Felt the name sounds not tall, suggests that combine together to form a blanket of animal hair. When we cover the roof shingles, cut insoles felt that this kind of thing.
I have a cat, to the hair removal season, can comb down a lot of cat hair. These hair hand rub knead for a long time, it will make a strong felt like a carpet. This is because there is a very small animal hair cuticle, whether kneading and crushing will make small scales in collusion with each other.
In fact, now some people collect pet hair, make a special felt small statue. This technology is called needle felt (domestic commonly known as poke fun), a moment to say.
Later, felt from the industrial development as a branch of the household to art class, which is felt by hand.
Western countries felt hand, mostly made of pure wool raw materials. The dyeing of wool with a machine to press the felt into a piece of cloth, it became a wool felt. This material is colorful and not sewing, hand sewing machine sewing are good, and slowly became a popular material manual DIY.
And what are the advantages compared to the expensive wool fabric (wool felt)?
Do you think I will lose his answer "cheap"?
Yes, but in fact, in addition to cost-effective, chemical fiber (woven fabric) has a very important advantage. Because of the non woven fabric containing animal protein, and easy to cause allergic reactions. The West felt hand lovers is a large portion of the housewife, and felt particularly suitable for play food, which is a small friend play with toys, health and safety is very important! So many fans will be devoted to Europe seeking high quality acrylic fiber or non-woven cloth or blended blankets.