Needle felting uses a barbed needle to intertwine wool fibers to create a solid fabric. Needle felting uses a barbed needle to intertwine wool fibers to create a solid fabric, whether that be a 2D ...

Felting has been used for centuries to mat wool fibers together. Needle felting is much newer. Rather than using water and soap like the older “wet felting” technique, felters use a special barbed ...

Gayle Mathues is a local fiber artist specializing in needle felted sculptures. “I have always been interested in art and being creative,” she said, adding that her parents gave her a drawing set when ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Knitted woollens should never get tossed until you've tried ...

When Kay Backstrom became interested in making stained glass art more than a decade ago, she signed up for a class to learn the basics. She selected a challenging first project and was cautioned ...

Whether tigers or tortoises, field mice or feathered peacocks, artisanal creatures are a celebration of life itself. By Ligaya Mishan WITH EACH STAB of the needle, the fibers catch, twist and snarl.