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My resting unicorn piece is really starting to shape up! I probably should've waited longer to attach the ears and tail but I needed to see the vision better if that makes sense haha. Still a long way to go, especially on the legs and head, but I am starting to see the vision come to life now.

Clay attachments - I already felted a horn but I dont really like it anymore, and I think i want to make one from polymer clay. I will add a wire in the center and sticking out so I can attach it properly into the wool, is this the best method? I think I'll have the wire curved to go deeper and secure a bit better. Is glue necessary, and if so what is the best kind?

Pigment powders - Ive seen many videos and posts where people have added pigment powders onto the finished felt to add depth. I would love to do this but I have a couple questions. What pigment powders are best for this? Do I dampen the powder first and spread it out with a soft brush? How do I ensure the powder remains secure and doesnt smudge too much?

Thanks for reading, I look forward to hearing advice from the wonderful people in this sub! I really appreciated the feedback on my last post regarding this piece, this community is so kind and full of great advice! :)

Been really havin some laughs while I needle felt this old fella. I made eyeballs outta polymer clay and glued em into his skull then needle felted eyelids to hold em in place 😭😅😂 hope u like him at least a tenth as much as I do lol 🤣

I need a wizard hat for a glep cosplay to goth to comicon in 11 days.

After looking at the internet all the hats I could find are either bad and cheap, or gods finest creation and like 80$.

After watching a few wet felting videos, i figure why not try make it myself.

Realistically how feasible is me making my own (majestic) wizard hat as a first time felter in this timeframe?

Any tips/tricks/advice is greatly appreciated.

Thankyou all for your time and help.

A friend gave me some two year old wool that was stored in a barn. There are visible areas with lanolin. Will this felt? Do I need to use hot water to dissolve the lanolin? I'm not worried about shrinkage as I've laid out a large area.

This is my first free hand needle felting. I didn't have a clue where it would go, and I know it's a little bit rough and over the place. I love my little rider very much.

Sorry for my messy workspace. I started this resting unicorn a few days ago and im feeling very discouraged. I usually like to wet felt clothing pieces and this is the longest ive worked on a needle felted project. I have a few small projects that I did not fully complete but I am still pretty new to needle felting.

I just wanted some feedback from this lovely community so I feel motivated to continue. Please note I am not going for realism, this piece is inspired by medieval unicorn artwork. I dont have exact dimensions but it is ~6.5 inches from the head to the bum.

I am having trouble felting the legs. I unfortunately do not have pre-carded wool for this project, only roving with a very long staple length. I have been carding the wool in small batches but it still seems difficult to felt the smaller details with such long wool.

I am hoping for some tips and encouragement as I am starting to feel unmotivated to continue. Thank you for reading this far, and I look forward to hopefully hearing some tips from this community! :)

Materials: chenille pipes, merino/falkland blend wool, polyester batting, angelina fiber, wool locks

I was going to post this to the subreddit and just humbly declare that I launched my second needle-felted "Pet Mutant" on my website, and in the time that I was prepping to post the video, someone has already adopted it...!

Stomper is one of my smaller creations that I created purely out of needle felting (usually my bigger creatures have a wet-felted + polyfill-stuffed body and then i needle felt the appendages and details on to it.)

Im beyond gobsmacked and absolutely dizzy with positivity that there is some awesome collector out there who saw Stomper and said they had to have it. Huge thank you to that person, (if you're in this subreddit!!) -- you have given me hope that one of the activities that has brought me the most amount of joy this year (Needle Felting!) might actually be the start of something I've always wanted to do: start an actual "identity" around my artwork that makes it a million times easier to talk about and promote when i have to as it doesnt feel like bragging anymore -- i can confidently say i think its awesome because im pouring everything i can into it, and it feels like people are recognizing that. ❤️

What a freaking cool artform felting is, ive never felt (haha) so empowered to make little creatures that I absolutely adore from the moment I can start to see their weird little bodies forming between my heavily stabbed fingertips. 😊

Huge love yall.

Demogorgon made for my sons birthday took me 4 months

I was requested to make a dragon for my new nephew. This is made all from wool no wires. I worked off various images of dragons. The hardest part was making the toes which took me the longest. I went for a stuffed animal look because I couldn’t use wires. It was difficult to get a look for this dragon because there’s so many different types.

Eventually I just went with what I think a dragon looks like. It took about 5 months to complete and is my biggest felt so far. My first dragon too. There’s 3 different greens that I layered here.

Needle felted eggs and egg earrings I made from merino wool roving. I wanted to experiment with making needle felted jewelry as well as matching accessories. Edit:spelling

Im a big deadhead and really excited to flaunt this! Second time needle felting and this will be my 8th wet felting project. Merino wool for the black, blue and red. Roving wool for the needle felting.
Constructive criticism always welcome, thanks for viewing :)

Still a little fuzzy but I'm pretty happy with him.

Will be trying a different approach for Squirtle because the limbs are frustrating lol. Plus I'd like them to look a little uniform. Will probably add the little black plastic eyes a lot of people use because they still look cute that way.

Number 2 done!

I’m helping make the Sven costume/puppet for our community theaters production of frozen. Our director likes the idea of the antlers being felted. I’m thinking of knitting some tubes and wet felting them down adding some light weight filler and wire for structure then needle felting any needed details. Any thoughts or suggestions? We don’t want it to add too much weight to the puppet head.

Made my mom a cardinal bird for Mother’s Day. This was also my first attempt at making my own legs. Pretty happy with how it turned out. Can’t wait to see her reaction!!

Hello 👋
I’m making this for my gf, I’ve never felted before, and there are a bunch of little stringy bits coming out of the bee. Is there a way to fix this?
Thank you in advance, and yes I am aware she looks a bit special 😂

‘Murp’ dropped last night on the Pet Mutant site and was adopted in less than 2 hours. Huge love to Jason who is the proud new owner of one of the cutest things I’ve ever made with my hands. It makes me feel like maybe just mayyyybe I AM on to something here 😊

❤️ thank you to everyone in here who gave me kind words and encouragement, you helped me be brave enough to try taking my creations to the next level!!