what is needle felting?

needle or “dry” felting is the process of turning wool fiber into felt using barbed needles that force the wool fiber to attach to itself. (industrial felt is made using thousands of these needles.) the felting needle is punched or pushed repeatedly through the wool fiber which locks the fiber together.

i use felting needles to create intricate designs and 3-dimensional shapes. i call it “fiber alchemy” because it seems completely magical when my wool begins to take shape under the pokes of my needle, but it’s really science. no wait, magic…i get them confused.