Mielke's
Fiber Arts, LLC
Your Central Wisconsin source for weaving,
spinning, knitting, crocheting, tatting, bobbin lace, felting, dyeing, and
locker hooking equipment, books, and supplies.
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Felting Needles Needle Felting Directory
Felting needles are used to commercially felt without soap and water. While machines employ hundreds or thousands of these needles, they are handy individually for the felting artist. Wonderful for details. The needles are usually three-sided, very sharp points with miniscule barbs. The needle is punched or pushed repeatedly through the fiber, and the barbs mix the fibers, locking them together. Voila! Felt! The needles are available in several sizes or "gauges." Most dry felting work, done with medium grade wool, uses 36 or 38 gauge. For finer surface work, or finer fibers, move up to 38 star or 40 gauge. For coarser fibers, move down to 32 gauge. We use a pillow stuffed with polyester fiber-fill or a piece of foam rubber as the working base when needle felting. Keep fingers well out of the way of the needles--they can draw blood. The needles should not be jammed, pried, or removed at a different angle then they were inserted, as the metal they are made of will often break rather then bend. See some needle felting we have done.
Felting Needles 42 Gauge Triangle - very fine #309011 40 Gauge Triangle - fine #309010 38 Gauge Star - less surface area than standard, with an extra corner of barbs, for quicker felting #309009 38 Gauge Triangle - standard #309008 36 Gauge Triangle - medium #309007 36 Gauge Crown Tip - one barb on each corner set 1/8" from the tip, for shallow surface work #309060 32 Gauge Triangle - coarse #309006
5-Needle Assortment from Lacis
Short Needles for Wooden Short Holder Package of five needles.
Needle Felting Directory
URL for this page: http://www.mielkesfiberarts.com/flt_ndls.htm
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