Wool felting tutorial

The Felt Hub on Instagram: "Needle Felted Christmas Decorations. Are you making needle felted Christmas baubles but struggling with a good shape and smooth finish? This short video tutorial will help you improve your needle felting technique. However, please remember there is no substitute for time. If you have a few to make and are short on time, I would suggest looking at wool dryer balls as an option. #thefelthub . . #diycraft #needlefelting #felting #handmadechristmas…

Learn how to wet felt wool by making a piece of handmade felt fabric. This is a simple step by step tutorial to learn the basics of wet felting. Once you master the basics you can then apply them to any felting project. To keep it even more simple you can leave out the embellishment fibers and multiple colors and just felt wool of a single color. #felting #wetfelting #howtofelt #handmadefabric #wool #woolfabric #craft #craftidea #howto #feltwool #felted #howtowetfelt #fiberart #fiberartist…

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Maker Team member Felicia of @felicia_murray creates exquisite needle felted wool sculptures. Her trademark has become organic seascapes, which are other worldly! We are so happy to have her share some of her techniques with us in the first of a two part tutorial series. Let's dive in! Needle felting may seem intimidating at first, but there is so much that you can do with this technique. I am inspired by nature and the ocean, so I am constantly looking for textures and plant life around me…

Have you ever stunned when you saw those cute, realistic creations which are made of wool or pinned a lot of needle felted crafts in your Pinterest's boards?

Needle Felted Owl Tutorial DIY - The Magic Onions.com

Shropshire-based textile artist and tutor Maxine Smith

Now I don't profess to be an expert on this, but Louise asked if needle felting was hard, so I'm going to show you how I do it. I didn't use an armature on Hyacinth, but I am using one here for this dog. Cut two pieces of pipe cleaner 4" long and one piece 3 1/2" long. Bend them into the shapes shown. It should end up looking like this. See, two leg parts and one head/body/tail part. Now twist the leg parts around the body part. With a few bends in the right places it's already starting to…

When I tell people that I needle felt, more often than not I have to explain what that is. At shows, a lot of folks walk into my booth and assume that I'm using boiled wool or I have knitted then felted (by way of washing and drying) my products. I always keep some unfinished products and supplies on hand so that I can demonstrate the process: "See, I gather the wool into the general shape, then I poke it with these special, barbed needles, and the fibers tangle together. The more I poke…

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When needle felting, even the tiniest error may ruin an entire project, and there are several frequent errors that beginners make. Well, it is common for beginners to make mistakes. However, avoiding these common mistakes can make your needle felting journey much easier to begin. Here are 6 of the common mistakes beginner do while getting into needle felting. Read this article to find out what they are and what not to do.