Felting
Felting exploration in texture and form. Starting from a hand-knitted mini sweater, the felting process (heat, agitation, and moisture) binds the wool fibers together and collapses the stitch definition. The before and after document the transformation: from open knit structure to a dense, matted surface where the original stitches dissolve into one unified fabric.
Fiber: Wool · Starting point: Hand-knitted mini sweater · Technique: Wet felting on knit substrate
Wet Felting — Before & After
The transformation is irreversible. Heat, moisture, and agitation cause the wool scales to interlock and compact. What begins as an open, looped structure collapses into a dense unified fabric. The stitch definition disappears entirely.
Before — knitted mini sweater
After — post-felting
Dry / Needle Felting on Muslin
Needle felting uses barbed needles to mechanically push and tangle fiber into a base fabric. Applied to muslin, it builds up surface texture and sculptural dimension without the structural collapse of wet felting.
