Feature
●10" x 8" x 1" workspace to accommodate any felting project.
●100% natural, undyed, pure wool felt. Wool sourced from Central America. Color is a neutral gray, but as this is a natural product, color may vary slightly from what is pictured.
●This pad has been wet felted by machine using heat, moisture and pressure. This process ensures the perfect density and durability required in a felting pad.
●The density of this pad helps to prevent the deep embedding of fibers better than loosley felted pads, burlap bags, or foam cushions.
[5 x 6 Soft]
[8 x 10 Precision]
Description
Made in USA
Felter Approved
- All needle felting supplies offered by Desert Breeze Distributing must first pass our high quality standards, then the approval of our local felting team.
- We listen to our customers.
- Only the very best is accepted into our growing product line.
100% Natural Sheep Wool Needle Felting Pad
No resins, glues, or chemicals are used. Only moisture and heat!
This pad is made from natural, un-dyed sheep wool. It is specially felted by machine using heat and moisture for the perfect density for use in precision needle felting. This process results in a consistent, workable surface area, and aids in the prevention of over insertion of the needle into the pad during felting. When softer surfaces are used, the needle carries the fibers deep into the pad, fastening the project to the work surface. The densely felted fibers of this pad helps prevent this.
- Natural wool is the best surface for needle felting.
- Pad is made of pure sheep wool, and is 1" thick. Only heat and moisture is used - no resins, glues or chemicals.
- It is recommended to occasionally lift your project, as some fibers may still be carried into the top surface of the pad.
- The wool is washed before felting, but may still contain vegetable matter.
- This pad is quite firm and is best for precision or detail work.
- Made in USA with wool from South America. Packaged in Idaho, USA.
Benefits of a Firm Felting Pad
Most pads on the market are soft and mushy, which results in projects becoming stuck to the pad, and creates difficulty in felting a flat, smooth surface. This is because the needle encounters no resistance on these other pads as it goes through the back of your project, carrying the fibers deeply into the pad where they remain. The barbs of felting needles are designed to carry the wool in one direction only. So when the needle travels beyond your project, it carries the wool with it, and your project becomes more and more fastened to the pad with each jab of the needle. This is common with soft mushy pads made of foam or lightly felted wool, as their softness allows the needle to go in too deeply.
The Desert Breeze felting pad is made of firmly felted wool. When the needle is jabbed through your project, the resistance in the pad prevents over-felting, resulting in cleaner, smoother surfaces on the back side of your project. This is especially helpful when felting feathers, ears, or any smooth flat project or parts thereof.
TIPS FOR SUCCESS:
- Gently press the needle through your project and stop when you feel the needle touch the pad.
- Please note: Working with this pad will feel different than most other needle felting pads on the market. The density of this pad is what helps prevent the needle from carrying the wool too deeply into the pad.
- The felted wool surface of this pad allows the tip of the needle to enter, but slows the needle down as the barbs reach the surface of the pad.
- A light touch is all that is needed for a smooth, tight, precision felted finish.
The ultimate pad for beautiful, precision needle felting.
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| 100% Natural Wool Felting Pad | Precision Felting Needles | Needle Felting Starter Kit | Core Wool, Pure Corriedale Cross | Merino Color Top Wool (choose color) | Merino Wool Combed Top (your choice of colors) | |
| Details | Perfect density felt pad resists over penetration of needle while felting, resulting in smoother finished surface of felted projects. | Made of high carbon steel for best quality and durability. | Complete needle felting kit for beginners. | 29.5 micron Corriedale core wool roving, for fast and easy felting. | 27 micron Maori Wool, carded batt, excellent for fast and precise felting. | 21.5 micron Merino combed wool top, for dry and wet felting, and spinning. |
| Size | 8" x 10" x 1" | 36 g Star (5), 38 g Star (5), 40 g Spiral/Twist (5) | Includes precision needles (36, 38, & 40 gauge) with storage tin, Carded Maori and Combed Merino wool, Corriedale core wool, wool felting cushion, leather finger guards, and more. | 1/2 pound of wool. | Packaged in 1 ounce bundles. | Packaged in 1 ounce bundles. |
| Extra Info | 100% natural wool, sourced from sheep in Central America. | Metal tin included for safe needle storage or disposal of used needles. | Also makes an excellent sample pack of some of the most popular felting products from Desert Breeze Distributing. | Natural cream color. | Carded and dyed by DHG in Italy with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 approved dyes. | Combed and dyed in the U.K. with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 approved dyes. |