/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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Any good guide on what needle for what application? I currently have only two sizes and feel I could have an upgrade

Sometimes, I have tasks that require me stabbing while twisting and other times I struggle with the finish, because none of my needles seem to catch the little floating hair at the end

2 Comments
2025/01/14
14:24 UTC

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I am completely obsessed with this craft already - my first creation!

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2025/01/14
11:36 UTC

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Material help

I want to make a needle felted dog for my sister based off her dog. Her dog’s colouring is so unique I can’t find a colour that is even close to this dog’s colouring. Has anyone ever felted using dog hair? Is it possible, if so does anyone have tips. I was thinking of making the body of it out of normal wool and then do the outer colour layer with her fur.

7 Comments
2025/01/14
11:19 UTC

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What are people using as a surface to needle felt on?

Hi, I've recently started needle felting and have 2 foam blocks to work on. My work keeps felting to the blocks and leaves it looking messy. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative felting surface please? Thankyou for your help

28 Comments
2025/01/14
08:45 UTC

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A quick project: Nigel and Marmalade!

Anyone familiar with this duo? If you like dark silly humor, 'Nigel and Marmalade' is for you!

2 Comments
2025/01/14
04:54 UTC

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Is it possible to identify this?

I have recently acquired a metric ton of this roving, but I am not exactly sure what it is.

Hints: it was haphazardly labeled ‘lambswool’, but it was referred to by the previous owner as ‘merino’.

I googled and googled and it seems like it can’t be both… right?

I do know it came from a yarn factory, but that factory makes a lot of different products.

Can anyone shine some light?

2 Comments
2025/01/14
00:02 UTC

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A Christmas present i made for my MIL :)

It took me 36 hrs (3 seasons of dexter) to complete 🥲

6 Comments
2025/01/13
18:41 UTC

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Matisse’s The Green Line

1 Comment
2025/01/13
17:35 UTC

93

Mushrooms 🍄

This was my first needle felt project and I love how it turned out.

4 Comments
2025/01/13
07:51 UTC

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Felting kit (this looks awesome for a first timer kit)

I ordered this kit out of sheer curiosity and 100% impulse (which I don't usually do). I was excited about the tools and testing out this brand's felt quality (Maboo). It was a decent price for everything you get, and has a nice selection of colored felt. It comes with 3 different sets of black eyes, key ring attachments, plyers, and an 8 needle tool, single needle tool, an awl, leather finger guards, plyers, tweezers, glue gun sticks, a stack of stencils...and more. Earmuffs and knife not included. I kind of impulse bought this, since I already have most of these tools. I did have to trash my plyers in a recent move, so those are going to be really handy, and I usually use E600 for glue. But.. if you are looking for a starter kit, I'd say this looks like a good one.

15 Comments
2025/01/12
19:23 UTC

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