Felt A Wool & Silk Shawl Like These, Even If You've Never Felted Before

What If You Could Make This… At Your Own Kitchen Table?

Imagine…

• Watching soft, loose wool sink into sheer silk and turn into a fabric you'll never find in a shop.
• Lifting a finished shawl off the table, shaking it out, and seeing the edges ripple like the hem of a flamenco dress.
• Wrapping it around your shoulders and hearing a friend ask, “Where did you buy that?” And getting to say, “I made it.”

This isn't a fantasy. Complete beginners make shawls like this at home with nothing more than wool, silk, soap and warm water.

You can too.

But here's the thing…

Here's Where Most People Get Stuck

You see a shawl like this and think, “I'd love to make that.”

So you find a video online, buy some wool and a piece of silk, add soapy water and start rubbing.

But then…

• The wool looks like it's holding, until you tug a petal and the whole flower peels right off.
• The edges come out thin and patchy, or thick and lumpy, instead of rich and even.
• The flower you laid out so carefully dries flat, dull and one color.
• And the shawl shrinks into something stiff that you'd never wear.

You've spent a whole day and a pile of wool, and you've got nothing you'd want around your shoulders.

Felting on silk comes down to a handful of make-or-break details: which silk you buy, how thin you lay the wool, which way the fibers point at the edge, and when to stop rubbing. Most tutorials skip right past them.

It's not that you can't do it. You just haven't been shown how.

But You're Getting A Shortcut

The technique is called nuno felting. You lay loose wool over a very thin fabric, then work it with warm soapy water until the wool fibers push through the weave and lock on for good. The result is light, drapey and beautifully textured.

In this class you watch Justyna make two complete shawls, close up, from a bare length of silk to the final steam-iron. She doesn't skip a single stage. She tells you about the common mistakes before you make them, and shows you how to rescue a shawl when something goes wrong.

Meet Your Teacher: Justyna Wróbel-Mikołajczyk

Justyna studied costume and textile design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, and worked as a set designer in a puppet theatre before she ever touched felting wool.

She found felting by accident, buying art supplies online. Wet felting won her over. Then she made her first shawl on silk:

“After my first felted shawl on silk, I didn't sleep the whole night. From the excitement, the emotion, the awe.”

She has been felting for over 17 years and teaching for around 15. She has sold her shawls to buyers around the world on Etsy for 16 years, co-written four books on felting, and runs her own felting school and studio in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.

What Justyna's Students Say

Introducing… The Silk Felt Shawl Class

A step-by-step video class where you make two complete shawls, start to finish. Each one uses a different technique for the wide, decorative edge, the part that catches the eye first when a shawl is draped over your shoulders.

It's all recorded, close up, with over 5 hours of video. Pause, rewind and felt at your own pace, as many times as you like.

Here's What You're Getting Today In These 3 Video Modules

Module 1: Choosing Your Fabric

The wrong fabric is the #1 reason felted designs peel off. Here's how to get it right before you start.

• Why the shiny, heavy silk most people buy is exactly the kind you shouldn't start on
• The see-through silk Justyna uses for almost every shawl, and the one number to look for when you buy it
• Why asking a fabric shop for “chiffon” almost never gets you silk
• No silk? The cheap pharmacy fabric that works too, plus which knits, linens and even net curtains you can felt on
• Which designs lay out easily on which fabrics, and which ones fight you
• Two tricks that let you felt fine, delicate designs onto “difficult” fabrics so they still hold

Module 2: The Flamenco Shawl

A bold red shawl with a wide, double black edge that ripples like the hem of a flamenco dress. You make it start to finish alongside Justyna.

• The “roof tile” way to lay the edge, and which end of each wisp goes on the silk so the color melts into the fabric instead of stopping in a hard line
• How thin is thin enough (Justyna's half see-through, half solid test)
• Justyna's own “painterly” method for blending five shades of red so they flow into each other like brushstrokes. You can use it on pictures, bags and clothing too
• The exact soap-to-water mix, and why you never use hot water on silk
• How to tell the wool has gone through to the back of the silk, even when it's red on red
• The simple pool-noodle rolling method, and the “35 rolls, not one more” rule that stops your shawl felting to itself
• The two moments you can stretch the edges into bigger waves, and why it's safe then and not before
• To iron or not to iron: how to get a smooth finish, or keep the crinkled texture

Module 3: The Lotus Shawl

A black shawl with glowing lotus flowers and a wide edge that stays perfectly straight.

• Where to find inspiration so your shawl looks like yours, not a copy of someone else's
• Why Justyna builds every petal off to the side before it goes anywhere near the shawl
• Shading petals so the flower has real depth instead of looking flat
• How much silk to lay on top so it shimmers, and how much makes it fall off
• The pinch of a darker shade that makes each petal stand out once it's felted
• The extra layer that stops a wide edge from rippling, so it stays straight

This Class Is For You If…

• You've never felted anything and want to start with something beautiful you can actually wear
• You've tried felting on fabric before, and the wool peeled off or the edges went wrong
• You needle felt, and you're curious about wet felting
• You're already experienced and want to see how another felter does it (everyone lays wool a little differently)

Once you have the technique, you can make shawls in any colors, for any season or occasion. They make wonderful handmade gifts.

Here's What This Would Cost You Anywhere Else

Plus This Bonus, Free With Your Class

Felting Basics For Complete Beginners

4 extra videos (about 80 minutes) so you can start from absolute zero.

• The different types of felting wool, and which ones to use for shawls
• The extras you can felt in for texture and sparkle, like silk and wool locks
• The handful of simple tools you need
• How to pull out thin, even wisps of wool, the skill every other step is built on

What You'll Need

• Merino wool tops in the colors you like
• A length of very thin silk (Justyna uses one about 2 meters by 45 cm), or cotton gauze
• Soap and warm water, bubble wrap, a couple of towels and a pool noodle

Justyna walks you through exactly what to get, so you only buy what you need.

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Don't Let This Become Another “Maybe One Day” Idea

You can close this page and keep admiring shawls like these from a distance.

Or you can start today, and soon wrap yourself in one you made with your own two hands.