Sachiko Susa - Sweet & Simple Needle Felted Animals: A Step-By-Step Visual Guide

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Welcome to the World of Needle Felting! From soft, fluffy wool come these adorable animals. Lets take a peek at how theyre made. The tools: a needle and mat. Colorful wool roving. Break off pieces of the wool roving bit by bit. Break off pieces of the wool roving bit by bit.

This is easily done by hand. Place the wool roving on the mat and form a shape by punching it gently and carefully with the needle. Make sure you dont get too worked up and stab your finger! Keep adding pieces of roving to increase the size. This forms one section. Repeat by punching roving to create the smaller parts. Attach ears by punching into the base with the needle. After all that work with the needle, take a little break. After all that work with the needle, take a little break.

Browse inspiring photography and craft books, especially ones that highlight animals features and expressions. Wrap colorful roving around the main section as decoration. Punch in the delicate pattern and its finished.

Little Parakeets The green bird is a peach-faced lovebird, the pale blue bird is a budgerigar and the yellow bird is a cockatiel. Parakeet names have such a charming ring to them! Little Parakeets MATERIALS (1) COCKATIEL Roving Natural unbleached 6g; small amounts of pink and lemon, orange and yellow Solid eyes 3mm x 1 pair (2) BUDGERIGAR Roving Pale blue 6g; small amounts of orange, blue, yellow and pink Solid eyes 3mm x 1 pair (3) PEACH-FACED LOVEBIRD Roving Pale green 5g; small amounts of salmon pink, yellow, green and pink Solid eyes 3mm x 1 pair Actual sizes of the finished parakeets Cockatiel Budgerigar Peach-faced lovebird Step-by-step instructions TIP! For steps that dont include page references, refer to the Miniature Dachshund. Actual sizes of the parts As you work on each part, hold it against the corresponding photo to compare and check size. Create the body section Create the core of the body Use about of the wool required for the body section to make the core. Create the body section Create the core of the body Next page