DIY Wool Animals
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Handmake special for your love ones
Wool Felt animals can be attached to your bag, handphone etc.
***Product Contents***
1) Desired wool color
2) Eyes
3) Key Chain
4) Instruction Manual
(Needle not provided)
Squirrel
Beagle
Panda with Present
Panda with Family
Fortune Cat
Giraffe
| What is needle felting? Needle felting is basically just manipulating wool with a felting needle. The needle has little barbs in it and when you felt, ie stab the needle into the wool, the barbs pull and push the wool fibres so that they become 'knitted' or matted together. The more you stab the wool, the firmer it becomes and then you can also shape the wool with your hands. There are different kinds of needle felting, this post is about 3D Sculptural needle felting, where the wool is dry and you use one needle at a time. There is also wet felting (which I only tried once and it wasn't my thing)where the wool becomes felted by wetting it and manipulating it whilst it is wet rather than using a needle |
| What do I need to start? Needle Needle is fine. Do not use excessive force as it is easy to break the needle. Novice should buy a few needles in case it break.  Foam Pad You'll need a foam pad because you're using a very sharp needle and you're stabbing that sharp needle repeatedly into wool. The wool needs something to support it during the felting process, and if you just felted onto a table you'd break the needles straight away. Felting needles break easily. Alternatively, you can use your kitchen sponge as the padding.  Before we go any further, a word about safety Be very careful with the needles when you're felting, they are so sharp. Get a rubber thumb to protect your fingers. |
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Ok, so you have your supplies and your heart's desire is to make the cutest needle felted animal ever! It will take time to get to the point, and here is the main point of this entire post. Do not lose heart! Keep trying, if you make one and it's not good, chuck it out! So what? Just keep felting and practicing, you will get there, and that's a fact!
If you want to make needle felted animals then you must be someone who really has a great love for animals. I think that's so important. The more love you have for animals, the more your felted animals will turn out how you want them to turn out. Put all that love that you have for animals into your work as you make it.
Don't worry too much if things aren't looking right! That's a very important point. These things take time to create. It won't look great to begin with anyway, until you've worked on it and shaped it. If something's not looking right, put it away and go and think about it. The time away from a project is as important as the time making it. You need the breathing space to think about what it is that isn't right. Look again with fresher eyes and you can see what the problem is, and then correct it.
Give yourself the time you need to really get to know the wool and the needles. You'll find you just become more comfortable with it and you'll get to know how it works and how to work with it. Don't ever think you can't do it if it's not turning out right, just keep going! Otherwise you'll give up before you've given yourself the time that is so necessary to learn this amazing craft!
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