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Wet felting is one of the oldest and most natural ways to make felt. This method uses just a few simple ingredients water, soap, and movement to turn wool into strong and beautiful felt fabric. At our workshop, we use wet felting to make many of our handmade products like felt dryer balls, shoes, purses, cat caves, carpets, coasters, and other decor items.
Wet felting is a process where wool fibers are combined with water, soap, and agitation. These three elements help the fibers open up and lock together tightly. As a result, they form a single piece of solid felt fabric.
To make felt through wet felting, three things are always required:
Water – Preferably warm, to help soften the fibers
Agitation – Rubbing, rolling, or pressing the wool to help the fibers tangle
Heat – Helps the fibers open up and bind more effectively
In addition to these, soap or detergent is also used. Soap makes the water slightly alkaline, which helps the wool fibers open up and felt more easily.
Warm soapy water is poured over layers of wool fibers.
The wool is gently rubbed and rolled.
As the fibers are agitated, they begin to open and interlock.
The felt becomes denser and stronger with continued rubbing.
Once the wool has completely bonded, the felt is rinsed and dried.
Depending on the type of wool, the finished felt may shrink by 20 to 50 percent. But this shrinking makes the felt firmer, more compact, and long-lasting.
Wet felting offers many benefits, both for the maker and the final user.
Durable and Strong – Wet felted products hold their shape well and do not fall apart easily.
Eco-Friendly – It uses only natural materials like wool, soap, and water.
Safe and Non-Toxic – No harmful chemicals are needed in the process.
Long-Lasting – Felted items can be reused for years and still look good.
Easy to Shape and Decorate – Once the felt is ready, it can be cut, sewn, embroidered, or used as a base for needle felting.
At our workshop, we use the wet felting technique to create a wide range of handmade felt products. These include:
Felt dryer balls
Felt shoes and slippers
Felt purses and bags
Felt cat caves
Felt carpets and mats
Felt coasters
Felt home and holiday decorations
These items are carefully crafted by hand, mostly by women artisans in Nepal, using only 100 percent natural wool.
If you are interested in how our eco-friendly felt products are made, you can read more about the story of felt, its history, and its benefits in our full guide on felt-making.
