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The needle felting landing page (/felting) is an informational page targeting the feltre agullat (Catalan) and fieltro agujado (Spanish) search intent — a near-empty SEO niche that the site’s README explicitly flags as an opportunity. It explains the technique, highlights its meditative qualities, describes what participants can create, and routes visitors to the Borla monthly drop-in workshop where the technique is practised. No separate individual booking format exists for needle felting; all sessions happen inside Borla.

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Routes

LocaleURL
Catalan (default)/felting
Spanish/es/felting
English/en/felting
French/fr/felting
The default-locale route is src/pages/felting.astro; multilingual variants come from src/pages/[lang]/felting.astro.

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Page component

src/components/landings/FeltreLanding.astro The component is a thin wrapper around the shared <TechniqueLanding> layout — passing prefix="felt" so all copy resolves from felt.* keys in src/i18n/ui.ts. No bespoke slots are used (unlike the punch needle page which adds a video band). The hero image is src/assets/images/offer-felting.jpg, displayed at a 1/1 square aspect ratio. 
<TechniqueLanding
  prefix="felt"
  img={heroImg}
  alt="Figuras creadas con feltre agullat (fieltro agujado) en el taller Borrissol, Mataró"
  imgWidth={3024}
  imgHeight={3024}
  aspect="1 / 1"
/>

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SEO metadata

KeyEnglish value
page.felt.titleNeedle Felting Workshop in Barcelona & Mataró
page.felt.descriptionDiscover needle felting at Borrissol, Mataró: what it is, what you can create and where to practise it. A meditative textile technique, ideal for beginners.

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Technique description

Needle felting (feltre agullat / fieltro agujado) transforms loose wool fibre into solid shapes using nothing but a special barbed needle. The needle is repeatedly poked into the wool, causing the individual fibres to tangle and compact until they hold the desired form. No water, soap, heat, or machinery is required — only wool, the needle, and your hands.

For beginners

No drawing experience or prior craft knowledge needed. The core motion is learned in minutes; skill builds naturally with practice.

Meditative & relaxing

The repetitive needle motion is absorbing and calm — one of those activities that make you lose track of time, described in the site copy as meditativo e intuitivo.

Very versatile

From 3D sculptural figures to flat wool “paintings” and brooches — a huge range of outcomes from very few materials.

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Difference from wet felting

The felt.faq.a2 key explains this clearly:
“Traditional (wet) felting uses water and soap to mat the wool. Needle felting does it dry, with just a barbed needle, which gives more control to create figures and details.”

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What participants create

The felt.create.body copy (EN):
“With needle felting you can make three-dimensional figures (animals, characters, brooches), wool illustrations and ‘paintings’ on a base, decorative pieces and small unique objects. It is a very versatile technique: equally suited to a delicate detail or a larger, sculptural piece.”
Typical categories of finished work:
  • 3D sculptures — animals, small characters, abstract forms
  • Flat panels / wool paintings — illustrations felted onto a firm backing pad
  • Wearable accessories — brooches, pins

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Where to practise at Borrissol

Needle felting is available exclusively through the Borla monthly drop-in. The felt.practice.body key (EN):
“At Borrissol you can devote yourself to needle felting at Borla, our monthly textile workshop: a space to come at your own pace and create without rushing. It is a perfect technique for Borla, because it is enjoyed slowly and patiently.”
A secondary CTA button (felt.practice.cta → “See the Borla workshop”) links to /borla via localizedPath.
Needle felting is flagged in the README as targeting a “near-empty niche” — feltre agullat has very little Spanish-language competition, making this page a low-effort, high-upside SEO page.

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WhatsApp CTA

Both the hero CTA and the final-CTA section use waHref(t('wa.felt.landing')):
LocalePre-filled message
ES¡Hola! Me interesa el feltre agullat (fieltro agujado). ¿Me podéis contar cómo practicarlo en Borrissol?
ENHi! I am interested in needle felting (feltre agullat). Could you tell me how to practise it at Borrissol?

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FAQ

Three questions from the felt.faq.* keys:
  1. Do I need prior experience? — No; needle felting is one of the most accessible techniques to start with; the instructor guides you from the first moment.
  2. How is it different from traditional felting? — Traditional wet felting uses water and soap; needle felting works dry with a barbed needle, giving more control for figures and fine details.
  3. Where can I practise it? — At the Borla workshop at Borrissol, Mataró.

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