Yurt felt

Felt Felt is the traditional covering material for the yurt. Made by beating and rolling wet sheep’s wool. Felt has excellent insulation properties, keeping out the extremes of hot and cold experienced on the Central Asian steppe. Natural oils in wool make felt sufficiently waterproof for the fairly dry climate of Central Asia. For our climate the felt is used as an insulating layer under the waterproof canvas cover.

We make pure wool felt inner covers which fit between the outer canvas layer and the frame. They keep the yurt warm in winter and cool in summer and give it a feeling of a solid building rather than a tent. Felt offers very good sound insulation, useful when trying to sleep at festivals, or when talking late into the night on quiet campsites. On the down side felt darkens the interior of the yurt and is bulky to transport.

Our felt inner covers can be retro fitted to any of our yurts. The yurt can be used with or wthout the felt. Each cover consists of a roof cover in two parts, a wall cover in 2 or more parts, a removeable crown cover and a felt door curtain. Our felt covers are reinforced on all edges with coloured webbing.

Pure wool felt

Yurt linings

Felt has many advantages, but on the downside it does make the inside of the yurt quite dark. The addition of a white liner between the frame and the felt brightens the inside and keeps any stray hairs at bay. Our liners are well made to fit the yurt exactly, we use inherently flame retardant polyester which is light and easily washable. Coloured liners can be made at additional cost.

Wool felt inner on 18 foot ger	Inside a wool felt ger
White liner on a sixteen foot yurt	Yurt underconstuction showing liner, felt and canvas covers