On a trip to Scotland last May, I met wool felting artist, Karen Price. I was fascinated with her work & she took the time to show me the process of how she creates her art. You can view her work HERE.
I was so excited to give it a try, that I ordered a kit & it was waiting on me when I got back home. Here is the finished project. It's not perfect, but for my first piece, it was fun & I don't hate it.
In the Fall, I made lots of felted acorns...
Recently I was in a shop that had some cute felt snowman ornaments & I knew I had all the supplies at home to try and make a similar one. So, I grabbed a styrofoam ball, white wool roving, & felting needles.
I pulled off a piece of the wool roving and then pulled the fibers apart so they weren't so tight together.
I wrapped the wool around the styrofoam ball & used the tool that holds 3 needles to start pushing the wool into the ball.
Here you can see where the right side of the ball is covered & the left side isn't yet covered.
I continued until the entire ball was covered with the wool.
Once the ball was covered in white wool, I grabbed some red roving, pulled off a section & tied a knot in the middle. The knot gives me a base to start making the ear muffs.
I switched to the tool that only holds one needle & began wrapping the wool around the knot & poking it with the needle. These leather finger covers are great. If you poke yourself with the needle it hurts! I learned the hard way.
I continued wrapping the red wool & poking it with the needle until I had a ball the size I wanted to make ear muffs. I made 2 of these.
I took a little black wool & used the single needle to press it into the white ball to make the eyes.
I used wired holiday tinsel ribbon to make the strap of the ear muffs.
I used a little more black wool to form the mouth.
I used tacky glue to add the muffs.
For the nose, I dipped a toothpick in orange acrylic paint, let it dry, then broke it so I had an inch long piece. Then I pushed it into the styrofoam.
I used floral wire to make a hook to hang my snowman ornament.
This was so much fun to make! I'm still no expert, but I'm going to keep trying my hand at wool arts.
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