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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

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

Wet Felting

How to Make Felted Soap

Wrap a bar of soap in wool and felt it with your hands. The fastest way to understand wet felting, and the wool becomes a built-in washcloth that never slips.

4 min read Beginner

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

Knitting

Falling Leaves Knitting Pattern

Two complete patterns from one eleven-stitch leaf repeat — a straight scarf you can start tonight, and a top-down triangular shawl with a leaf border.

4 min read Intermediate

Needle Felting

Wool Painting

Flat needle felting onto a background, built up like an oil painting — dark to light, back to front. The method, the materials and the framing.

5 min read Intermediate

Wet Felting

How to Wet Felt a Scarf

A first wearable piece. How thin to lay the wool, how much length to add for shrinkage, and why a scarf needs less felting than you would think.

4 min read Intermediate

Projects

Felted Christmas Ornaments

Baubles, puddings, robins, stars and garlands — ornaments built from the two or three shapes you already know, sized so a set gets done before December.

4 min read Beginner

Projects

How to Make Felt Mice

A mouse is one shape. Get the teardrop right — fat at the back, tapering to a point at the nose — and the ears, tail and eyes take five minutes.

4 min read Beginner

Wet Felting

Wet Felting a Bag

A seamless felted bag, made from one resist, thick enough to carry a book. Includes the three ways of attaching handles that do not eventually rip out.

4 min read Intermediate