Needle Felting Basics for Beginners

An easy to understand video showing the basic supplies and materials for needle felting with a step-to-step simple project to make! I also dyed the wool in the Rainbow Basket, I might do a tutorial when I master the skills. The heart in this video took around 15mins to make.

Supplies to help you get started:

***FAQ***

1. What is needle felting?
Felting is one of the oldest fiber crafts, it is a process to create an object made with wool fibers. There are two types- one is dry (needle) felting and the other one is wet felting. This video shows the creations I made with dry felting, this process uses a special barbed needle to create friction between the fibers when you use the needle to poke them up and down. This allows the fibers to tangle together and creates a volume. There is no rule to needle felting, however safety is very important and always watch what you are doing.

2. Which needle did you use?
I used a size 38 star needle.

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Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20
Video Editor: Final Cut Pro 7
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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[aurablaze]

"Hey how did you make that?"
"I stabbed the shit out of it"

[delenaevertvd]

well can’t wait to do this for a week, say in passionate about it, never gonna stop, gonna turn it into a career then forget it even exists.

[cjkwei]

I felt glad when you said, "the process is not about speed."
I always take at least 2-3 days just to make something w/ needle Felting! ^^;

[Canadianbatgirl]

I admire anyone who has this hobby. I wouldn't have the patience, lol.

[ingridmatthews]

I'd set the record for puncture wounds in 15 minutes doing this.

[justceexo]

That light pink is such a *heartfelt* color!





See what I did there?







I’ll go home

[gracehannah]

I'm supposed to be doing homework, and I'm here

[lostlibrarian]

I wanted to learn what needle felting was and your video perfectly answered that question. I am not a crafty person, but watching this makes me want to give it a go!
Your video is very well done, NICE JOB! :)

[reallyrory]

I just got into needle felting, and I had no idea that there were specific needles for this. Thank you for the neat tips as well! 💖💖💖

[konetashelton]

I have that same Mini Heart cutter when I trimmed my Shih Tzu, I took some of the trimmed hair and needle felted it using the Heart. An adorable trinket kept in a pill tin.

[n]

Thank you much for this wonderful and beneficial video. You know how to make a video and it helped me a lot. I especially like that you played calm music which enhanced, not distracted me from learning. Also, you captioned the video as you worked each step (close range) from start to finish. I especially like the fact that you showed the needle varieties up close because other tutorial videos never show what a needle looks like nor the varieties available. THANK YOU!

[karenr]

I’ve been binge watching felting videos today and I like this one for the details not in other videos. Simplicity is lovely 💗

[iyah]

i really admire people who do this they have a lots of patience and the risk of poking yourself with a needle is high salute to all of you

[pufftique]

Sure, that's totally up to you. I find needle felting soothing and fun, no trouble at all! I can create whatever I want with the needle, it's more flexible than knitting. It is labour-intense, but that's what makes it special from other fiber arts, and you'll feel a great sense of self-accomplishment when you finish a great piece of work!

[DONNAB]

This quickly changed my mind on this hobby. Wow that’s a lot of time for such a little piece.

[erin-iqtm]

my kit came today and I'm so excited
got it from amazon for £9 with 36 wools and a bunch of needles and other things

[jidori]

It's amazing that someone discoverd this process to create art!

[winnies]

I have come back to this video after almost a decade and yours is the one that introduced me to needle felting :') I remember being OBSESSED and dying to try it and not having the funds or knowing where to get good supplies for it at least back then. I have supplies in my many-craft inventory and it's a craft I keep returning to ^.^

[somnyad]

Thank you so much for this simple, pretty, enjoyable introduction. A lot of the other videos were just more information than I was looking for.

[pufftique]

yes, when I first started it took me hours to make some stuff... but if you know what you are doing it should be faster.