Transform your Needle Felted Cat by Attaching Fur

I'll show you how you can attach fur to a needle felted cat or animal, and I’ll show you how I added whiskers and eyebrow whiskers. You can watch this video on it’s own, but if you’d like to know how I shaped the cat please watch the part 1 tutorial which you’ll find here:

Hope you find the video helpful, good luck. 

If you do find it helpful it would mean the world to me if you’d click on the like button.

Materials you’ll need (Links below):
 
Jacob Carded Wool (for core of body)
Merino roving or tops Needle felting wool in the following colours:
Black
White
You could use coloured carded wool or batts to coat the cat in but to create the long fur in her ears, on her front, face and tail you’ll need merino roving or tops wool to create the fur effect.
Nylon Invisible Sewing Thread
 
Equipment (Links below):
 
Fine Felting needles, I used a 36 Gauge triangular to form the initial shape, 40 Gauge triangular for applying coloured wool, a 42 Gauge Triangular needle for smoothing the finish and a 46 Gauge Crown needle for implanting the fur.
Foam or mat to work on
Multi needle holder (optional)

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

***** Wire:
These are pipe cleaners I use to make this cat, they are slightly bendy and aren’t very strong, but if you twist them as I did they are strong enough for a fairly small felted sculpture:

***** Wool:
Core Wool:
 

***** Nylon Invisible Thread (Looks very similar to mine)
 
***** Needles:
 
*****Felting Mat:
 
***TOOLS***
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Here are some of my other needle felting tutorials that you might like:

Timestamps:
0:00 Preparation
0:48 Cutting and attaching the fur to front
1:31 Fold over the fur
2:36 Trimming the fur
3:58 Attaching fur to tail
4:46 Attaching fur to face
5:39 Adding Whiskers
6:21 Testing Glues on whiskers
7:25 Adding Eyebrow Whiskers

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[kristineberg]

This is exactly the kind of tutorial I like! No chit chat, just information and clear directions, and it moves along quickly! Excellent!

[forgedbyfowl]

Right now I'm a few hours in to furring a piece that's about 30cm (12 inches) long and watching some of your videos to stay entertained. One tip you forgot to mention that I personally would also recommend to new needlefelters is to keep it small to make sure your sanity stays intact...

[patphares]

Oh so good! Julie is such a seasoned pro….., I love her generosity in sharing trade secrets. ❤

[heyitsjodes]

Amazing tips! I love your interaction with all the "supporting characters" as well. Thank you so much for your videos, it's such wonderful info for us newbies! ♥️

[tracevanlieshout]

Great tips, thank you Julie. I love your sense of humour!

[bethelbethel]

I love your tutorials! Thanks for sharing them!

[TV-mrpf]

This is very helpful. Thank you! And your cat is very cute.

[sundrits]

thanks for your tutorials! I am working on my second needle felt project ever and have been trying lots of new things with it and your videos have been super helpful!

[joduffy]

Thank you for sharing this and the detail!
I've just come back to watch again a few times because I'm about to put a mane and tail on a zebra. I love how much variety there is in needle felting.

[mr.sutura]

A very great job and the video explained too👍😁👍

[Krusume]

Wow I’m new to needle felting and thought I was on the wrong path but I stopped and watched your video it made my felting sooo much better hope I’m not late! I subscribed!

[michaelaschlegl]

I love your channel! It's so entertaining and helpful at the same time.

[shamrock_artz]

ah, this is super helpful. i was doing my fur completely wrong, haha.

oh, and a idea for the whiskers, you could make a sort of dip in the back of the cats head, and then take the thread through the cat, making the whisker, but not take it all the way through the head, like still leave a tail at the back of the head.

and then glue the end of that tail into the head, like you did with the grey cats whiskers but reversed. so you would do that with all the whiskers, and since the glued ends are in a dip, all you have to do is fill the dip with felting. this is similar to how i hid a string in on of my creations, but instead of glue, i needle felted the thread int the back of the head, and then covered it.

might be a bit tricky with that plastic thread, because all the glue, and tread would probably leave a hard spot, so it might be difficult to felt over.

definitely gonna watch how you shaped the cat now. i made one a month ago, and the shape just wasn't great.

[luciswearingen]

Many thanks for this very helpful video

[BB-mbov]

I love you. You're videos are so cute and relaxing

[daniellemott]

Thank you!!! I'm about to add a beard to a gnome I'm working on. This is super helpful. And i just love the kitty! (and the ones who popped up for comments lol) ❤

[natzumuller]

Can you make a video about how to needle felt a colour gradient please ☺️