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Gifts — page 4

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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.

9 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.

7 min read Beginner

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

Tutorials

Felting Sweaters

A thrift-store sweater, shrunk on purpose, is the cheapest thick wool fabric there is. Which sweaters will felt, how to do it in a machine or by hand, and how to get a whole sweater used.

9 min read Beginner

Projects

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

Patterns

Felted Cat Cave

Knit an absurdly large wool bowl, shrink it by a third in a hot wash, and dry it over a form. The pattern, the arithmetic, and why the entrance is easier cut than knitted.

7 min read Intermediate

Patterns

Felt Cat Patterns

Felt does not fray, so a cat pattern is four shapes and no hemming. How to draw your own template, and what changes when the cat is going to be chewed.

6 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

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.

5 min read Beginner

Projects

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

Projects

Felt Animal Hair Clips

The animal is the easy part. The reason most felt hair clips end up in the bin is the join between the felt and the metal, and glue is never the answer.

4 min read Beginner