Felting

Documentation from a project inspired by photos of medieval felt mittens. Includes discussion of the manufacture of felt in Scandinavia.

A translated excerpt of an article from Studies on the Upper Saltov in 1996.

The East Kingdom of the SCA has a nascent fiber arts guild. Topics covered are varied and diverse. We are spinners, knitters, weavers, naalbinders, dyers, felters and others and we're interested in flax, wool, cotton, silk, hemp and nettle. And if you're carving spindles and you want to talk to people who would use them, you're welcome too!

How to make a ball of wool felt.

Includes instructio ns for making felt boots.

Felt is easy to make and can be used for a number of early period hats, cloaks, helmet liners, shoe liners, and other useful objects.

An overview of the Mongolian technique for felting wool.