Felting Needles

Needle felting is easy and quick with endless possibilities to create beautiful and unique flat and 3-D art forms. This form of dry felting just needs fibre and felting needles. The needles are made from high-quality carbon steel.

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DETAILS

• Fine (40 gauge): Barbs on three sides. For detail work and getting a neat surface. Best not to use when working with coarse fibres or for rough sculpting/bulk work.
  

• Medium (36 gauge): Barbs on three sides. Good for making the bulk of a 3D piece and attaching pieces. Not good for any detail work.
  

• Coarse (32 gauge): Barbs on three sides. Good for making the bulk of a 3D piece and attaching pieces well. Not suitable for fine detail work.
  

• Star (38 gauge): Barbs on four sides. Great all-round needle, good for finer work and finer wools as well as bulky sculpting work.
  

• Reverse (40 gauge): Barbs go in opposite direction which results in fibre being pulled out. Useful to create a fluffy finish on well felted pieces.
  

• Spiral (36 gauge): Needles are twisted which makes felting faster while reducing the surface holes other needles make.

HOW IT'S MADE

Ashford was founded in 1934 by Walter Ashford in Christchurch, New Zealand. Today, it is run by Walter's grandson James Ashford and his husband Dave. The Ashford factory is now located outside of Christchurch, and makes high quality spinning and weaving tools from fine beech hardwood, as well as combed fibre including mulesing-free NZ Corriedale and Merino. Find out more about Ashford here.