I haven’t done any felting myself but I know that it’s popular
with both knitters and crocheters. Now I’ll note here that you
don’t have to know how to knit or crochet in order to be able to
felt. Wet felting and needle felting are both done with fibers
that haven’t been worked together. However, creating structural
crochet pieces, like handbags, is easier if you knit or crochet
the item first and then felt it. I’ve learned a lot about this
lately from reading the book Felt Frenzy by Shannon Okey and
Heather Brack. This book discusses all different types of
felting. However, it doesn’t talk much about crochet because
Okey is a knitter. There are patterns in the book for knitters
who want to felt but none for crocheters. The book does,
however, explain a bit about the difference between knit felting
and crochet felting and that information could definitely help
out a crocheter who is interested in felting. It also provides
some interesting information for people who can both knit and
crochet. Incidentally, the