[{"id":267694669860,"handle":"felting-fiber","title":"Felting Fiber","updated_at":"2024-12-16T14:25:42-05:00","body_html":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eNeedle Felting Wool and Natural Fibers\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSarafina Fiber Art carries a variety of fibers for all of your fiber art needs. Core wool builds shapes and bulk for your sculpture. Our merino line is vast in color, depth, and wet felts well. House carded batts give you a wide range of texture and color selection for use in any application. Specialty fibers add that exceptional detail. 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Skin tones are tough to come by. When I dye roving for skin tones it is often too flat, too warm, or too cool. I have found that by blending similar tones and values together I get a more dynamic, alive, and realistic color.
These house carded roving bundles are a blend of various wools that lend themselves to needle felting small features. Each bundle is carded several times to make the colors blend seamlessly.
Alabaster - our lightest tone is the soft color of a marble statue or Mary from Downton Abbey.
