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felting wool
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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Step 1first off you <i><u>need</i></u> to buy a felting needle/tool
i dont suggest buying just the needles
because accidents happen and these needle are extremely sharp! -
Step 2oh 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 -
Step 3next you need a felting block
<b>or</b>
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
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Step 4last thing you need to buy now is the roving wool which you can find at your local crafts store
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Step 5ok 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
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Step 6with 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
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Step 7once you've stabbed most of the wool
flip it over and stab it some moreit 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 -
Step 8just keep stabbing...
just keep stabbing... -
Step 9as 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
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Step 10when 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 downfor a 3D-ish shaped piece - just use a small pair of scissors and cut the fuzz off
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Step 11finished!
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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I always wondered how to do this
You can make so much cute stuff!
I am off to go try this now.
but i hope this helps
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
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