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Teasel Napping Handle: Dried Heads Wired to a Board
Tex

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17. October 2026FO
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Teasel Napping Handle: Dried Heads Wired to a Board

Dried fuller's teasel heads are a natural comb that raises the nap on woollen cloth. Wire a row of them to a wooden board with a handle, hooks all one way. A head that snags breaks before the cloth tears; replace heads as they wear. The picture: our diagram of the handle.
Beginner
2 hours

Instructions

1

Shape the board

Saw a hardwood board to length with a handle at one end, round the handle with the rasp and sand it smooth.

Materials for this step:

Hardwood BoardHardwood Board1 piece

Tools needed:

Hand SawHand Saw
Coping SawCoping Saw
Wood RaspWood Rasp
SandpaperSandpaper
2

Pierce

Pierce pairs of holes along one edge, one pair per head.

Tools needed:

AwlAwl
3

Wire the heads

Trim each head's stalk short. Lay the heads in a row with their hooks all pointing the same way, loop wire round each stalk through its pair of holes and twist it tight.

Materials for this step:

Dried Teasel HeadsDried Teasel Heads8 pieces
Iron WireIron Wire2 m

Tools needed:

Wire CuttersWire Cutters
Combination PliersCombination Pliers
4

Board length

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Materials

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Tools Required

7

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