put the amount of wool fibers, which exceeds the size of the final version, as the material will sit on a third. These same fibers can be placed in a silicone mold, for inexperienced users it is desirable without a bottom (so as not to break the needle and not to break hands). To create a bead, it is enough to roll the wool in the form of a ball. Now you need to take a thick needle in your hands and stick it in a ball, each time turning slightly. The notches at the end will cling to the fibers, they will become entangled and diminish in volume, and the figure will acquire a dense construction. Needles need to act very carefully, do not hit with a swing, and do not keep the workpiece on weight. Also, it is lowered perpendicular to the felting plane, turning the mere appearance. When the figure is outlined, the needle is replaced with a thinner one.

How to create composite crafts

If you have already created an unpretentious decor element in the technique of felting, you can start creating more complex designs consisting of several parts. For example, to create a matryoshka you will need two balls that are dumped together and wrapped in a layer of wool of the same color. Next, a thin needle is pinned on the face, clothes and other details and ornaments. To make a toy of large size in the style of felting, it is better for beginners and experienced needlewomen to use sintepon as a basis. He is also shaped with a large needle, and already on him pile a wool layer, which is intertwined with the core, becoming an indivisible product. The advantage of dry felting is that, if the completion is unsuccessful, the appearance of irregularities does not have to be re-done all over again, it is enough to add the necessary amount of fibers and to weld them with a thin needle to the main product.

Wet felting technique

It is quite another thing - felting with the use of a warm soap solution, which turns wool into felt. Felting will require wool, a wooden rolling pin, dense cellophane and kapron fabric. So, let's start the technique of wet felting. A master class for beginners consists of the following stages:

  • Soapy solution is created: one bar of soap is rubbed on a grater and poured hot water (2 liters). The mixture is thoroughly mixed until the soap dissolves and is infused until thickened (about 2 hours). Although you can use and liquid soap from the store.
  • On the table spread litter (preferably pimply polyethylene film), which is laid layers of wool. First the background, then according to the scheme, a certain pattern of pieces. Each subsequent layer is laid perpendicular to the previous one. The thickness of the workpiece should be 3-4 times thicker than the expected fabric, and the fibers are distributed throughout the surface evenly.
  • A ready "picture" is sprayed with water from a spray gun to fix the pattern, cover with a nylon and soap with a soap solution. Pass on it by hand, for impregnation rolled with a rolling pin with great care, so as not to dislodge the picture. Excess liquid is soaked in a towel.
  • Proceed to the very process of felting: tinder blade with hands in different directions

In the technique of wet felting for beginners, it's easy to make a scarf, and experienced masters make mittens, slippers and even bags. It is believed that this is a more complex and time-consuming process, and it is worthwhile to embark on it, having mastered the dry method.

Advantages of felting

Compared to other techniques and hobby felting for beginners has several obvious advantages:

  • Do not need any skills and a lot of work space;
  • During felting you can chat with friends or watch movies;
  • Calms nerves, acting as a session of stress therapy;
  • Makes variety in everyday affairs.

And ready-made woolen products will please native and friends, they will give them a piece of your heat.

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