Felting needles are a specialized form of awl with forwards-facing barbs. If you push one (or a group) into a ball of wool, the barbs push some of the fibers in, tangling them with the others in the ball. After many, many repetitions, the ball becomes a much smaller, denser mass of felt.
Location: Box 59
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