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Cute Needle Felted Animal Friends: Adorable Cats, Dogs and Other Pets

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I first tried the magical craft of needle felting over 15 years ago, making little decorations for my then-small children,” she explained.

Once each layer is added with very gentle strokes, use pictures as a guideline or take reference from existing animals to shape them into the form you are aiming to create. To make indentations in the shape you are making to give it dimensions, compress the middle of the shape. You can then use the felting needle to flatten all or a portion of the compressed area. This is a great way to make wings on birds, or to give added texture to the interior of animal ears.I still remember my incredulity at how a small, innocent-looking felting needle could transform fluffy, shapeless wool into a cute animal! Needle felting is a fabulous craft that can turn wool into a wide variety of animals – from cats to cows and all creatures in between! With some basic supplies, special needles, and time, you can make your own needle felted animals. After signing up, you’ll received a materials kit with everything you need to make two mini cats which you can even purrsonalise to look like your own cat! Use straight pins to secure your shape down for an easier time. This will also relieve your fingers of getting stabbed.

The mini cat project involves wrapping wool batts around a pipe cleaner, then ‘felting’ them down with the needle. The wool becomes less fluffy as the fibres are tangled tightly together until the texture is firm and the size has become smaller. While your first needle felt animals might look a little strange, with practice, you’ll get better at creating all those fine details like limbs, paws, and even a snout! Step by Step Instructions for Making Needle Felt Animals Join us for Craft for Cats, our first-ever virtual craftalong, and you can learn how to make your own needle felted cat from the comfort of your own home. Place the wool on the cushy mat you chose to use – a little pillow or a sponge will work just fine. I often felt just holding the wool in my hand, or on my kitchen table. You have to remember to be more careful with the needle when not using some type of mat or risk poking yourself or marring the table. Using a felting needle allows you to fully control the shrinking, dry felting process and you can add wool for bulk or to add features to make your creation completely unique. It truly is magical and can be quite addictive, but therapeutic too.”Roving is available from various sources including wool fleece, raw cotton, and other fibers. For projects like this, wool is the top choice. Tags cat crafts Craft for Cats Crafting expert Steffi Stern from The Makerss reveals how to turn wool into a felt feline friend! You will likely need to add more little tufts of wool to the shape to give it both dimension and contour. Sometimes, needle felters use armature wire or the cheaper version, pipe cleaner, as a frame for a shape or to create bendable parts. From sweet little bunnies to life-sized horses (if you have the patience for it!), a range of four and two-legged friends can be created. Wool roving comes from wool fleece, that hair we shave off sheep to produce yarn. With roving, the fibers are somewhat bound together, in a long, narrow bundle, similar to the texture of cotton balls.

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