Projects
Needle Felted Frog
A frog with its legs out sideways and its eyes in the middle of its face is a toy lizard. The sitting pose is a flat Z of folded leg and two domes above the skull line.
7 min read Beginner
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Tutorials
How to Felt a Wool Sweater
Deliberately shrinking a jumper turns a charity shop find into thick, cut-friendly fabric. The settings that work, and the ones that produce a stiff board.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
Felt Star Ornaments
A star is the least forgiving ornament shape there is, because the eye measures the five points against each other. Draw the template properly and the rest is twenty minutes of cutting and stitching.
10 min read Beginner
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Felt Bag Charms
A bag charm gets knocked against doorframes every day, so it has to be felted harder than it looks. Twenty minutes each, and a hardware fitting that will not shed it.
4 min read Beginner
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Needle Felted Chick
A chick is a big ball with a small ball sat straight on top of it. Put even a short neck between them and you have made a hen instead.
6 min read Beginner
Projects
Felt Valentine Crafts
Felt does not fray, cuts cleanly and comes in every red there is. A dozen Valentine projects sorted by how long they actually take.
4 min read Beginner
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Felt Bottle Bag
A wine bottle is its own resist. Wrap it in wool, felt it in place, and you get a sleeve that fits exactly — one evening, no pattern, no sewing.
4 min read Beginner
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Needle Felted Penguin
A penguin is two colours meeting along one line, and that line has to be sharp. Blend the black into the white and you get a grey smudge that no amount of extra work will fix.
6 min read Beginner
Needle Felting
Needle Felting for Beginners
How the barbs actually work, which of the four needle gauges to reach for, how to hold and angle the needle, how to join one piece to another, and a first project that teaches all of it.
10 min read Beginner
Projects
Needle Felted Angel
An angel is three shapes you already know how to make. Get the cone standing straight and the rest is decoration.
4 min read Beginner
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Felted Heart
The shape everyone gets slightly wrong. Three ways to make a heart in wool, and the one adjustment that stops it looking like a leaf.
4 min read Beginner
Projects
Needle Felted Pig
A pig skull runs in one straight line from between the eyes to the end of the snout. Leave a step where the forehead meets the nose and you have built a small pink bear instead.
7 min read Beginner