Wet Felting - by continually rubbing wool fibers together with mild soap and hot water, you are able to create a felted object.  I use 100% wool yarn to crochet my object, and then into hot water in the washing machine agitating for up to 30 minutes until all the fibers felt together.  The object usually looses about 1/3 of its size during this process - think about that wool sweater that accidentally ended up in the washing machine and you get the idea.

Crochet bowl with 100 % wool yarn.

Felted bowl after washing machine agitation.

Needle felting floral design.

Needle Felting - also know as dry felting, is achieved by using very sharp barbed needles to poke loose pieces  of wool into a dense mat.  The loose wool is easy to manipulate to create beautiful patterns and objects.  Some of my favorite projects are needle felting acorns, Easter eggs and Christmas ornaments.

Needle felted acorns, Easter eggs and floral design on felt.

Nuno Felting - nuno felting incorporates several layers of wool fibers into cloth - usually silk gauze - to add color, texture and a design into the finished fabric.  The fibers travel through the weave of the cloth and entangle on the back side during the fulling process.  For me, this project requires a full day to design, lay out and roll, roll, roll to ensure the fibers find its way through the weave of the fabric ... the outcome is always spectacular!

Lay out your wool fibers.

Layer of fabric & more loose wool.

Roll up in plastic, netting & bubble wrap.

Final outcome!