Needle felting mending

Mend a hole or rip in your sweater or knit clothing with needle felting. Keep the design simple or add lots of embellishment. Step by step visual guide for this simple process. You'll need wool fibers in your choice of color(s) (carded wool batts or wool roving), a felting needle, and foam pad or block. Save this for future mending!

See how to mend holes in wool with needle felting! This is a simple mending tutorial to save old wool sweaters.

Mending clothing with wool roving is an excellent sustainable practice and helps to extend the life of your clothing. Here’s a fun ghost design for Halloween! This project works best with natural fibers and knit items (ideally ones made out of wool) but I’ve also had great success mending other clothing items. Pants made out

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Emma De La Laine Felting/feutrage on Instagram: "Mending a moth eaten sweater with needle felted books! #needlefelting #feutragealaiguille #books #beautyandthebeast #felting #visiblemending #emmadelalaine #upcycle #motheatensweater"

Mending clothing is one of my favorite sustainable practices and I love using wool to do so. This project works best with natural fibers or knit items but I've had great success mending other types of heavier weight fibers that do not have stretch, such as thicker cotton or denim. The process shown here is

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Alexandra on Instagram: "For some repairs, where an invisible result isn't needed, needle felting may be an option. I don't actually use this technique very often, and I'm a bit hesitant to recommend it since there are quite a few factors to consider (not least that it's an irreversible process, unlike most of the methods I use). BUT - for the right project, it's definitely a very useful technique! Use matching wool for discreet mending, or contrast colours for visible mends. I've got a…