Felting has been used for centuries to mat wool fibers together. Needle felting is much newer. Rather than using water and soap like the older “wet felting” technique, felters use a special barbed ...

Lots of sheep owners use wool for sweaters and blankets, but Bolton teenagers Olivia and Isabelle Tower are turning their animals' fluffy wool into fine art. Years ago, a family friend showed them how ...

Whether tigers or tortoises, field mice or feathered peacocks, artisanal creatures are a celebration of life itself. By Ligaya Mishan WITH EACH STAB of the needle, the fibers catch, twist and snarl.

Acoustic panels and other architectural elements can be made in complex 3D forms using a robotic needle felting process developed by researchers at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban ...