How to make fine felt and flexible with silk AKA nuno felt

In the last couple of weeks, we’ve been talking about different ways to make a fine and flexible.

We started by using only Merino wool. In the next sample we worked with Merino wool mixed with viscose fiber. And today I’m going to make a sample that’s going to be useful to compare with the one we did last week, the one with viscose.

What I’m going to do is I’ll be using the same template, 4 g of Merino wool, plus a piece of chiffon silk.

We’ll start by felting the sample and, when it’s ready, we’ll see how it compares to the previous two.

Make sure you stay until the end to be able to see the differences between the 3 samples. And, if you haven’t yet, go and watch the previous videos:

• How to avoid stiff felt
• A detailed tutorial on how to make fine and flexible felt
• A second method to make fine and flexible felt

This was a very complete series, and we’ve covered not only how to make a fine and flexible felt, but also how to add viscose fiber to your wool and, actually, how to nuno felt.

We also talked about different layout methods and different fulling methods. If you want to have a full overview of these, you can download the following PDFs:

• THE MAIN FULLING METHODS when to use them and which tools you need
• THE MAIN LAYOUT METHODS how and when to use them

I hope you enjoyed this series. If you found it valuable, feel free to share it with your felting friends.

Talk soon!