Wet Felting Tutorial for Beginners | Wet Felted Mini Top Hat | How to Felt a Wool Hat

Make a wet felted mini top hat. It’s a great starter wet felting project if you want to start making felt hats, but even on its own it’s adorable whimsical hat! Get the step by step instructions: https://www.abcrafty.com/wet-felted-mini-top-hat/ Download the free printable template for the resist: https://www.abcrafty.com/product/wet-felted-mini-top-hat-pattern/ If you've wanted to learn how to make a wet felted hat, this is a perfect project to start. Since you're making a tiny top hat, it's easier to learn and faster to make! Once you learn the basics of making a hat with wool, you can then move on to bigger projects! In this wet felting tutorial, you'll learn how to make a wool hat using a felting resist. Find more craft tutorials and DIYs on my crafting blog, AB Crafty: https://www.ABCrafty.com Some of these links may be affiliate links, which means if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no cost to you (thanks in advance!). MATERIALS USED I have a full list of my favorite wet felting supplies on Etsy: http://shrsl.com/3bn5h I highly recommend starting out with a wet felting kit: http://shrsl.com/3bn5i (You can also get this on Amazon: https://amzn.to/39AQ3DR) *These are the materials to make the mini top hat* - 0.5-1 oz of Wool Fiber (these are some of my favorites: http://shrsl.com/3bn4t) – Make sure the wool you get isn’t labelled “superwash” – this is wool that has been treated so that it won’t felt! - Frosting Container – (in case you don’t already have one, here’s one on Amazon: https://amzn.to/32s5aPL) - Resist Material (this can be any flexible non-porous material. I personally like to recycle Amazon packing material for this) - Resist Template: https://www.abcrafty.com/product/wet-felted-mini-top-hat-pattern/ - Ribbon - https://amzn.to/3FDh3AI - Alligator Clip - https://amzn.to/3sMNzN0 - Headband - https://amzn.to/3mGLVsD - Glue Gun - https://amzn.to/3EKxb28 *You'll also need these wet felting supplies* - Bubble Wrap - Tulle or Mesh Fabric - https://amzn.to/33WIXcK - Olive Oil Soap - https://amzn.to/3sI9NzD - Pool Noodle - https://amzn.to/3JnSUjX - Ball Brause - http://shrsl.com/3bn5t - Towel - Wooden Dowel - https://amzn.to/3mDwJwc - Palm Washboard - http://shrsl.com/3bn55 - Spin Dryer - https://amzn.to/3HgbqbU You can also use a starter wet felting kit that has a lot of these items: https://amzn.to/2VrKpjx Ultimate Guide to Wet Felting: https://www.abcrafty.com/ultimate-guide-to-wet-felting/ Beginner's Guide to Wet Felting Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IxCDkh-evs All Felting Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqffrnitia0&list=PLe0XJGB_NQGBzw09ZYKTINLM8gP-_wtfu FOLLOW ME: Blog: https://www.ABCrafty.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ab.crafty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABCrafty Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABCraftyTweets Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ab_crafty TikTok: https://www.abcrafty.com/@ab.crafty (Note how they're not all just abcrafty) Key Parts to the Wet Felting Tutorial 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - The template 0:34 - Layering the wool fiber 1:15 - Wetting the wool 2:06 - Adding more layers 2:57 - Rolling the wool 4:25 - Removing the felting resist 4:47 - Fulling/shrinking the felted hat 5:16 - Using the hat form 5:42 - Trimming the brim 6:07 - Using a palm washboard 6:30 - Soaking the felted hat 7:03 - Adding a headband or clip to the mini top hat 7:24 - Adding a ribbon to the tiny hat #abcrafty #diy #crafts #felting #wetfelting #wool #felt #hat #tophat #woolhat