10 Simple Needle Felting Tips that saved me 3 Hours!

In this video I’ll show you 10 easy time saving tips when needle felting and show you some Christmas needle felting ideas and some non-seasonal ideas using polystyrene ball and laundry dryer balls, such as a Panda or Seal. I’ll also show you needle felting tips for beginners on how to make shapes quickly and easily.

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Details of wool used:

Here in the UK, 'World of Wool' sell some great colours in Carded Corriedale and it’s not that expensive and really easy to needle felt. I’m not sponsored by them, but recently had a very exciting visit to their shop! but that’s a story for another time. In this video I used 'Fox' coloured carded Corriedale sliver to needle felt the chicken's body and white carded Corriedale sliver to make a needle felted ball.
The rest of the coloured wool I used was Merino tops wool.

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UK LINKS TO ITEMS FEATURED IN THE VIDEO, AVAILABLE ON AMAZON (UK Links):

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The Panda Cat was made using this kit:
The Healifty Panda Cat Kit can be found here on Amazon (UK):

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Here are some of my other needle felting tutorials that you might like:

Chapters or Timestamps:
0:00 Time saving Tips
0:41 Tip 1
1:19 Tip 2
2:34 Tip 3
3:30 Tip 4
4:52 Tip 5
6:16 Tip 6
6:46 Tip 7
7:47 Tip 8
8:37 Tip 9
10:43 Tip 10
11:28 Advantages and disadvantages of needle felting on Polystyrene

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[gillhiggins]

When you’re up against it felting at midnight on Christmas Eve, nothing constitutes as cheating! 😆

[Lindasinish]

I am not a purest. Some folks would call these tips multi media. I think it's a smart person who uses these tips. But each person has their choice. Thank you for saving me so much time. Your videos are splendid. Thank you. ♥️

[beefarni]

The tip of adding the wool around the glass eye is so so awesome, that panda looks ADORABLEEE

[BMunsey]

Working smarter not harder. Works for me!

[joeyotten]

I just lead a needle felting felt-along type class…I had 5 ladies and only one of them had ever needle felted before…anyway, when we were done, I made sure to recommend your channel as one of the best beginner and tips and tricks channel on YouTube! I have learned so much from you and your videos are very entertaining! Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge! And for sharing your friends with us too!! 😂

[Jossy]

Not cheating! Art is art!! Love your videos and your voice!

[HoiArts]

Thank you for the tips! I learnt so much from your videos!

[bethmegansmith]

Nothing is cheating if it helps I have glass eyes and felt sheets .really love this video Merry Christmas

[beefarni]

No such thing as cheating in tactile art!! 💗

[Jetbytes]

I don't know why I never thought of doing this! So helpful and can't wait to try! I always felt like my creations took sooo long to make

[emma_s.]

Lovely video! Thank you for the tips! Your needle felted assistants provide great entertaining humor. They remind me of Sarafina's Milo. Your technique using the white wool under your panda bear's eyes is brilliant and makes it look so sweet. A tip I'd like to share is my aunt needle felted onto a cheap ball of yarn she tossed into her dryer machine to make herself a DIY dryer ball. Pretty clever!

[awesomeexpressionexp]

This lady has felting down to a science.

[DDBATZ_Art]

I use little polystyrene balls all the time for the heads on my character 😅
As an animator looking at this anything to speed up making a puppet, will help get onto animation quicker 😅

Also I’m felting a puppet as I’m watching lol

[AbqIlona]

I don't think it's cheating at all. I've done some kits where they specifically have you use felt sheets to create parts of the project. Anything that saves time is a good thing. I love your seal. It came out really cute!

[fugithegreat]

Great tips, I might try using some polystyrene balls for Christmas baubles this week! I also want to try felting my dog´s hair. If it works, I want to make some miniature likenesses of our three dogs. (I think my groomer thought I was crazy when I asked him to save the hair for me!)

[HRFeltnstuff]

I like all the tips except the polystyrene ball. One of the things I enjoy about this craft is it eco friendly quality. I'm not a purist and do use wires, glue and Angelina and viscose. I feel like the benefits outweigh the negatives with these. 😊

[fionacollins]

I'm a beginner but started out by using dryer balls for baubles & as a base for cute animals. I've also used felt to create smaller shapes and wool for a sheep's fleece.
I don't think it's cheating at all! It's a creative use of other items and makes the craft more affordable.

[lyrebird]

Seeing how much time each piece takes has taught me I probably shouldn't take up needle felting as a hobby. But I enjoyed watching your work, and your sense of humour so much I subscribed :)

[LaurieWinkless]

I used dryer balls to make Jupiter and Saturn in my needle felted solar system - massive time (and wool) saver. It's definitely not cheating - it's just another useful 'tool' to have in our toolbelt. Same for felted wool sheets!

[bnuuyboy]

so glad i found this channel, needle felting used to be my special interest, getting back into it after years! had a similar idea once with wool dryer balls, such a nice shortcut