I decided to look for a workshop space and get hold of a needle felting machine that makes the mats. Then, I started gathering hair. I get sent hair from all over the place, and it's all human hair.

Mandy Smith, from Tipton, enjoys needle felting, or sculpting with wool, and is taking part in Come As You Really Are, an exhibition with celebrates crafts and hobbies from across the country.

After that, they combined the human hair with the Norwegian wool by needle-felting the fibres together (which involves using special needles to stab the fibres repeatedly, until they become a ...

Kay Backstrom, of Saranac, has taken the new hobby of needle felting to a new level and specializes in sculpting dogs out of wool.

Needle felting uses a barbed needle to intertwine wool fibers to create a solid fabric.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Winter art classes - drawing, painting, stained-glass, portraits, pottery, needle felting ...

Woollen animals and figures will go on show as part of a special hobbies exhibition this summer. Mandy Smith, from Tipton, enjoys needle felting, or sculpting with wool, and is taking part in Come ...

Fiona Finlayson, a needle felting artist from Scotland, enjoys making portraits of animals. The dog ones are some of her most popular work.

When Amerley started noticing quickening hair loss, she turned to needle-based treatments to see if they could help with restarting growth.

The Wonderful World of Needle-Felted Animals Whether tigers or tortoises, field mice or feathered peacocks, artisanal creatures are a celebration of life itself.

Acoustic panels and other architectural elements can be made in complex 3D forms using a robotic needle felting process developed by researchers at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban ...

Woollen animals and figures will go on show as part of a special hobbies exhibition this summer. Mandy Smith, from Tipton, enjoys needle felting, or sculpting with wool, and is taking part in Come ...