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okay so this is my first attempt at making a "how-to" guide so id like to say sorry in advanced if its not helpful at all (im actually rather horrible at explaining things xp)
buuuut i think this is really simple and i hope that this might help or give you guys an idea of how to felt.
soo without further ado...
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first off you need to buy a felting needle/tool
i dont suggest buying just the needles
because accidents happen and these needle are extremely sharp!
oh and no you cannot just use any plain simple needle to do this
(trust me i tried xp )
felting needles have special barbs in them which help the tiny wool fibers to interlock with eachother
next you need a felting block
or
if your cheap like me ;]
then find a styrofoam block
but make sure its big enough
because this is like our base that we're gonna be stabbing with our needle.
you dont want to break a needle by stabbing it into the table
last thing you need to buy now is the roving wool which you can find at your local crafts store
ok so now that we have everything
get wool and pull a piece off
(not too big not too little this is just a practice thing)
then place it on your felting block
with your needle you start to stab the piece of wool in a vertical (up & down) motion
*try not to stab at an angle because this could break your needle
once you've stabbed most of the wool
flip it over and stab it some more
it doesnt look like anything yet but once the fibers start to lock into eachother it begins to get a bit more stiff
*dont stab it tooo much
remember you want to be able to still pull it off your block
just keep stabbing...
just keep stabbing...
as your stabbing away at that piece of wool start to bring/pull the edges into that wool-y center
im not sure how to explain this :/
but its like your sculpting the wool with the needle
bunching the wool into a somewhat more solid shape ?
<- in these pics im just doing a simple circle
when you have a pretty solid shape take it off the felting block.
it looks fuzzy with stray fibers right?
this is what i do:
for a flat piece - rub your hands together until its warm and then rub the piece between your hands..until its warm
it smooths most of it down
for a 3D-ish shaped piece - just use a small pair of scissors and cut the fuzz off
finished!
you can make these into any shape you want, any size, any color
if you have any questions comment/message me and i'll get back to ya as sooon as i can ;D
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kiddo
10 Feb 13:53
Thanks for sharing that! I always wondered how it worked. It seems pretty easy . . . and like a good stress reliever!
nakshonda
10 Feb 20:53
My english sucks!! But I think I understand everything... !!! Thanks KIM! Im going to try working this out!!!
Britta J.
10 Feb 22:55
thanks for the how-to, I've never known before how it works. How do you get the small details of different colour on your pieces? Can you get them to interlock with eachother or does one glue them together?
k!m
10 Feb 23:47
your welcome! ^_^
to get color and details in it you can just felt it on
or you can can twist colors together to get like a twisted mixed color look
Cheryl H.
23 Feb 19:53
hello, i'd like to do a scarf; is that possible?
k!m
24 Feb 00:01
hm i really dont know /:T
im sure you can with A LOT of wool and patience
but it would probably be alot easier to just buy a wool scarf and felt patterns or whatever into it
Mi.ezekatze
27 Feb 10:13
Uh... I'm used to wet felting, but I'm gonna try this since you can do shapes and patterns and stuff WAY better this way... Thanks for sharing.
k!m
28 Feb 00:34
i havent tried wet felting (yet;)
but i hope this helps
Katherine Munro
04 Mar 00:55
This is great, I've always wanted to try felting. I even have all the stuff but now I'm inspired to actually do it now that I can see it being done. Great job on the How-to!
k!m
05 Mar 01:14
im happy to have inspired someone ^_^
Kat
08 Mar 23:34
This is absolutely PERFECT
I always wondered how to do this
You can make so much cute stuff!
I am off to go try this now. :D