How to Wet Felt a Bowl or a Vessel for Beginners: Wet Felting Tutorial

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If you have been wanting to learn how to wet felt a bowl, a hat, a bag, a purse or just an artistic vase or vessel, this beginner tutorial is the wet felting video that will help you get started. Wet felting over a resist is the key to creating wet felted bowls, vessels, hats, bags, slippers and more! Last week we shared our top tips for wet felting over a resist so you can reference some key points when you need them, and this week Marie will show you step by step how to wet felt a beautiful artistic bowl or vessel that you will love to make, display and share.
We do have kits in great color ways and you can choose a kit with batting or fine Merino fibers, either one comes with fabulous luster fibers and embellishments. Plus you only need a few supplies to dive into this very beginner friendly wet felting project.
🕑 TIME STAMPS 🕑
0:00 Project Overview
1:07 Supplies: Fine & Coarse Wool Fibers & Embellishments
2:06 Supplies: Color Choices and KITS!
2:41 Supplies: Wet Felting Tools & Setup
3:26 Resist Size
3:50 Divide Fiber
4:57 Fine Fiber Layout: 1st Color Side A
8:16 Wet Out Side A
9:24 Flip & Wrap Fibers Around
10:11 Fine Fiber Layout: 1st Color Side B
11:04 Wet Out Side B, Flip & Wrap Around
11:59 Fine Fiber Layout: 2nd Color
14:13 Plan Design Layout
15:38 Embellish Side A
18:38 Wet Out Design Layer, Flip, and Wrap Embellishments
19:04 Embellish Side B
19:56 Coarse Batting Fiber Layout: 1st Color
21:54 Coarse Batting Fiber Layout: 2nd Color
23:59 Embellish the Coarse Fiber Vessel
25:23 Differences in Wet Felting Fine vs. Coarse Vessels
26:08 Wet Felting: Hand Work
27:47 Wet Felting: Rolling - 800 Rolls
30:50 Check & Repair Problem Areas
32:03 Wet Felting: Rolling - 800 More Rolls
33:20 Evaluate the Felt & Embellishments
34:58 Where to Place the Vessel Opening
36:05 Cutting the Hole
37:08 Healing the Cut Edge
38:47 Remove Resist & Compare Shrinkage
39:30 Remove the Trained Edge
40:11 Fulling - Shrink & Shape the Vessel
42:03 Evaluate Shrinkage
43:24 Rinse & Vinegar Bath
44:27 Blocking & Shaping the Vessel
46:15 Steam Press for a Beautiful Finish
47:18 Final Look at Vessels
49:02 Wrap Up and Thank You!
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Living Felt provides free quick and easy needle felting, wet felting and nuno felting tutorials because we love to help you felt cool things from wool. We offer these free online felting classes to teach and inspire everyone, even the beginner. Wool is used in most of our projects, and we have lots of tips and tricks to make felting fun and simple. Learn to felt with Marie Spaulding as she teaches felting and needle felting tutorials from the heart. She is the founder and head fairy at Living Felt. Felting art work, home decor, fun keepsakes, thoughtful gifts, treasures and wearables with you is one of Marie's greatest pleasures. She makes felting and needle felting friendlier than ever before. Since launching Living Felt in 2004, she has sparked enthusiasm for felting across the globe and inspired thousands of new friends to give felting a go in their crafting and artistic expression. Living Felt provides totally FREE quick and easy needle felting, felting, and wet felting and nuno felting tutorials every single week because we love to help you make cool things from wool! Follow along with these fun online classes to learn more about felt design and needle felting techniques. It’s inspiration for everyone-from beginners to advanced felters. To make felting and needle felting easier than ever before, we offer felting kits and supply lists, plus you can call us with any of your felting questions - we are happy to help! The wool fibers we share will make your felting projects easy and fun! We hope you enjoy our wet felting, needle felting and nuno felting tutorials. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a single one!
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NEW VESSEL KITS! feltingsupplies.livingfelt.com/ww-wf-over-resist We just LOVE these sweet wet felted vessels! What tips did you find most helpful from the tutorial? Let us know in the comments! To view the Community Q&A Session all about Vessels and Resists, check out this video next: kzbin.infoSuOXw4bMWps

[@karinmuller3086]

Thank you for showing,and many greetings from Germany

[@denisemitchell2498]

Woohoo Marie n Fairies! Thanks so much for this video. I will be ordering some kits and experimenting. Life interrupted n I did no wet felting last year :(.

[@elenamorozova8771]

Очень красивые цвета вы используете! 👍

[@sallyjoligocki5011]

This is excellent! I want to do a wet felted vessel. Thank you for sharing.

[@ZenintheHeights]

I love your color choices.

[@karenthomas5447]

I love the colors you chose for project!

[@patriciapb8327]

Thank you very much, your explanations are very clear 🤗

[@fayes3374]

Thank you for this, it was excellent, I learned so much.

[@jessicabenjamin9302]

Awesome tips thank you!!!!!

[@christymiller236]

Great tutorial!!

[@beckihaff5151]

Putting on my list to try.

[@lindaday6797]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@jackieburns8374]

Love the blue!

[@staceypepper1359]

I really appreciate the wool weight. It has been hard for me to learn how much to use.

[@eileengross1572]

Thank you!!!

[@da-dusa]

Thanks! 🎉

[@fayes3374]

I think it would be fun to have a scrap bag of all colors of sari silks to play with, just scraps.

[@LivingFelt]

Oh sure! We have a basket it in the shop of scraps...come on by, Faye 😁

[@tamaramedwid9834]

Love this tutorial so much, I've watched it three times. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@kaylogan3218]

The colours are so vibrant! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@parricomstock3553]

Great turorial. The future segments on dealing with coarser fibers will be awesome. I'm planning on doing the slippers I purchased. This will be good information! Thanks so much!

[@LivingFelt]

You got this, Parri!

[@KathyAlton111]

Thank you for your instruction video today. I love the show.

[@LivingFelt]

Thank you, Kathy!

[@sharonnorvelle6926]

That was a great video. You give very good step by step instructions. Thank you.

[@LivingFelt]

Awe, we are so happy if you found it helpful, Sharon!

[@karenmooney9684]

I started making a vessel but had to stop till tomorrow. So far it looks much better than the ones I've done up till now. I'll send a pic when I finish it! Thanks so much for all of your help and kindness. Love you Marie and all of the Felting Faries!!!❤

[@LivingFelt]

We look forward to seeing it, Karen!

[@monicadrewry4892]

A perfect tutorial before the birthday bash to get myself prepared for the fun. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@LivingFelt]

woohoo!! 🥳

[@mariespaulding8182]

YAY!!

[@susiekohler2031]

Maybe I can finally get a wet felted project to look good

[@chermckittrick2216]

Such amazing instructions, so clear and easy to follow. I loved seeing the different finishes you achieved, depending on how you shaped and ironed the vessels. Thanks so much for providing such high quality tutorials!

[@mariespaulding8182]

Thank you!

[@kimphan7549]

Love it ❤

[@eileengross1572]

Love all the tips!

[@nyccatholic2765]

Best Lesson Channel! Many Thanks!!

[@caronspurway3792]

Thank you for this great tutorial! What is it that you used for the resist?

[@fayes3374]

With the beachy looking vessel, the hole is cut on the edge of the resist rather than in the middle? Just want to be sure before I try it, thank you.

[@mariespaulding8182]

Yes! :)

[@BETTYBOSS-iv5vb]

What do you use for the resist?

[@kathiehand]

Guess what my project is for today? 😊

[@lauryntubesing9759]

I sue the vinegar wash but then I wash it again vecause I dob't like the smell. Do you have any suggestions for that?

[@mariespaulding8182]

Yes, give a final rinse with a few drops of Lavender essential oil :) But the vinegar smell WILL dissipate on its own!

[@lilroseninja]

can you do this and turn them into bags?

[@mariespaulding8182]

Of course! :)

[@paigeturner165]

What is a resist made of exactly?

[@LivingFelt]

Ours is a foam

[@fayes3374]

(The flat pieces of fabric)

[@GrandmaSezSo]

Did I miss the 3/27/2024 Wooly Wednesday?