Needle Felting for Beginners: How to Make Cute Felt Creations with Minimal Tools

By Ari Yoshinobu

If you want to make cute needle felt creations with simple tools, then read on...

 

Have you been feeling the urge to start needle felting?

 

Do you want to use your extra time to surround yourself with the warmth of several cute and fuzzy animals?

 

Have you always wondered how those cute needle felted animals that you see in stores are made?

 

Do you want to give yourself a warm and fuzzy welcome each time you come back home?

 

Nothing feels better than a cute, fuzzy animal you can hold in the palm of your hand.

 

That's what this book gives you, the opportunity to make your own thumbelina sized needle felted friend!

 

It's simple, creative, and very relaxing. 

 

Inside this book you'll discover:

 

• The #1 high performance wool you should use to make needle felt creations
• 9 cute and fun projects perfect for beginners
• 5 hacks that will make your needle felt creations look better and realistic
• The #1 needle you should use for making your first needle felt creation
• How to make a mini christmas trees in 14 steps
• The 5 biggest mistakes beginners make when making their first needle felt creation
• 5 simple yet effective tips that will help tske your needle felting skills to the next level

 

With this book you'll enjoy more creativity and less finger stabbing and disappointment.

 

Here are the answers to some questions you might have about this book:

 

Q: Needle felting is a craft very new to me. Can i still make the projects in your book?

 

A: Absolutely. This book is designed for the beginner needle felter in mind.

 

Needle felting is an easy to pickup craft that you can learn in your free time. Since there are step-by-step directions and the sizeof the pieces you need to make each part of the animal. It takes away the guessing.

 

So, even a complete beginner with a bit of fire in her can make these creations!

 

Q: Can I use the techniques inside this book to make other cute animals on my own?

 

A: The patterns provided are useful as a starting point and the overall ideas can be translated into other animals.

 

They will give you a whole range of little pals that you can have around your home, that most importantly don't look the same!

 

Q: Are the pictures inside this book color or b/w?

 

A: The pictures in this book are b/w illustration meant to show clearly the intricacies of the projects inside.

 

Every day you delay is another day you ignore you're desire to start needle felting.

 

Satisfy your bug of needle felting today.

 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: CraftMills Publishing LLC
• Release date: Dec 6, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393034018

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NEEDLE FELTING

FOR

BEGINNERS

ARI YOSHINOBU

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1:

Needle Felting

What is Needle Felting?

A Brief History of Needle Felting

Other Types of Felting

Wet Felting

Cobweb Felting

Lattice Felting

Felt Fabric

Felting Knitted Goods

Tips and Tricks

Make It Firm

Roll It Tightly

Tie a Knot

Make Short Motions

Rotate the Piece

Start with Less

Your Shape Will Shrink

Keep Your Needle Straight

Be Patient

Practice Makes Perfect

Chapter 2:

Needle Felting Equipment

Basic Equipment

1. Notched Needle

2. Unspun Wool Fleece

3. High Density Foam

Felting Needles

1. Triangle

2. Star

3. Twisted/Spiral

4. Reverse

Needle Gauges

Felting Needle Pens

Best Needle for Needle Felting

Needle Felting Wool

1. Short Fiber Wool

2. Long Fiber Wool

3. Wool From Different Breeds of Sheep

Merino

Icelandic

Wensleydale

Shetland

Romney

New Zealand

Corriedale

Norwegian Lincoln

Herdwick

4. Wool From Other Animals

Alpacas

Llamas

Camels

Goats

Rabbits

Best Wool for Needle Felting

Additional Supplies

Carding Brushes

Fabric Shavers

Chapter 3:

Getting Started

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Chapter 4:

Advancing Your Shape

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Chapter 5:

Skill Improvement

Improve Your Needle

Vary Your Fiber

Incorporate Stitching

Embroidering Flat Felted Designs

Embroidering 3D Felted Designs

Use Wires and Other Supplies

Wires

Sculpting Wire

Covered Wire

Stuffing

Use Cookie Cutters

Chapter 6:

Beads

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Chapter 7:

Mini Teacup Pincushion

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Chapter 8:

Needle Felt Writing

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Chapter 9:

Ornaments

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Chapter 10:

Cherry Bag Charms

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Chapter 11:

Mini Needle Felt Owls

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Owl Option #1

Owl Option #2

Owl Option #3

Chapter 12:

Button Making

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Chapter 13:

Felted Ball Earrings

Materials Required

Steps to Follow

Chapter 14:

A Mouse With a Sweet Tooth

Mouse Instructions

Materials

Steps

Pro-tip:

Chapter 15:

Perfectly Cuddly Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear Instructions

Materials

Steps

Pro-tip:

Chapter 16:

Mini Needle Felted Trees

Materials Required

Large Christmas Tree Materials

Medium Christmas Tree Materials

Small Christmas Tree Materials

Steps to Follow

For the Large Christmas Tree

For the Medium Christmas Tree

For the Small Christmas Tree

Conclusion

Tips to Take Away

1. Keep Your Needle Straight

2. Do Not Force It

3. Work Evenly

4. Felt in Layers

5. Use a Base

References

Introduction

Crafting is a great way to keep yourself busy and be productive in your downtime. You can also make homemade gifts if you are good at a craft. But it can be hard to find a craft that interests you, is not too hard to learn, and does not require a lot of supplies to get started. Making a major investment to learn a craft is a lot to ask if you do not even know that you will be good at it or enjoy it!

Luckily, needle felting is a craft that is easy to learn and does not require a lot of supplies. This book will give you an overview of the supplies that you need to get started, as well as what you might want to invest in to step up your game after you learn the process.

There are also step-by-step instructions that will help you learn the basics. You will get a chance to try your hand at several different designs, starting with flat designs and progressing to three-dimensional (3D) sculptures.

Once you understand the basic process, you will have no problem creating your own projects. Wait until you see how easy needle felting can be, and how cute the final products look! You will love making these items for yourself, your family and others.

Chapter 1:

Needle Felting

Felting is a way to make wool or cotton into a piece of fabric by connecting the individual fibers. This is one of the few ways of creating fabric that does not involve weaving or spinning. Felting changes the texture of the wool and allows you to do more with it than you could with just the loose fibers. There are many ways of felting, including knitting a project and then felting, wet felting, dry felting, and needle felting.

Needle felting might sound like a very involved process that involves various machines, but it is a project that you can do easily by hand. Needle felting allows you to create 3D objects from a piece of cotton or wool. Using a barbed needle, you work the fibers of the fabric so that they bond together and feel solid. This is a very hands-on craft that enables you to transform loose fiber into a picture that you have in your mind.

After you make the cute designs from this book, you will understand how the texture can be worked into shapes, and you will be able to create your own ideas from scratch. The basic techniques of needle felting are easy to learn and, as you work through the provided patterns, you will start to create your own patterns.

What is Needle Felting?

Basically, needle felting is a method by which to compress loose fibers into a single fabric. This means that you are tangling fibers into a matted piece somewhat like the matted fur sometimes found on long haired pets or the proverbial rat’s nest of tangled hair, only needle felting is cleaner and way more fun!

As you start matting a piece of fabric, you can decide what you want to create from it. Since all felting starts as agitating fibers into a tangle, you can start working while you let your imagination run wild. You can keep your project on a flat surface as you needle felt and make flat designs. Just because your felting project is flat does not mean it has to be a square or rectangle sheet! Using cookie cutters and stencils, you can