In the yard of the 21st century, but many needlewomen preferred to choose an interesting Old Slavonic craft for themselves as a hobby - felt from felt. Having mastered the technique of felting, you can easily create wonderful cozy toys and souvenirs, clothes and shoes, beads and other unusual and individual things. Therefore, this occupation acquires more and more fans. However, rare craft does not do without special devices. So for the creation of felt products use special needles. In this article, we will tell you in detail what kind of needle is for what is intended how to choose the right needle whether it is possible to make a needle to felting with your own hands and many more useful information.
In fact, felting needles have a kind of iron stick or needles, the end of which is covered with tamper to capture a pile. The edges of the needle easily enters the woolen lump, clings the thread and, stretching, inserts it into the other end of a lump. Thus, the lumps give elasticity and shape. Let's figure it out into information for beginners about what kind of needle is.
Triangular option
Triangular needles are used in the first stages of work. They have a simple form, thanks to which they are easy to pierce felt. Triangular needles have a different thickness, but each of them has a toothed sharp end.
The worst triangular needles are used only at the very beginning of the process.
The needle of the middle diameter can work from the first to the last stage.
Small triangular needles are designed for the "jewelry" finish of the product.
Triangular twisted
A twisted triangular needle differs from the usual spiral-shaped workpiece. Such a needle is used to felt wool at the very end, because it leaves very small imperceptible holes.
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Inverse
The inverse triangular needle is used to pull out small hairs of the product to outward and form a soft pile. Thanks to the reverse toads, it can easily hook the desired amount of wool without difficulty without damaging the design of toys or decorations.
Needle star
Due to the number and location of the teeth, this needle is better coping with felting than, for example, triangular. It is best to apply such needles to develop a pattern on the product, filling flat parts and so on needles-stars rightly can be called universal, as they can be sent by anything, twice as fast.
Twisted model
This needle applies at the beginning, and in the middle of the felting process. It has a twisted end with teeth over the entire length. Total teeth 16 pieces and each of them is maximally involved. Accordingly, the work of this needle can significantly reduce the time for the manufacture of one or another item. Another plus of this needle can be considered a twisted work end, thanks to which the holes from the needle in the product are almost invisible.
Needle crown
This needle has teeth only at the end and is applied at the completion stage. It is adjusted to perfection minor details and mask holes from other needles.
In the photo, the process of working with a triangular needle:
We will understand in the size of the needle.
Foreign marking:
- Needles number 40-43 have a thin working end and are designed to work with small details at the last stage of felting;
- Needles number 36-38 have the work side of the medium size;
- Needles number 19-34 are the largest in volume. They work at the initial stage.
Russian marking:
- The needle of an asterisk number 38 has a thick working area;
- The needle of an asterisk number 40 has a thin working area;
- The needles are twisted at the numbers 36-40 get marking based on their thickness;
- Needle Crown Number 38 is a thin needle.
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So is it possible to make a needle for felting with your own hands? Unfortunately, without a special machine and special skills you will not make any of the above-described needles for felting. But there are good news. You can easily fix the broken needle with your own hands. If we consider that such needles are on sale are much less likely to ordinary needles or spokes, the information we provide below will be very useful both beginners and experienced valves.
To repair a valley needle, follow this algorithm. We take a small stretch segment and turn it around with a food film. Next, we unscrew the top of the handle. The needle sticks into a foam rubber on such a depth that is necessary for the best attachment of the handle. The upper part of the handle is put on the needle until it stops in a soft pack. The upper part of the handle is filled with hot glue and the needle is aligned until it is fixed. When glue froze, you need to tighten the handle and beaten from the foam rubber.
With this simple way, you can easily give your needle to normal, but it is better to treat your tools with care, then they do not have to repair them.
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