Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Felted Wool Santa



Now that the holidays are over and all the crafty gifts have been handed out, I can share the felted Santa Claus I made for my MIL to add to her Santa collection.


I used both needle and wet felting techniques. Which seems like the perfect mix of speed and detail- so it's become my favorite way of making larger pieces (Santa stands about 10 inches tall I think).


My favorite part was the beard. I love using the wool locks, but haven't found much use for them other than a Santa beard.



This was my first attempt at needle felting a human face. It wasn't as horrible as I imagined... but let's just say I'm glad there was a large beard covering most of it up, because there was a lot less pressure on me to get the features and proportions perfect.





19 comments:

  1. I am not surprised at how beautiful this turned out, and I'm sure it will be a treasured addition to you MIL's collection! I have all the supplies, but have yet to be successful at this craft beyond some acorns and other "flat" things that I created.

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    1. Thanks for the lovely comment. Send me an email if you are having difficulties, maybe I can help! : )

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  3. looks like you did an awesome job, from where i sit!!!

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  4. This looks great,I have supplies to do it but my nerve stuck & won't try it,ha,ha,I'll start doing something get agitated & quit.Your MIL will love it....Way go....

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    1. Thanks. My recommendation is to just go for it- felting is the one place where agitation works for you! Take out your frustration on the wool and it will felt that much quicker!
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  5. Santa is wonderful. Someday maybe I'll learn felting.

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    1. Thanks Linda. Felting is pretty easy to learn, I hope you give it a try!
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  6. Holy wow. I should add needle felting to my goals for 2013! I love it!

    Thanks for stopping by Meg and your nice comments as always!

    Your creations are amazing!

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    1. Thanks so much Jane for all your nice comments! You'd have no problem at all learning to felt!

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