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Clover Felting Needle Tool Review

Clover Felting Needle Tool
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I just got my felting tool in the mail, & have tried it out a little & it seems great-- I've also read many positive reviews on crafter's websites. I think this is probably going to be a handy & pleasant tool to use. My one problem with it is that Clover wants you to buy their special brush felting mat to use with the tool, for another $16 or so. Now, you do need something to felt onto, but I've just discovered that using a tightly-wound ball of scrap yarn (mine's wool, but I don't know why acrylic wouldn't work--cotton might be too hard & break the needles) works fine as a surface to felt into, as long as your applique isn't very big (because it's a curved surface & it might get tricky to felt something big--though I guess you could just do it in sections? I'll be experimenting... :-) Anyway, hope this tip helps someone out. Note, though, this WILL ruin the ball of yarn, so it should really be scrap!

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Our felting tool has five barbed needles that catches the wool roving fibers and pushes them into the bottom of the fabric. The wool roving fibers stay permanently without using glue or sewing it. The tool comes with a clear lock cover for safety and storage.

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Clover Felting Needle Mat Small Review

Clover Felting Needle Mat Small
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I'm not sure why something resembling a hair brush is so expensive. My guess - this is one of the only felting mats I could find online. Overall, a good product but I would have gotten a bigger one if they were cheaper. I probably should have just bought a hair brush.

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The brush-like mat enables smooth punching with little resistance, and allows the fibers to meshed with the base fabric. The mat bristle length provides the ideal hardness and density for felting. Measures: 2 3/4-inch by 3 1/2-inch.

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Clover Felting Needle Mat Large Review

Clover Felting Needle Mat Large
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While this felting mat works just fine with the Clover felting tool, it really is unnecessary. An equally thick felting foam pad works just as well, if not better. Flat felt tends to stick to the bristles and get kind of messy, which might make roving felt faster in the first place but will mess it up as it felts, too. Also, it's pretty worthless if you switch to using a single felting needle, and it doesn't work as well with thin layers of roving which sometimes work their way down the bristles before they get a chance to really felt.
This Clover mat does have three advantages over a foam pad: 1)It has a hard plastic back that lets you use it on a pillow in your lap (whereas a foam pad should be used over a hard surface lest you poke yourself), 2)It is well-made and more durable than a foam pad, and 3)It will hold things in place, and so it works better when needle felting onto a felt ball or such.


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The brush-like mat enables smooth punching with little resistance, and allows the fibers to meshed with the base fabric. The mat bristle length provides the ideal hardness and density for felting. Measures: 3 1/4-inch by 5-inch.

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