“It’s interesting how God designed sheep,” said Niki Giberson as she demonstrated a relatively new craft called needle felting. “Sheep’s wool fibers have little hooks on them called kertins, so when they are agitated, the hooks grab each other and bind together to make felt.

“You know how when you forget and put a wool sweater in the washer and when it comes out it’s a smaller size? It’s not the water or the heat that causes the fibers to bind closer together, it’s the agitation.”

Giberson said in the 19th century, when the Industrial Revolution came to be, haberdashers made felt for bowler and top…