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Artfelt Felting Kits
These felting kits are just awesome. They are completely unique and the process is so easy. You can make felted wall hangings, purses, a poncho, the possibilities are endless. These kits use a special kind of needle felting paper that allows you to make a felted cloth in your dryer!
Each kit contains enough Zitron pencil roving and Easyfelt Paper to make either a scarf, several pillows, or a purse. It also contains two barbed needles, one plastic sheet for felting, an instructional slide show DVD, as well as written instructions.
The centerpiece of the artfelt® line, is Zitron’s new hand-dyed 100%
merino roving, boasting a rating of 19 on the micron scale. Butter
soft, durable and colorfully intoxicating, Zitron’s roving is available
in both Pencil roving (40m/50g) and in Standard roving (2.5m/50g).
artfelt™ in a nutshell
artfelt™ is a new felting technique that combines certain aspects of needle and
wet felting with a new patented paper developed to ease the felting process.
Appropriately named “Easyfelt” paper, this paper allows one to felt incredibly
simple or complex pieces with nominal space and physical effort. It allows you to
create a felted material that can be either thick or thin, precise or abstract, and it
can all be accomplished with very little experience.
How does artfelt™ work?
There are four main steps to the artfelt™ process which are covered in detail in both
the written instructions and on the DVD. As a quick overview, the first step is to
design your project and cut your paper to the appropriate size. Shrinkage with
artfelt™ can be anywhere from nothing to 20%. The next step is to tack the roving
down onto the Easyfelt paper using a barbed needle. It is the Easyfelt paper that
keeps your roving in it’s proper position during the felting process. Once the roving is
tacked into place, the piece needs to be saturated with water, rolled up with a
piece of plastic and thrown in the dryer. The tumbling motion and heat of the dryer
will felt your piece. After 15 to 45 minutes, remove from dryer. The piece will now be
felted, but the paper will still be attached. Place your piece in a sink with the paper
side up and pour boiling water over the paper to dissolve it. To finish the piece,
either lay flat to dry, or iron dry.
How do I get started?
Your kit provides you with both written instructions and an instructional, slide show
DVD. Both sets of instructions are complete, however, it is recommended that you
explore the DVD and then follow up by reading the written instructions.
The slide show DVD is broken down into sections as follows:
Before You Begin
1. Quick Demo
2. Sample Designs
3. Supplies
What’s in your kit
Additional supplies needed
Four Basic Steps
1. Design
2. Create
3. Felt
4. Finish
Beyond the Basics
1. Handbag basics
2. Oops…
3. Tips
Before you begin
If you can, check out the photos under sample designs to get some ideas of what
you can make. If you can not play the DVD, there are photos of several items on
the cover sheet of your kit. Your kit has enough material to make either a wide
scarf, two narrow scarves, several pillow covers, four placemats, or several wall
hangings. You are not limited to these items, this is just to give you an idea of how
far the roving and paper included in this kit will go.
Supplies
What’s in your kit:
Your kit should contain 1 hank standard roving, 2 hanks pencil roving, 2 barbed
needles, 1 sheet Easyfelt paper roughly 12” x 90”, one piece plastic the same size,
an artfelt™ slide show DVD and these written instructions.
Additional Supplies needed:
You will need something to protect your work surface from the barbed needle.
Styrofoam or foam padding works best. If you have neither around, a stack of
towels works just fine in a pinch. A spray bottle to saturate your piece with water is
helpful, however, if there is not one available, there are several other ways to
saturate your piece which are listed under the “felt” section. An old sock, nylon sock
or pair of pantyhose works great for tossing your rolled up piece in the dryer ( ah yes,
you will need a dryer), and last, but not least, you’ll need something to boil water in
and a sink.
Complete in depth felting instructions are included with each kit!
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