Needle Felting for Beginners

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Won BEST CRAFT BOOK in The Craft Business Awards 2021!

At last, a beginner’s guide to needle felting that tells you everything you need to know to get started! Featuring 12 exciting projects.

This is the book authors Roz Dace and Judy Balchin wish they had been given when they started out on their felting journey. A complete course for the absolute beginner, it is packed full of useful tips and techniques to help you on your own felting adventures.

• Discover how to sculpt miniature teacup worlds, animals and birds, and even your friends and family!
• Featuring 12 varied projects, starting with the easiest and progressing in difficulty.
• Master the basics, then learn how to use wire, embellishments and armatures in your work, and even how to capture expression in faces.
• Learn how to use the techniques you have been shown to create your own variations.

Pick up that felting needle and you are guaranteed to have fun with this much-needed book!

Book Contents

Introduction 6
What is needle felting? 8
What you need 10
Basic techniques 22
The projects 42
Heart Bunting 44
Polly Bunny 48
Small World Pincushion 54
Moon Gazing Hare 60
Little Robin 66
Amanda Panda 72
Roving Rabbit 78
Forest Mouse 88
Felt a Face 96
Shabby Sheep 104
Playful Dog 110
Crafty Fox 116
Templates 122
Index 128