France is known for its perfume, Italy for its leather and Scotland for its whisky, to name a few famous exports. One that may not be as well-known is Kyrgyzstan and its wool. In the Naryn and ...

If you love the extra-soft and fluffy feel of freshly tumbled laundry, but you’re hesitant to use chemical-laden dryer sheets, wrinkle sprays, or liquid fabric softeners, felted wool dryer balls are ...

Wool-felted accessories are all the rage. The bright colors and organic texture of wool can be seen on everything from purses and slippers to necklaces and broaches. With just a small amount of wool ...

At first glance, Arina Borevich’s tiny felted sculptures look like fantasy creatures dreamed up for a storybook. But they’re ...

Liam Lee’s designs often look like something that could come from the concept drawing for a futuristic sci-fi film. He sculpts furniture and dimensional textiles from brightly colored wool he hand ...

A river of fabric? Janice Arnold’s installations, inspired by the people of Central Asia, go to great lengths to evoke wonder Though stationary, fibers of different colors and textures are combined in ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Forget the lion or the lamb. This morning, March came in like a flying pig. Yes. All those things you said you’d do “when pigs fly” now have to be done. Okay, it was a pig made ...

Using a long needle, Chinese artist Yin Yue diligently pokes a piece of wool onto a pink-purple elephant made out of wool felt in her studio in Beijing. She stumbled into wool felt art about a decade ...

THE theory of felting of wool in fabric form developed by Speakman and his collaborators 1 postulates that under the repeated application of pressure the unidirectional migration of wool, due to its ...

Wet felting is a fun, hands-on craft that does double duty: It can entertain the little ones while providing last-minute gifts for the holidays. Children and novices can tackle the easiest project: ...