Felting fur

Ever wondered how to get those luscious layers of long fluffy fur on your needle felted animal? more importantly how can you get them to look natural and stay put!? Whilst making a badger I took so…

Would you like to learn how to attach long fur to your needle felted animal? In this series of videos I show how to create a realistic fur look on a miniature donkey. These techniques can be adapted for any long furred animal. I start with carefully ‘needle brushed’ leg fibres, then fluffy tummy and long textured back fur. You will also see how I create a middle parting on the donkey’s muzzle, add a long fluffy fringe and a beautiful flowing mane.

Felted Fur Balls: When I brush my dog or my neighbours cat, or find myself with a small amount of hair or fur from any animal at all, I try making a felted ball with the fur. I have had good success with dog, cat, muskox, caribou, rabbit and, of course sheep! It's a …

Needle felting trick of the day. When I make my animals with fur I wrap my wire armature with a color that I want to have just a bit of in the finished sculpture. Once I have planted all the fur over it, I use a reverse needle to pull little bits of this color through until it is interspersed throughout my fur. In this case I only wanted small bits of black, so I am pulling it through where I want to highlight that color. After I pull the wool through I just snip it to the length of fur…

Tracey Turner | Fibre Artist on Instagram: "Time for making realistic fur using a blend of long fibres and a reverse needle. Loving the results so far…. What do you think? If you’re interested in joining us we’re making a wolf next - please email birdieandblossom01@gmail.com * * #needlefelting #polarbear #polarbearcub #wirearmature #needlefelt #christmas #needlefeltedpokarbear #woolart #woolsculpture #feltedwool #needlefeltedsculpture #handmade #polarbearsofinstagram #woolfelting #craft…

The Woolen Wagon on Instagram: "Making progress on the sculpture of Charlie! I just finished his face, and now need to add fur to the rest of his body! #thewoolenwagon #needlefelting #needlefeltedanimal #cat #wool #sculpture #workinprogress #petportrait #workinprogress #fur"

The Woolen Wagon on Instagram: "Reverse felting the fur #thewoolenwagon #needlefelting #wool #workinprogress #sculpture #petportrait #gsd #germanshepherd #handmade"

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6,259 likes, 173 comments - birdie_and_blossom on January 15, 2022: "Looking back on my needle felting projects the stag has to be my favourite. It’s the largest piece I’ve made and took around 3-weeks to complete. Hours were spent sculpting the shape, blending wool and planting realistic looking fur. I want to make another substantial project later this year - what do you think I should make? * * * #needlefelting #stag #inspiredbynature #needlefelt #stagsantlers #antlers #needlefeltedstag #

Would you like to know how to needle felt dog eyes? Maybe you aren’t sure where to start or having trouble getting the eyes to look realistic? or maybe you’ve always used g…

Tracey Turner | Fibre Artist | It’s #MeetTheMakerWeek and it’s all about DETAIL - my favourite part of the felting process. When I first started out, I would often rush... | Instagram

Ever wondered how to get those luscious layers of long fluffy fur on your needle felted animal? more importantly how can you get them to look natural and stay put!? Whilst making a badger I took so…

Felting a Mini Kitty From Your Cat's Fur: My cat has a never ending amount of fur that comes out when I brush him. I always thought, "I could make a whole cat with all this fur!" Well, why don't I; it'd be hilarious, disturbingly adorable, and upcycling all at the same time. So, in this tut…

Would you like to know how to quickly & easily needle felt wavy/curly fur? In this tutorial I show how to create realistic luscious, textured waves of fur as seen on my springer spaniel's floppy ears! There's no need to use curling tongs, make plaits, wind wool around knitting needles, or wait hours for wet curls to dry or even have to buy additional locks of curly wool. All you need is your wool, barbed needle and fingers to make a twist! I'll also give you tips on blending wool colours!

what a great opportunity a workshop with Dagmar at Felt in the Factory she is a fantastic Tutor and luckily very patient. All the photos below are of her work. She excels at pockets and layers. The piece below was inspired by the sight of a shepherd leading his sheep down a rocky path She showed us how to make a base of prefect and a couple of layers of wool before laying down the plastic to keep the layers separate these are samples of Dagmars layers . These are Dagmar's felted layers all…

In this article I show several way to add fur to your needle felt creations.