/r/Needlefelting

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A subreddit for needle felting tutorials, artwork, and discussion.

Hello, and welcome to /r/Needlefelting. Needle felting is a craft that uses barbed needles to sculpt wool into plants or animals or whatever else you can think of! If it's related to needle felting it belongs here, whether it's what you've felted previously, questions and help with your own feltings, or discussion about felting in general.

If you have ideas or questions or general feedback about the sub, feel free to PM the moderators.


Posting Guidelines:

  1. Keep your discussions and any arguments civil.

  2. Please make sure posts are at least tangentially on topic.

  3. Do not spam this sub with store links. Consider posting at /r/ArtisanGifts instead.


/r/Needlefelting

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Meet Pedro Peligro!

He loves laying in his spicy tuna nigiri bed while he feasts on fire ants!

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2024/10/11
02:20 UTC

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Void Turkey

How would you recommend making a plush version of this little guy?

2 Comments
2024/10/10
23:04 UTC

115

Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

5 Comments
2024/10/10
18:07 UTC

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Needle felted details on a wet felted background

6 Comments
2024/10/10
17:22 UTC

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Very old goose with a backpack made of commercial felt (I got lazy)

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2024/10/10
17:20 UTC

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One wing. 3 to go. Then the backsides

2 Comments
2024/10/10
17:17 UTC

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Working on a mushroom cow

This is my 2nd piece that’s a bit bigger (about 3”) it’s going a lot better than my first and I’m really happy with her! Eyes aren’t installed yet. Just wanted to see how she would look.

4 Comments
2024/10/10
11:10 UTC

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Needlefelted apples on homemade jam yars

8 Comments
2024/10/09
20:06 UTC

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Online source for core wool?

I usually like to support local craft shops, but unfortunately all the ones in my area stopped carrying core wool. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good online source that sells core wool? Preferably something with good density. Bonus points if they’re Canadian or ship to Canada at a reasonable cost.

Thanks:)

5 Comments
2024/10/09
19:48 UTC

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Gift for Needlefelter?

I am trying to come up with a joy-sparking gift for a needlefelting friend, but I want it to be a surprise. I do not needlefelt myself, but there is so much junk out there for the fiber arts I do practice that I feel like asking real humans is a better bet.

Is there some gadget that you have coveted from afar, but never bought for yourself? A game-changer you'd be happy to have a duplicate of?

Some uncommon fiber type you think might be cool to work with?

Awesome way to store the stuff?

As a last resort, is there maybe a creme de la creme online store that does giftcards? I try to avoid giftcards unless its for something they either haven't heard of or would be an obvious "splurge" type of purchase.

All suggestions are very welcome.

(I don't think resposnes to this post will violate the promotion rules, but if there any concerns, please feel free to DM me instead.)

Thank you very much.

17 Comments
2024/10/09
17:59 UTC

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Korok From BOTW

This is my first needle felting project ever and I am pretty proud of myself :)

1 Comment
2024/10/09
06:13 UTC

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Ideas for "practical" projects?

I'm still super new to needle felting, but I am loving it! The only thing is, well... I'm curious about the full scope of what can be done with needle felting outside of purely decorative pieces? I have seen people make coin purses, and that's pretty cool, but what else is there that can be made that isn't an ornament/painting/figurine?

My previous hobbies were crochet and sewing, and a lot of my gifts were more practical- aprons, blankets, hot pads, scarves, totes, etc.

All of the books I've found for needle felting have been for figures or "wool painting" or embellishments (or hats for wet felting but I'm not ready for that yet!). I enjoy all these things, but I was wondering what else there is?

17 Comments
2024/10/09
01:53 UTC

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Spicy Boi

Hello! This is my first post here. I wanted to share my “Spicy Boi”!

Needle felted with love to raise awareness about these magnificent creatures!

2 Comments
2024/10/08
23:29 UTC

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Hercules beetle for my October art challenge

This is my first year doing an October art challenge (in the style of Inktober). Rather than follow someone else's list of prompts I decided to follow my heart and create a bug a day, for "Bugtober". Most of my Bugtober creations are watercolors but I wanted to include at least one needle felted critter!

I'm pretty new to needle felting so any advice/constructive criticism would be much appreciated. I didn't have time or capacity to play around with wire but next time I do an insect I definitely want to use wire instead of felt for the legs.

0 Comments
2024/10/08
21:58 UTC

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I don't know if this is allowed here, but I filmed this process

2 Comments
2024/10/08
19:01 UTC

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How to make sure I don't break my armature? And any solutions for projects whose armatures have broken?

I am working on a rather large needle-felted sculpture. I made an armature for it to help it keep its shape and allow me to maneuver the parts as I worked on it. Admittedly, I have never used armature wire before. I purchased this armature wire from Hobby Lobby, wrapped it in floral tape to help the wool adhere, and it held up great for a good while but has now broken inside the sculpture where the back legs and tail connect to the main body. The legs and tail are still attached to the body but have become very sad and floppy.

Once the whole project is finished, I would be fine with it not being poseable and have all limbs fixed in place, but I am not entirely sure the best way to fix the back legs and tail in position now.

Is this user error? Did I move things around too much or was it simply the case of using the wrong sort of wire for armature? I admit this is only my third needle felting project and it is easily 4x the size of anything I've ever felted before, and I think I came at it feeling overly confident and ambitious.

I attached a few pictures of the armature and the current state of the project. I can provide additional info, of course.

https://preview.redd.it/8kxpujj2vktd1.png?width=1267&format=png&auto=webp&s=d4ac14df37111a135631aa96812c86cf02351d64

https://preview.redd.it/azneoyf4vktd1.png?width=1267&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e3c69841d1a061de0b9bb5b0558fb236865b07f

https://preview.redd.it/e6thzer6vktd1.png?width=276&format=png&auto=webp&s=6ff0c7e5c54a37ee6c926762b5e33cd1e0a81725

https://preview.redd.it/xfqxsge8vktd1.png?width=1267&format=png&auto=webp&s=b09eeae5a635ab23f5987efbf7df34b55cdd3fbd

https://preview.redd.it/z7szmsv9vktd1.png?width=1267&format=png&auto=webp&s=9b8257b0c35c9191ded43297485e1945645c82bc

4 Comments
2024/10/08
18:43 UTC

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Do you like gulls as much as I do? Needle felted gull sculpture, made by me

23 Comments
2024/10/08
17:02 UTC

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Beetlejuice Bob Halloween Decorations

A tribute to Bob, Beetlejuice's suffering but loyal assistant. I have a video tutorial on how to make him.

2 Comments
2024/10/08
10:14 UTC

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Another of my sister's

2 Comments
2024/10/08
13:43 UTC

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