Needle Felting for Beginners 3D - Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

Learn the basics of 3D needle felting and create objects using wool roving and a special felting needle.

You'll learn:

• How to create basic shapes using the needle felting technique, before moving on to making simple animals and birds.

• How to create simple 3D needle-felted shapes using basic tools and techniques.

• How to use felting needles, wool roving, and foam pads safely and effectively.

• To practise making basic shapes like spheres and cylinders, then combine them to create a small 3D animal, before going on to creating a needle felted bird!

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• Identify and correctly use felting needle, wool and foam pad

• Show proper needle felting safety techniques each week

• Demonstrate the ability to create a smooth and evenly felted ball

• Attach a felted head securely onto a basic animal body

• Create and attach ears and a tail to a basic felted object/animal body

• Apply different colours of felt to simulate feathers

• Demonstrate fine control of felting needle to felt details such as beaks and eyes

What you will need to bring to the course:

• Needle Felting Wool in a variety of colours   

• Needle Felting Needles – these come in different sizes: look for size 38 or a medium.  

• Foam, dense sponge or felting brush to felt onto. An offcut of blue upholstery foam about 15cm square and 5cm thick (6 inches square and 2.5 inches thick) is ideal.  

• f you struggle with grip or dexterity in your hands, a felting needle holder (for single or 3 needles) can be helpful.  

• Small black beads to use as eyes (optional) 

Supplies can be purchased from: 

• The Bead Shop Nottingham 

• Boyes 

• Hobbycraft 

• World of Wool (www.worldorfwool.co.uk) 

• Amazon 

• Local Markets often have stalls selling blue upholstery foam.