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Tips and Tricks for Needle Felting
What is Needle Felting?
In a nutshell, it's the process of transforming wool into 3D objects using a barbed needle.
When you felt wool, you're agitating the fibers so they bond together, creating a solid fabric. If you've ever felted any of your knitting projects, you're already familiar with the process — except that you probably used a washing machine with really hot water to get the fibers to bond. Needle felting mimics that process, but instead of agitating the wool with hot water, you're doing it with an extra-sharp needle.
What You Need
Needle felting is usually done with a kind of wool called roving, but you can also use wool in other forms, like batting.
The needle you'll use for felting has sharp, barbed blades designed to agitate the wool fibers.
You'll need a special felting surface to avoid poking your fingers, legs or other body parts. Sponges and foam pads work well for needle felting. Just make sure your surface is thick
What To Make with Needle Felting
Animals are a popular choice with needle felters, the special felting needles create a fuzzy effect that looks like fur. But you don't have to limit yourself to stand-alone animals or other items: You can also use a flat object like a scarf as a base for your felted objects. Try needle felting onto a fabric cuff to add color, or needle felt a heart or another shape you like onto a plain sweater.
Features of the Needle Felting Pad Foam
- flat, stable & smooth surface
- soft and cushioning
- possibility of fastening something to it
- comfortable usage
- sufficient in size
- transportable
- felting needle holder
Anita Trezvant
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2025
Durable
BB
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2025
Totally satisfied with this product
Valerie
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2025
I'm new to needle felting and purchased this pad. I cover it with an acrylic felt sheet. It's much better than working on those small white blocks that come with some needle felting kits. I like the size and the feel of the material. It's easier to use for any project.
Judith Turner
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024
This works great and at a great price
Dara G.
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2022
Bought this foam pad for reverse felting because the wool pad's fibers get pulled through with my colored wools (go-figure).... Aggressive needles will grate this foam like parmesan cheese. Used for two small projects, and 25% of the face is worn down into a pit. Love the idea, but perhaps an open celled rubber-foam would prove more resilient.
Karen Smith
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2021
I use this foam to line aluminum camera cases for custom accessories for my telescope. With a sharp, long box cutter, this cuts easily into the shapes I need. It is the perfect depth for those standard cases. For this purpose, I highly recommend.
Bookaholic
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2019
Excellent ,dense pad for felting. Very happy with the quality. If you felt, I just learned a way to keep the pad clean, buy a square of felt in a craft store and use it on top of the foam.
CarolECI
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2017
This foam pad is not dense foam - it's just foam. It works, but it hasn't held up as well as the Kaizen foam that I've ordered in the past. It also likely wouldn't hold up that well as a seat cushion because it is so soft. I've found that soft foam breaks down very quickly from needle felting and I end up with bits of gray foam in the piece. (Even Kaizen foam eventually does this, but it takes much longer to break down.)
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