Needle Felting Essentials Kit

A perfect starter kit with all the tools you'll need to have a go at needle felting.

Needle felting is the process of binding wool together with a barbed needle to make soft, loose wool into a sturdy shape. The barbs along the shaft of the needle pick up the wool fibres, pulling them in and out as you stab the wool. This matts the wool together.

Your kit includes:

Felting needles - Needles come in different gauges for different uses. Your kit contains:
38 gauge star - black (x1) - for fast felting and firming shapes
40 gauge triangular - blue (x1) - a finer needle for detail

Needle handle - Making it easier to hold the needles and providing better comfort.

Felting Mat - This high quality, dense foam mat will give a base for your needle to hit, and mean that you don’t damage your work surface or snap your needle. Measuring 20 x 15cm it provides plenty of space for a variety of projects.

Finger Protectors - 2 leather protectors for your thumb and forefinger/middle finger.

Your tools can be used again and again in future felting projects.

You may wish to add carded (combed) wool for felting, and/or extra needles.
The Wool Starter Pack comes with 50g core white felting wool perfect for making the shape, and a small selection of naturally coloured carded wools that can be used to add details or alternate colours in felting projects such as sheeps heads and ears or owls wings and eyes.

WARNING: Felting needles are very sharp. This kit is not suitable for young children. Recommended for age 10+ with adult supervision.

The finger protectors are to be worn on your thumb and forefinger or middle finger on the hand you are using to hold the piece (so if you are right handed you will be using the needle in your right hand and put the protectors on your left hand).