Needle Felting over Wool Clothing

[rosabranco]

Hello nice forum friends
Glad to meeting you for the first time  

I have some old wool clothing needing to be recycled. So,inspired by images i saw on FB, i am delighted with how needle felting can embellishes our pieces. Although,my question is:

The wool fabric´s weaves are strong enough to support jabbing?
Even if we can do a fixative/strong needle felting item, should we wet felting it or no? If yes, doesn´t this work will shrink?


What do you think about? your support is very important for me. Thanks in advance

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[Pandagirl]

Welcome Rosabranco!

I'm not a big needle felter, but I think if the fabric can support the needle felting you wouldn't need to wet felt it unless you wanted a different look. Depending on the wool content of the fabric, 100% will probably shrink when wet. However, you can control shrinkage by checking the size frequently throughout the felting process. I would think most wol fabrics would be able to be needlefelted unless the weave is very, very loose. I look forward to seeing your projects be sure to post pics of your process and final results!

[Shepherdess]

Yes you can do it. you can do a light wet felting of the new wool you have added just to make a skin on it so it will stand up better. I t also gets rid of the needle holes. mostly I have done woven wool that has been well fulled first. I do sock instead of darning them. I have done denim. I did a jean jacket and I used to do my daughter's jeans. I would needle felt a picture over a hole to patch it.