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Needle Felting Without Wool

July 28, 2009 by Linda Lanese

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There is this interesting article and tutorial on “Threads” about Needle Felting Without Wool. The applications look very lovely and stylish.  They write: Other than wool, the best fiber to use for needle-felting is silk. Silk is a strong fiber that resists breakage and fraying better than man-made substitutes. It also holds the texture created with the needles better than polyester fabrics do; polyester fabrics tend to release the texture too soon. Needle-felted silk chiffon becomes finely crinkled with an almost pleated look while dupioni and taffeta fabrics produce a more heavily puckered and tucked appearance. Silk velvets are the most luscious of all, developing rows and clusters of deeply textured wrinkles.

I began reading the comments and a couple of readers objected to them referring to using the word felting.  They explained that these techniques have been around for a long time and it is called needling. I am wondering what your thoughts are on this subject and should this be called felting?

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