Mandy Smith, from Tipton, enjoys needle felting, or sculpting with wool ... I've tried crochet but there's too much counting and following a pattern," Ms Smith said. "Whereas this, it's very ...

Needle felting uses notched barbs that punch into ... "The marks created in the process become patterns and pockets that enrich and decorate the surface of the fabric, but also present the ...

Only in the past few decades has needle-felting gained recognition as a craft. In the 1980s, Eleanor Stanwood, an American fiber artist, began experimenting with the kind of small-scale needle ...