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Recently I looked into needle felting and just had to try it. The soft sculptures that I
had seen just amazed me. So with a little reaserch on the internet I decinded to
give it a try. I jumped right in and taught myself how to felt the soft sculpted dogs.
Let me say I have just fallen head over heals with this. So I have added this page
to show off my newly created Needle felted dogs.

I will be selling my needle felted dogs through ebay starting at a very low price.
These little guys take many many hours to complete due to the needle felting
process. I have really enjoyed creating them and I will be creating more in the
upcoming months.
The dogs pictured below have been sold or are listed on ebay.

Now let me tell you a little about needle or also known as (dry) felting. It is a
process originally developed for making industrial felt. Large beds of needles are
moved in and out of the loose fiber to create large sheets of felt. The felt needle
has rough, notched edges that force the fiber down causing it to entangle with
other fibers and create felt.
Felt artists today have recently adopted the felt needle as a tool for creating dry
fellt. By using the needle individually, or in small clusters, felt artists can create
very controlled designs and three-dimensional shapes large or small. To create
fiber sculptures using the needle felting technique, you start with a piece of
carded wool, such as might be used for spinning and a work surface such as a
foam block for working on and one or more needles. You take the wool and move
the felting needle in and out of the fiber with fairly deep jabs in a straight motion to
make sure you are entangling the inner fibers. Both the angle and the depth of the
jab are important for shaping. Keep repeating the process for each piece or
pieces. There is more to the process of needle felting, but this gives you an idea
of the process.

Most importantly, Watch your fingers: felting needles are very sharp.

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