Needle felt hamster - Page 2

Emma H_amster_ · 11-23-2015, 09:51 AM

Wow! this is do CUTE! is it hard to make?

velma · 11-23-2015, 01:00 PM

Thanks Emma! There are some amazing felted creations I've seen online but the little ham I made wasn't too difficult. It's a little but time consuming but not hard. You need special felting needles, which are large needles with barbs (small jagged bits). And a special sponge or mat to felt onto. You get your wool fleece & roll it into a ball & then you just start stabbing it! You gently stab into the fleece and the barbs on the needles matt it together. You keep poking it until the ball feels firm & then add more layers to build it up to size & shape it. I did the head, ears, arms, legs, body as separate pieces and then felted them together

Chezzu · 11-23-2015, 01:43 PM

Oh my gosh it is SO cute!! You're really talented! You say you've only done a few but this is amazing! ♥

Thin Lizzy · 11-23-2015, 10:14 PM

That is really great Velma. You must be a very patient person.

Emma H_amster_ · 11-24-2015, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by velma

Thanks Emma! There are some amazing felted creations I've seen online but the little ham I made wasn't too difficult. It's a little but time consuming but not hard. You need special felting needles, which are large needles with barbs (small jagged bits). And a special sponge or mat to felt onto. You get your wool fleece & roll it into a ball & then you just start stabbing it! You gently stab into the fleece and the barbs on the needles matt it together. You keep poking it until the ball feels firm & then add more layers to build it up to size & shape it. I did the head, ears, arms, legs, body as separate pieces and then felted them together

wow only? that doesnt sound hard tho

its so cute anyway <3 gj!

velma · 12-11-2015, 03:27 AM

I thought you might like to see my latest effort - a little polar bear I made for a friend for her birthday because she loves Christmas.

Emma H_amster_ · 12-11-2015, 08:27 AM

Its so adorable! well done!

velma · 12-11-2015, 08:34 AM

Thanks Emma!
I'm glad I made it - I gave it to her today and she was really pleased.

velma · 12-12-2015, 04:20 PM

I was tinkering around and I found this so I took a picture. It's the first thing I made. It was quite a while ago and I got the pattern from a magazine. I really enjoyed it but I after I made this sheep, I made a duck of my own design by then hadn't made anything since so I'm glad I've got back into. Although I think the polar bear I designed (above) might have the same snout as the sheep!

Hamstercuteness101 · 12-14-2015, 07:54 PM

OMG that is like the cutest thing I've ever seen. How long did it take you to make that? If this was on sale I would definitely buy it!😄