Soft yet tough, felt is a versatile, malleable material used for everything from sculpting to sewing. Then there’s felt needling, a beginner-friendly sculpting method with a range of possibilities.

France is known for its perfume, Italy for its leather and Scotland for its whisky, to name a few famous exports. One that may not be as well-known is Kyrgyzstan and its wool. In the Naryn and ...

A rare example of a sun hat from late Roman Egypt that was stitched together from fabrics in five colors.

Felt isn’t just for kindergarten anymore. Acclaimed, award-winning felting artist Rachel Benson teaches felting classes to kids, teens, and adults in Leominster, Groton, Harvard, and other towns in ...

TWIN FALLS • The College of Southern Idaho’s Community Education Center is offering Felting Wool, a non-credit enrichment class taught by Elizabeth McCabe, on Saturday Jan. 25 from 10 a.m. — 1 p.m. at ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Tina is the owner of My Woolever Friend, a company that makes custom portraits of people's furry friends. These pet portraits are made by needle-felting sheep wool and ...

Using a long needle, Chinese artist Yin Yue diligently pokes a piece of wool onto a pink-purple elephant made out of wool felt in her studio in Beijing. She stumbled into wool felt art about a decade ...

From reindeer and hedgehogs to robins, Anxiety monsters, and poor ol’ Willy, the use of felt in animation has taken on a whole new energy in recent years. While some point to Emma de Swaef and Marc ...