Projects
Needle Felted Deer
A fawn is the version worth making. The legs are too fine to stand without an armature, and the spots have to be pressed in as separate dots at the very end.
7 min read Beginner
Needle Felting Tutorials & Projects — page 3
Projects
Needle Felted Bee
A striped oval with wings. Small, quick, sells well at craft fairs, and the one project where getting the stripes wrong ruins everything.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
Needle Felted Animals for Beginners
Nineteen animals on this site and about five shapes between them. The construction method that builds all of them, and the order to make them in so each one teaches the next.
10 min read Beginner
Projects
Needle Felted Easter Eggs
A wooden egg wrapped in wool takes ten minutes; a solid felted one takes forty. Both methods, plus the decoration that stops them looking like coloured lumps.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
Needle Felted Bear
The highest point of a brown bear is its shoulder, not its head. Build the muscle hump over the shoulder blades, dish the face and pull the snout out long, and it stops being a teddy.
7 min read Intermediate
Projects
Needle Felted Bunny
Two balls, two ears and a tail. The simplest sculpture worth making, plus what to change to get a lop, a hare or a sitting rabbit that does not topple.
4 min read Beginner
Supplies & Tools
Felting Needles Explained
What the gauge number means, how triangle, star and reverse needles differ, and the smallest set that will cover everything a beginner makes.
4 min read
Projects
Needle Felted Pet Portraits
A portrait is not a better sculpture — it is a different problem. How to read a photograph, which four features carry the likeness, and what to charge.
4 min read Advanced
Projects
Needle Felted Dog
One armature and one method covers every breed. What actually changes between a dachshund and a labrador, and the four measurements that make a dog recognisable.
5 min read Intermediate
Projects
Needle Felted Cat
Cats read as cats because of the skull, not the fur. The proportions that make the difference, plus ears, whiskers and the sleeping pose that hides every hard part.
6 min read Intermediate
Tips & Troubleshooting
Common Needle Felting Mistakes
Soft shapes, fuzzy surfaces, visible seams and snapped needles almost always trace back to the same handful of habits. Here is how to spot and fix each one.
4 min read Beginner
Supplies & Tools
Wool Locks
Wensleydale, teeswater and other longwool curls are sold as intact locks rather than tops. How to attach them, wash them and use them without losing the curl.
4 min read Intermediate
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Other sections
Wet Felting
Warm water, soap and friction turn loose fibre into solid fabric. Learn layouts, shrinkage and resists for scarves, soaps, vessels and flat felt.
Nuno Felting
Felt merino through open-weave fabric to create light, drapey textiles. Fabric choice, fibre weight and migration, explained clearly.
Projects
Complete makes with photos at every stage — animals, flowers, ornaments and home decorations, sorted by how much experience they need.
Patterns
Printable templates, measurements and shaping guides you can follow exactly, or adapt once you know what the shapes are doing.
Tutorials
The core techniques, one skill at a time — each written as a sequence you can follow at the table with wool in your hands.
Supplies & Tools
Which needles, wool and mats are actually worth buying — what the gauges mean, what to skip, and what a starter kit really needs.
Tips & Troubleshooting
Fixes for the things that go wrong: fuzzy surfaces, broken needles, wool that will not felt, and shapes that refuse to hold.
Knitting
The knitting side of working with wool — leaf patterns, casting on, needle sizes and knitting faster — including the pieces that go on to be felted.
Seasonal & Nature
Why leaves fall when they do, what a cobweb actually is, and the seasonal makes that follow from both.
Recipes
What to do with the pumpkin once it is carved — cooking from fresh, including the parts most people throw away.