Extra Fine Merino Felting Wool Set – Cream & Skin Tone Acacia, 2 × 100g | Doll Faces | The Felt Box

The two shades doll makers actually need — 100g of each.

Cream and Acacia are the base of almost every skin tone. Cream to lighten and to build the pale porcelain look; Acacia, a soft warm peach, for a natural skin. Blend the two and you have a whole range in between, from palest to warm — enough to match a face, hands, ears and feet on one figure and keep it consistent.

Why extra fine merino for faces

At about 19 microns, this is the finest wool we stock. The fibres are so fine they close over behind the needle, so you get a smooth, even surface instead of the pitted, pock-marked finish a coarser wool leaves. For faces, that's the difference between a doll that looks finished and one that looks stabbed.

Important — use a fine needle

Fine wool needs a fine needle. Work the surface with a 40 gauge triangular or a 42 gauge twisted needle. A 36 or 38 will push through and leave visible holes. Build your shape in a coarser core wool first, then apply a thin layer of merino on top with the fine needle for the finish.

What's in the set

• 100g Cream — extra fine carded merino
• 100g Acacia — extra fine carded merino, soft warm peach skin tone
• 200g total

Specs

• Extra fine carded merino, approx. 19 microns
• Australian and South American fleece
• Mulesing free
• Dyed to Oeko-Tex Standard 100, in a GOTS 5.0 and GRS certified dye house
• Suits needle felting, wet felting, nuno felting and spinning

Ships from the UK.