Nuno Felting

I have been wanting to try this for YEARS! As usual, I collect “stuff” before hand, as I just know that I will do this someday. Well, well, someday finally came! I drove to The Tin Thim…

Part 3 of the Felting Techniques Series. What is Nuno Felting? It’s a fabric felting technique developed by fiber artist Polly Stirling where wool or fiber is f…

Nuno Felting Part 3 of a Series of Wet Felting Tutorials. Learn the art of Felting Wool using the Nuno Felting Method. Hand felting sheep wool, roving or fiber into an open weave fabric such as Silk Chiffon. #felting #wetfelting #nunofelting #fiberart

How to Solve 5 Common Nuno Felting Problems - The Tin Thimble Troubleshooting Felting Help

After finally leaving Barra, with the help of my new friends, I made my way to Garsdale Head in North Yorkshire where I had reserved a room at a B & B – Garsdale House. The workshop was i…

There's a craft technique I recently learned about I hadn't heard of before, nuno felting. I had to get curious about how this creative process worked!

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Nuno felting is a technique developed in 1994 by the textile artists Polly Stirling and Sachiko Kotaka. By manipulating a small amount of wool fiber through a base fabric, they learned they could create a felted fabric with characteristics quite different from traditional felt. Nuno felt is thin, lightweight and drapeable. A similar process to wet wool felting, Nuno felting brings 2 different materials together to create a whole new textured fabric. While I was in Tucson for the Crystallized…

I have been wanting to try this for YEARS! As usual, I collect “stuff” before hand, as I just know that I will do this someday. Well, well, someday finally came! I drove to The Tin Thim…

Join Sharon and Hannah as The Tin Thimble talks tips and tricks for nuno felting with cotton cheesecloth and achieving a more casual look.