Making felt

In this activity, students create felt from wool fibres to illustrate how the surface structure of wool fibres affects its washability.

Purpose

This activity will help students understand the microstructure of wool and how this knowledge has influenced the development of new wool fabrics and processes.

Keywords

Fibre, properties, abrasion, felt.

Related content

This article is a handy curation of our resources looking at some of the innovative wool textiles being developed at AgResearch.

Investigate the properties of wool and how they link to its uses in the student activity Exploring wool fibre properties.

Useful links

Felt-making instructions
Easy to follow illustrated instructions for making felt are here www.gfwsheep.com/flatfelt/flatfelt2.html.

Read this helpful Stuff article is How to felt in 5 easy steps.

Making felt balls
Illustrated instructions for making felt balls from www.gfwsheep.com/feltballs/feltballs1.html.