History of Needle Felting
Felt can be represented in anything from vehicles to instruments to picture outlines and to make caps, coats, embellishments, pads, and folders, yet its most exciting use is likely, to make dolls and sculptures! Animals are popularly made with dry felting because their fluffy hair and hide are effectively duplicated utilizing wool. The needle felting process can change wool into realistic looking animals, food, trees, and many other things. When you hear felting, you immediately think of wet felting , commonly known by most people. Felt itself dates back to around 5000- 4000 BC after the domestication of sheep for wool. Being the first animals to be domesticated, sheep were primarily kept for their meat, milk, and skin. However, that changed, and they were now being kept for their wool, which was used to make clothes. Needle felting was discovered in the 1800s. The first self-evident for a needle punch machine was given in 1859. The machines were initially devised to make striking a