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Your search for the best felting needles ends here!
Designed by a needle felter for needle felting. Only from Felt Alive. Ditch those standard felting needles — those are designed for industrial use. You are not a machine, so you need felting needles with a colorful, comfortable grip that won’t slip out of your fingertips as you stab away the hours.
A grip you can hold for hours. A color you can grab in a second.
New to the craft? Felting needles, explained.
Get a grip and give our color-coded felting needles a try! Your fingertips will thank you.
Color-coded
Pick the right tool at a glance.
Seven colors — not dozens of industrial sizes. Fine, medium, and coarse, plus four jobs those three don’t cover.
Beginner
40 Star
Beginners, working over wire, kids, and anyone who breaks needles often
All-Purpose
40 Triangle
General sculpting, doll details, getting a project started
Superstar
38 Star
All-purpose felting, surface design, finishing down the fuzzies
Heavyweight
36 Triangle
Attaching parts, driving in hair, heavy-duty joints
Fine Finisher
42 Triangle
Intricate finishing, loved by advanced felters
Twist
Spiral
Faster felting, texture, special effects
Reverse
Reverse barb
Pulling fiber out instead of felting it in
Kay starts nearly every project with a double yellow. When it gets hard to pierce, she switches to a single yellow.
German Groz-Beckert blades in a Felt Alive handle — industrial steel you can hold for hours.
Start here
The Six-Pack is a perfect place to begin.
Our original pack — the first Felt Alive needles, and still the one to start with.
Felting needle reviews
The comfort grip is a felter’s dream!
“I have loved these felting needles! The color codes are so practical! Fast delivery!”
“My beloved single point yellow!! My workhorse needle that I couldn’t live without. Just gets the job done every time. I start to panic when I’m running low on single yellows! Fast and efficient speedy felting with this one.”
“I really enjoy needle felting with these needles. They have very comfy rubber end and seems don’t break so often. Very recommended!”
About me
I’m Kay Petal.
I designed these amazing felting tools because I love to needle felt. I stumbled into needle felting way back in 2007. All it took was one look and I was hooked. I’ve been poking wool and teaching others how ever since.
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