All my wearable art and accessories are made by wet felting. Much of the wool either has been processed by me after being sourced from local farmers or has been processed by a local (next town over) fiber mill.

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Wool fibers are stimulated by friction and lubricated by hot water and soap to force the scales of the wool to interlock and compress thereby creating a wool felt cloth.

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I layer local Vermont unspun wool roving, add soap and water and then rub, roll, slam, and beat into submission to shape the hat, slippers, or mittens you see here. Then it is air-dried, a design is needle felted onto the item and it is wet felted a second time to lock in the fibers.