/r/Needlefelting
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:
Keep your discussions and any arguments civil.
Please make sure posts are at least tangentially on topic.
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!
02:20 UTC
Void Turkey
How would you recommend making a plush version of this little guy?
23:04 UTC
Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
18:07 UTC
Needle felted details on a wet felted background
17:22 UTC
Very old goose with a backpack made of commercial felt (I got lazy)
17:20 UTC
One wing. 3 to go. Then the backsides
17:17 UTC
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.
11:10 UTC
Needlefelted apples on homemade jam yars
20:06 UTC
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:)
19:48 UTC
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.
17:59 UTC
Korok From BOTW
This is my first needle felting project ever and I am pretty proud of myself :)
06:13 UTC
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?
01:53 UTC
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!
23:29 UTC
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.
21:58 UTC
I don't know if this is allowed here, but I filmed this process
19:01 UTC
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.
18:43 UTC
Do you like gulls as much as I do? Needle felted gull sculpture, made by me
17:02 UTC
Beetlejuice Bob Halloween Decorations
A tribute to Bob, Beetlejuice's suffering but loyal assistant. I have a video tutorial on how to make him.
10:14 UTC
Another of my sister's
13:43 UTC