Needlefelting... a quick tutorial!

As usual, browsing Pinterest, I saw some cute little felted hearts and I thought they would look brilliantly in my Christmas tree this year! So I did some research and found they were pretty easy to make! Yay! I LOVE EASY!

But I needed the materials for felting. Again another google search brought me to a felt shop online here in the Netherlands: MeerVilt! They have absolutely everything for felting and they do workshops as well.

Normally I just buy whatever I think I need. I did that with my soapmaking adventure. Well adventure, we never took off so to speak. Because it's all still there waiting for me to make soap! I will make soap... one day...

So to be sensible (yes I can be that!) I bought a starterpack. With needles, a foamboard and wool.

It arrived really quickly and I got started straight away:

I had some Drops Eskimo in my enormous stash:

This is what I use:

Drops Eskimo

Felting needle

a comb

The needle is not your average needle, it's triangular and has little grooves in it.

And you need foam boards.

The big one I got in my starters pack. It's nice and thick. You can have it on your lap on the sofa and you won't prick yourself!

The small one is packaging material, I got in a box. It's a nice size to put in hats or take with you. It's not thick so you have to be careful not to prick yourself or to prick through it and hit the tabletop. Your needle will break!

I love to decorate cakes, I have loads of cutters for flowers and other things.

Some Christmas decorations I made:

So let's get started

You have to comb your Eskimo yarn to get to the fluffy stuff!

Once you have enough fluffy stuff, you can start felting. Btw I needed a bit of black for felting and I didn't have Eskimo in black. I used Drops Nepal in black and used the comb to get it fluffy. It took a bit longer than the Eskimo, but I just needed a bit.

Position your shape on the foamboard