Clover Felting Needle Tool

by Clover

Product Features

• No thread or glue needed
• Comes with a clear lock cover for safety and storage

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 3.5 x 1.6 inches ; 2.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WV5ZCK
• Item model number: 8900
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #572 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)
  • #14 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing > Knitting & Crochet > Knitting

Product Description

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool little thing! Only downer is pricey accessories--but see my tip., January 5, 2007

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griffinormom (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews

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!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Faster needle felting!, August 7, 2008

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Marka Twaina (Florida) - See all my reviews

This is such a great product! It is comfortable to hold and easier to store than loose felting needles. I also bought the special brush pad to use with this, but in most cases I think this Clover felting tool works better with a normal felting foam pad underneath (so long as it's thick enough). The five needles are easy to switch out, and it can accommodate felting needles of different lengths.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Extremely fragile., January 2, 2011

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E. Broome (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Clover Felting Needle Tool (Kitchen)

Clover is a basic, no-frills brand that I've trusted in the past for bamboo knitting needles. This product seemed like a great idea.
It's got 5 needles instead of 1 to increase your felting ability. It also has a clear plastic cover which slips down over the needles after each "stab" to prevent injury. The needles are extremely sharp, so a built-in safety measure would be great, particularly for younger kids (age 8 + is recommended) who are learning to felt. But after about 15 minutes of use, 4 of the 5 needles bent and two broke off completely. I'm not particularly heavy-handed, they just snapped off. The steel is thin and brittle. Maybe we just got a bad batch? I am going to replace them once and see if the same thing happens. An update will follow...