Collection: Felting Supplies

Needle felting works by repeatedly poking a barbed needle through loose wool fiber, tangling and matting it together until it holds a shape. This collection covers the basics — roving, hand-carded batts, felting needles, and beginner kits — including hand-dyed batts from owner Jackie Ottino's own Forage Color label.

Roving and batts are both prepared wool fiber, just processed differently: roving is combed into a long, aligned strip, while batts are carded into a looser, flatter sheet that's often easier to layer and blend colors with for needle felting projects. Either works for most needle felting, though batts tend to be favored for their blendability when a project calls for shading or gradient color.

Felting needles are barbed, and it's the repeated stabbing motion — not heat or water — that locks the wool fibers together into a firm, sculptable shape. For anyone new to the craft, our needle felting kits bundle roving, needles, and instructions into one package, a good way to try the technique before building out your own fiber and tool collection.