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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Also if you make anything cool with this stuff you have to post it here for me to see. Will do! Your package arrived at my post office so I've arranged for its delivery to my place tomorrow night. Thanks again for sending it! Here's a quick and nasty photo of my current (arduous, nasty-if-satisfying) project: 
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Mostly finished my latest critter! lovely pictures because it's late and there is no light:  Still want to poke it a bit but I'm pretty pleased in general with how it came out. Next stop: experimenting with these shiny threads I now have lying around asking to be experimented with.
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Oct 30, 2016 15:33
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Needle felting pro tip: watch Westworld while you make things for maximum creeping yourself out
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Nov 19, 2016 10:32
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I've been needle felting for almost a year now and I love making stupid little animals. I just made Derpzilla for my friend's birthday.
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Nov 19, 2016 18:58
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Here's my finished tort'
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Nov 22, 2016 11:10
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My mother in law started felting so I decided to start messing with felt too. So far I've only stabbed some wool into other wool and not actually attempted to make anything (I bought the stuff at lunch today) but it's super relaxing.
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Dec 9, 2016 23:58
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Also if you make anything cool with this stuff you have to post it here for me to see. I thought I'd start small and gave this dragon some sparkly wings that are very hard to photograph but are pretty cool and sparkly IRL:    Not quite done with the dragon as a whole but I like how the wings came out 
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Dec 10, 2016 16:45
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Anybody know how some needle felters get really smooth finishes on their pieces, without little hairs sticking out and making it look all fuzzy? I've tried trimming the little hairs off, but they just show up again once you handle the piece.
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Lava Lamp Goddess posted:Anybody know how some needle felters get really smooth finishes on their pieces, without little hairs sticking out and making it look all fuzzy? I've tried trimming the little hairs off, but they just show up again once you handle the piece. I think that usually involves wetting the piece so that it felts together as tight as possible, but I've never tried it myself.
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I cheat by using prefelt sheets I get from a wool store three towns over: http://www.fibregarden.ca It's an hour drive there and back and never get out of there without spending at least a hundred bucks, but it saves a ton of time and everything I make with it comes out smoother and way softer than I could ever make with roving.
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Dec 13, 2016 22:36
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 Finished my little fox! I bought a kitset online with all the things needed. I've now been given some loose wool, so time to be creative and think up my own thing to make. Yay for this thread, I'd never heard of needle felting before and now I have a fun, easy craft to do!
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Jan 11, 2017 07:50
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I've been dry felting for about a month now, and I think I have finally found a craft that speaks to me. Who knew that stabbing wool could be so relaxing?? This is my most ambitious project yet, a kobold. I'm going to add silver dagger beads like the ones on her head to her digits, and then I think she'll be finished.  
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Jan 12, 2017 03:21
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Looking great! Love the mixed materials. What glue do you use? I've tried craft glue, fabric glue, hot glue and epoxy, but my best results have come from Aleene's Tacky Glue. Holds just as strong as the epoxy, without the smell or the hassle of mixing it.
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Jan 14, 2017 19:50
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Thanks!! I've just used hot glue for the bigger pieces (like the eyes) that I can't felt in.
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Jan 14, 2017 21:25
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In case anybody has any interest, I'm doing a felting livestream this Sunday, at 4:00pm eastern time. It's going to be geared towards first-time felters, and I plan to be very general with my advice and tips, so anybody with some wool and a needle should be able to make something by the end of it. https://www.twitch.tv/feltgoodman
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Mar 16, 2017 19:48
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Ooooh felting thread!! I haven't made anything needle felted in ages, so instead I will share the last thing I made like 5 years ago... 
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Mar 21, 2017 14:43
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Daiso Japan, if you live near one has lots of cute needle felting kits for $1.50.
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Mar 22, 2017 06:09
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Hey, has anyone seen the stop animation show Buddy Thunderstruck on Netflix? Are those models felted or is it something else? Either way, it is a cute friggin show.
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Mar 23, 2017 02:21
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That's definitely needle felted. You can tell by the surface texture and THAT ONE GODDAMN FIBER STICKING OUT THAT I SWEAR TO GOD WASN'T THERE BEFORE I CAN'T EVEN SEE IT NOW WHY THE gently caress IS IT SO VISIBLE ON CAMERA
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Mar 29, 2017 16:35
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I think this one needs more stabbing. 
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Apr 21, 2017 00:42
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I can't really judge, I'm currently in the process of stabbing together my own perfect woman:
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Apr 21, 2017 05:34
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I was a little suspicious of your hype, thread, but I gave it a shot and I think I love it. Even managed make a slightly  piplup without stabbing myself!  A+ would stab again, thanks thread!
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May 3, 2017 04:19
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A) that is absolutely adorable B) how the hell did you not manage to stab yourself, tell me your secret. I just bought a kit with leather finger protectors and all they mean is me finding new creative spots to stab myself.
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May 4, 2017 16:12
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Thanks!  Partly is I think I'm just painfully slow, haha. The round shape helped a lot too, I've been making a cat and been less lucky when trying to make the skinnier bits. So.. Spoke too soon?
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May 6, 2017 02:18
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The trick is holding it above and below or on either side of where you're poking, so that when you poke through it inevitably you just hit air. Or get a bit of foam to rest it on.
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May 31, 2017 05:37
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The automotive section of the dollar store is great for that. Get a couple of those big yellow sponges and you're set.
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Jun 5, 2017 02:43
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I guess my problem is that I don't like felting into a foam block unless it's the earliest stages of something. Otherwise I end up holding it up and felting into thin air because a) it's small and fiddly so I want to hold it up to my face where I can see properly, b) the shapes mean I often can't physically lie the part I'm felting flat on the foam and c) if I stab into the block then it starts to pull the felt out of my project and into the block which makes the opposite side look really ragged. I bought a kit with some leather finger protectors which have helped to a certain extent but are a bit bulky so I don't use them all the time. Probably I just need to be more careful that I am stabbing air and not finger. Anyway, I finished Garnet!  
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Jun 5, 2017 03:22
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Looking good! And a hell of a coincidence, because I just finished this! The one on the right is the second feltie I ever made, and man it shows.
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Jun 9, 2017 00:55
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You beat me to it!
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Jun 9, 2017 04:47
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Well hey, that's pretty much on-brand for the character, isn't it? It's looking good so far! I think your colours are more accurate than mine. flavor.flv fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Jun 9, 2017 |
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Jun 9, 2017 19:17
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Haha I bought roving to make a Padparascha the other day and never got around to starting on it. I think her colors are very likeable.
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RandomFerret posted:Well hey, that's pretty much on-brand for the character, isn't it? Thanks! I spent a lot of time staring at fanart trying to work out what the right colours actually are since since she's in shadow the whole time on the show. Speaking of colours, I got a small hand carder a month or so ago and it's been fantastic for mixing colours. I was doing it purely by hand and it was taking forever, making my fingers hurt and getting the wool all tangled up. The carder is faster, mixes more evenly and makes it all light and fluffy and nice to use! For reference, for Padparadscha up there the only colour that I actually had as a colour by itself is the orange I'm using for her face. The rest of the colours are all mixed from other colours. It's really cut down on having to buy even more roving to get the perfect one. Organza Quiz fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Jun 11, 2017 |
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 I got this thing the other day and it didn't look much like Bart, so I decided to try felting some more accurate details onto it    I'm going to be honest, it didn't work all that well. I only had a tiny bit of the right colour roving, so it's blotchy and way too loose, but it's the best I'm willing to do for an internet joke. If I'd had more materials I'm confident that it would have turned out a lot nicer, I'm going to try the same technique again on something else.
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Jul 4, 2017 17:04
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Just like Bart!
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Jul 5, 2017 00:58
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Perfect as is
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I continue to use needle felting in ways it was never intended.   More photos here: http://random-ferret.tumblr.com/post/164306467511/transforming-starscream-plush
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 THAT IS loving INCREDIBLE
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Aug 19, 2017 02:01
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 You should be insanely proud of yourself.
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Does anyone have any tips for making a flat(ish) piece with a different color on each side? I want to make something with a wing but I get a lot of bleed over of colors and don't know if there's a technique I'm missing.
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How thin is it going to be? Try sculpting each side as much as you can on its own while keeping the back as loose as possible, then sandwiching them together by stabbing and twisting the needle into the seam between them. If you have a reverse needle that might work best, it'll keep the edge from getting crunched in and distorted.
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