Needle felting on wet fibre?

[jwugg]

So, the scenario is this: Whilst nuno felting a scarf, an area of fibres wouldn't 'stick' to the silk (habotai, denser weave than usual). So I kept on rolling & rubbed the area lots etc. then gave up & fulled, rinsed, dried.

So, I can now do a bit of needle felting on top of the non-nuno'ed part. But I was wondering whether I could have needled it while it was wet & soapy - am thinking it might then have attached better & stronger (during the extra rolling) once I had got it started.

Any thoughts?

[zed]

Judy asked something very similar recently, have a look at the replies and see if they answer your question:
feltandfiberstudio.proboards.com/thread/1677/nuno-felting-question

[MTRuth]

I have needle felted on wet fiber before. It works. Just don't want to leave your needle wet as they rust.

[luvswool and dyestuff]

I will purposely wait until the item has dried before needle-felting…just not a good feeling when needling wet wool…YUCK!

[Shepherdess]

I agree it feels yucky. it funny that it feels so different then dry wool. However I have been there done that. I have had people fix spots on wet hats in a hat class.

[jwugg]

Thanks everyone, it's dry now so I'll try adding a little more fibre & needle felt the stubborn bit. Will try it wet next time!