Moulding fabric

Ive been wanting to mould fabric for a while to see if I could produce a knit style shape without actually knitting. The clay took the shape well although the yarn didn't want to stay in place . I cut already spun yarn into small fibres then sprinkled it over PVA within the mould (polyvinyl Alcohol/ wood glue) . It looked really good and I was semi confident, however the PVA was too hard and cracked the clay. If it wasn't lock down I would try other materials but it satisfied my intrigue.