It is so generous of you to show us your testing of various tools. It can save the beginner a lot of time and trouble. Can hardly wait to get my pink clover.
I’m finding your videos so useful and informative Phillipa thank you. It’s always so difficult when you start a new craft to spend your money wisely on supplies and not buy unnecessary stuff. Your advice is very clear and easy to understand.
That's great, so glad you like it and I was pleased because I think a couple of these tools were very reasonable priced and worked very well, thanks so much for watching and commenting x
I've been buying my carded batts from the Felted Ewe in the US. I'm in the states and they ship super fast and I've been pleased with the quality. I would love to see you demo some of their wools!
They shipped really fast to me in the UK which was good, maybe in the future I will, always love trying out carded wools, thanks for the good report as I often get people asking where to buy in the US, thanks for watching x
Did you know that you can make a needle holder/needle handle out of felt? I made a needle felted teardrop shaped thing, I felted it it firmly, when I was done I just carefully pierced through my needles, it works very well for me and they’re very comfortable in my hands,
I have the punch tool with a blue top and you can open and replace the needles, I also have the blue tool and yes it does work better with two needles and you can change them. The punch tool is one of my favourite tools for the kind of needle felting I do. I have seen some artists using a set of long pointy tweesers to hold their work in place while using multi tools to save hands.😘
Hi Helena, that's good about being able to replace the needles, I'm glad as it makes sense. Your fingers definitely feel more vulnerable with the multi tools and the tweezers sound perfect as you can hold it and turn it, great tip, thanks so much, hope you are well, thanks for watching xx
I bought the blue pen too and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong! So glad to see its not me! Hate wasting money on tools, thank you so much for your videos.
I use that pink plastic pen one and I LOVE it. I have it in 3 colours - I keep one with a fine needle, one with a tougher needle and the third with 3 needles in it. I always have all three ready to go. I prefer them to wood tools because the grip is better and they’re easy to clean.
I'm really enjoying it, it's excellent, wish I'd got it sooner, I can understand why you have three, great idea having all the different needles in them, thanks for sharing and watching x
@@jazz5842 I think I looked up the name of the pink one that I found on Amazon and bought directly from the company. You could always use nail polish if you can only find one colour.
I use the pink clover pen with 3 triangular needles (size 40) for quick/bulk felting, a single spiral (size 40) in a nice wooden holder for smoothing/detailing, and a gold 'crown' for fine detailing (but I tend to stick with the spiral, tbh). I have a 4-needle, protector on, tool which is rubbish for 3d but works OK for 2D. Of course you don't need a holder for a single needle, but it makes it a little more comfortable. I use 'core' wool and polyester wadding for the bulk of a project, and just wrap with coloured roving. I felt onto a brush too, which doesn't seem popular, but I love it because I can clean off any wool residue and it doesn't get punch holes and divots. I have broken a needle in the pink clover pen, but it's straightforward (a little stiff is all) to open it up and slot in a replacement needle (from a different supplier).
I have an identical blue "pen" that holds three needles. At first, I could not get the thing to unscrew. However, I tried it with a wrench and it unscrewed with no problem! It was just on too tightly. Mine was on a card like yours but is called "Unique". Try taking a wrench to it, so that you can change the needles when you want to. Thank you for your excellent videos!
Thank you so much for taking time to share these tools. It’s very helpful. I really like how you demonstrate all the tools. I can feel that you put efforts in thinking of what would be useful to know. Thank you so much.
Thank you Philippa! What a Great Review / Tutorial... I wanted to let you & your viewers know that the Red Holder is from Meaningful Crafts there in the UK. It is available in a 4 as well as the 6 & will save so much on shipping for your more local Subscribers / Viewers. Also, I just Love your Shop, Beautiful!
Hello Filippa! Thanks again! I just recently got my tools and had the same noise issue with the punch tool. I also thought there was too much resistance so wanted to get a few needles out. Taking it apart I found out that the transparant protection piece can be reversed and put back. It looses it’s function, but also the noise 🥳🥳🥳. I also had to leave the spring/ suspension (what’s the english name?) out, but…. SO happy with my silent multI needle tool LOL. Mine was 7 needles btw, but I am especially happy that I can use it now and it is not a lost purchase. Hetty
Ugh the anxiety I get just watching people do multi-needles is horrible! Lol. Thank you for this, gives me a good idea on what to look for when I get around to buying. I have something similar to that first one, the punch needle one and I like using it to smooth over my animals when I’m done. It takes out the single needle marks nicely. I want that clover pen now though!
Thank you for this video! I have that first plastic multi punch tool and omg the noise drives me crazy lol. So it's not for me. I do love Clover products so I'm going to try the pen next.
The three-needle blue can be opened, you have to do a lot of force, but it opens, do not give up! :D Anyway it is very bad compared to the Clover tool. Your try using the blue one only with two needles, works better in my opinion. Greetings from Argentina! ❤
Hi philipa! Hope you are well? As you know I love watching yoyr videos, and even after I've been felting for a while, it doesnt hurt to refresh now and again! Philipa, one thing I've struggled to find out is how often should we change the needles? Do they wear out? Are they forever? Once again, thank you for your help in everything! X
Hi! Thanks for watching, so, needles can definitely last years, to be honest I am more likely to break a needle rather than replace it. Sometimes, very rarely, I have a needle that feels like it isn't working as well so I simply try a new one of the same gauge and see if it works better, good quality needles last a long time, I hope that helps xx
This pen one, the lid did not come off at all, tried with a pair of plyers, absolutely not budging but it's not the clover one so you have to be careful on Amazon. I have a clover one now and it comes off, the punch tool lid comes off easily too x
I just brought the Amazon blue pen 😭 I also brought a push tool thinking the cap could stay down I put some blue tack to keep it down and it’s working for now I’ll use hot glue eventually Edit: the blue one I brought looks the same exactly but the needles can be changed and it’s too bad !
Philippa, you have been such a huge help to me!! Love the Clover tool, also. Do you have a favorite felting mat? I need a better one! Currently using part of a cat bed I made!
Thank you for another awesome video, Philippa! Have you ever tried the Heidi Feathers multi needle tools? They are very well priced and I’m tempted to try them, but the Felted Ewe ones seems to be great too.
Yes, I have a Heidifeathers one, it's great, the felted ewe is based in the US so depends if you are over there. If you are UK I would go Heidifeathers x
Thank you so much. I just bought a wooden multi needle one and it's all one piece from wool warehouse, so totally useless! I was wondering where you old favorite two needles was bought from?
Hi, so it was from Amazon but I can't find it anymore, maybe Etsy is a better place to try, now I love the Clover pen with only two 40 triangular needles in it xx
Hey there, thanks for the review! I'm thinking of buying the pink clover one, but I'm a bit apprehensive; reviews online have indicated people have problems with their needles breaking and also not being able to replace the clover needles with those of a different brand. Have you had trouble with either of these things? Thanks again!
Once I got the correct definitely clover pen it was great with 40 spiral needles and I use heidifeathers brand, no problem with fitting them in. You may struggle with the needles it's supplied with if they are large. You will feel the resistance when you felt and maybe that's why people have had broken needles x
Cmiiw, the three-needle Clover pen only comes in pink, it is made in Japan and it is excellent! The blue pen is definitely not from Clover. Btw, have you tried using the pink Clover pen with the needles from Heidi Feathers? I have some needles purchased from China, and they don’t fit. The top bended “hook” of these needles are a bit too long to fit inside the pink Clover pen. And thank you for this video!
That's good to know the pink is the safe one, the blue was such a disappointment. I haven't changed the needles yet but the tops look similar to heidifeathers so hopefully should work fine, thanks for watching and commenting 🙂 x
@@feltsbyphilippa My Heidi Feathers felting needles finally arrived. Yes, they fit perfectly inside my Clover three needles holder. I am very glad! Thank you for introducing this brand to us. Their price and their worldwide shipping cost are very reasonable.
Where did you get the 3 in a row holder .... Ive been looking for one for a long time ... The only 3 i can find are the ones just like the clover ... Just let me know when you can
Hi Just wondering... I’ve seen this lovely cushion cover in John Lewis for £60, made of long fluffy ?wool, called a mohair cushion. I’m wondering if its possible to do a homemade version, by maybe felting the wool on? Thanks, and I’m watching all your videos. Sue
You could but it won't be really secure, you can wet felt a fleece and rugs, that's really strong, I think there are videos on RUclips, have a look, sounds like it would be a beautiful cushion x
agree, the blue one is rubish, not only the needles it has are terrible and wont go in the wool, they also won't keep separated from each other, it's a mess, what a waste of money
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It is so generous of you to show us your testing of various tools. It can save the beginner a lot of time and trouble. Can hardly wait to get my pink clover.
I can't believe I haven't been using one (because of buying the wrong one), it's lovely, thanks so much for watching and commenting 🙂 x
I’m finding your videos so useful and informative Phillipa thank you. It’s always so difficult when you start a new craft to spend your money wisely on supplies and not buy unnecessary stuff. Your advice is very clear and easy to understand.
That's great, so glad you like it and I was pleased because I think a couple of these tools were very reasonable priced and worked very well, thanks so much for watching and commenting x
I've been buying my carded batts from the Felted Ewe in the US. I'm in the states and they ship super fast and I've been pleased with the quality. I would love to see you demo some of their wools!
They shipped really fast to me in the UK which was good, maybe in the future I will, always love trying out carded wools, thanks for the good report as I often get people asking where to buy in the US, thanks for watching x
Your tip about using thinner needles with multi tool saved my life! thank you!
Glad to help, it makes a big difference x
Did you know that you can make a needle holder/needle handle out of felt? I made a needle felted teardrop shaped thing, I felted it it firmly, when I was done I just carefully pierced through my needles, it works very well for me and they’re very comfortable in my hands,
My goodness, I love that suggestion, I will have to try it tomorrow, thanks so much for mentioning it and for watching 👀
I have the punch tool with a blue top and you can open and replace the needles, I also have the blue tool and yes it does work better with two needles and you can change them. The punch tool is one of my favourite tools for the kind of needle felting I do.
I have seen some artists using a set of long pointy tweesers to hold their work in place while using multi tools to save hands.😘
Hi Helena, that's good about being able to replace the needles, I'm glad as it makes sense. Your fingers definitely feel more vulnerable with the multi tools and the tweezers sound perfect as you can hold it and turn it, great tip, thanks so much, hope you are well, thanks for watching xx
I also use the blue cheaper version of the clover tool, I have no problems in unscrewing the cap and changing needles.
Yes, it depends on the seller as I've had other people say they have the same problem.
I bought the blue pen too and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong! So glad to see its not me! Hate wasting money on tools, thank you so much for your videos.
Yes, there are definitely some dodgy blue pens, it just did not open, thanks for watching x
I love my tri clover needle holder and now have three. Please keep doing the videos.
Me too now I've a proper one, thanks so much x
I use that pink plastic pen one and I LOVE it. I have it in 3 colours - I keep one with a fine needle, one with a tougher needle and the third with 3 needles in it. I always have all three ready to go. I prefer them to wood tools because the grip is better and they’re easy to clean.
I'm really enjoying it, it's excellent, wish I'd got it sooner, I can understand why you have three, great idea having all the different needles in them, thanks for sharing and watching x
Where did you buy it ?
@@jazz5842 I think I looked up the name of the pink one that I found on Amazon and bought directly from the company. You could always use nail polish if you can only find one colour.
@@GPoole05 thank you I’ll be sure to search for one on Amazon
Clover pen is the proper make, pink colour seems to be best, should be on amazon x
Thank you for the reviews. Have a good day and stay safe. 💜
Thanks Cindy, you are most kind, take care x
I use the pink clover pen with 3 triangular needles (size 40) for quick/bulk felting, a single spiral (size 40) in a nice wooden holder for smoothing/detailing, and a gold 'crown' for fine detailing (but I tend to stick with the spiral, tbh). I have a 4-needle, protector on, tool which is rubbish for 3d but works OK for 2D. Of course you don't need a holder for a single needle, but it makes it a little more comfortable. I use 'core' wool and polyester wadding for the bulk of a project, and just wrap with coloured roving. I felt onto a brush too, which doesn't seem popular, but I love it because I can clean off any wool residue and it doesn't get punch holes and divots. I have broken a needle in the pink clover pen, but it's straightforward (a little stiff is all) to open it up and slot in a replacement needle (from a different supplier).
Yes, the pink one is definitely fine, that's what I have now and use 75% of the time xx
Thank you so much for the reviews of these I have now ordered myseld a clover one to start with 😊 x
I'm really enjoying it, I have taken the lower half off and it felts deeper into the wool, thanks so much for watching and your lovely comment x
@@feltsbyphilippa I can't wait for mine to get here, think I'll opt for that too, welcome thank you for all the super helpful content!! 😊 X
I have an identical blue "pen" that holds three needles. At first, I could not get the thing to unscrew. However, I tried it with a wrench and it unscrewed with no problem! It was just on too tightly. Mine was on a card like yours but is called "Unique". Try taking a wrench to it, so that you can change the needles when you want to. Thank you for your excellent videos!
Thanks, I did try that but I have the pink one now, lots of people have had the same experience so it's one to be aware of x
Thank you so much for taking time to share these tools. It’s very helpful. I really like how you demonstrate all the tools. I can feel that you put efforts in thinking of what would be useful to know. Thank you so much.
That's very kind of you, I really enjoy it too and it's an excuse to order more tools and try them out! X
@@feltsbyphilippa that’s a fantastic incentive. Looking forward to more videos. 😊
Hi! Really liked this video! Thanks for the links. Carry on with love❤️
That's most kind, thank you for such a lovely comment x
The red top 10 needle with the Guard you can change the needles if you unscrew the top red part I had a blue on which you do it with x
Yes, it's easy to change, thanks for watching x
Thank you for sharing! I’m learning so much
Glad you like it x
Just love your videos . I can’t wait to do one of your online courses 👏👏👏👏
Please do! Hope you enjoy them x
You can change the needles in the punch tool the top screws off and you slot them in. Hope this helps
Thanks, yes, I did find it eventually x
Thank you Philippa! What a Great Review / Tutorial... I wanted to let you & your viewers know that the Red Holder is from Meaningful Crafts there in the UK. It is available in a 4 as well as the 6 & will save so much on shipping for your more local Subscribers / Viewers. Also, I just Love your Shop, Beautiful!
Thank you so much and that's great for UK viewers, a super saving on the postage, thanks for watching xx
Thanks for the thorough reviews
Thanks for watching ❣️
Awesome video I will have order mine anyway please keep safe and well
Thank you x
Exactly what l wanted to know and see . Thankyou so much such a valuable review .
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Thanks, I'm loving the pink clover one, glad you liked the review x
Great video! Thank you so much!
Glad you liked it, I had fun doing it and having an excuse to order lots of tools!
Hello Filippa! Thanks again! I just recently got my tools and had the same noise issue with the punch tool. I also thought there was too much resistance so wanted to get a few needles out. Taking it apart I found out that the transparant protection piece can be reversed and put back. It looses it’s function, but also the noise 🥳🥳🥳. I also had to leave the spring/ suspension (what’s the english name?) out, but…. SO happy with my silent multI needle tool LOL. Mine was 7 needles btw, but I am especially happy that I can use it now and it is not a lost purchase. Hetty
That's brilliant Hetty, thanks for letting me and others who read this know, very useful 👍 xx
Ugh the anxiety I get just watching people do multi-needles is horrible! Lol. Thank you for this, gives me a good idea on what to look for when I get around to buying. I have something similar to that first one, the punch needle one and I like using it to smooth over my animals when I’m done. It takes out the single needle marks nicely. I want that clover pen now though!
Yes, it is a bit scary with all those needles, the clover pen felt alot safer and more targeted, definitely recommend it, thanks for watching x
Thank you for this video! I have that first plastic multi punch tool and omg the noise drives me crazy lol. So it's not for me. I do love Clover products so I'm going to try the pen next.
I really love my clover pen and the 8 wooden one but with only 4 spiral 40g, works so well, thanks for watching x
The three-needle blue can be opened, you have to do a lot of force, but it opens, do not give up! :D
Anyway it is very bad compared to the Clover tool. Your try using the blue one only with two needles, works better in my opinion.
Greetings from Argentina! ❤
Thanks so much, my husband has tried to open it too but I think it will break before it opens, love the pink one now, thanks so much for watching 👀 x
@@feltsbyphilippa the pink one it's excellent!!
I have one of those ones with a noisy guard, and I hold the guard back with some rubber bands so it's less annoying haha
That's a good idea, my daughter came in and asked what all the banging was! 😆
Hi philipa! Hope you are well? As you know I love watching yoyr videos, and even after I've been felting for a while, it doesnt hurt to refresh now and again! Philipa, one thing I've struggled to find out is how often should we change the needles? Do they wear out? Are they forever? Once again, thank you for your help in everything! X
Hi! Thanks for watching, so, needles can definitely last years, to be honest I am more likely to break a needle rather than replace it. Sometimes, very rarely, I have a needle that feels like it isn't working as well so I simply try a new one of the same gauge and see if it works better, good quality needles last a long time, I hope that helps xx
I use the punch tool on ears and thin parts your going to add to sculptured pieces.
Oooh, yes, the punch tool is good for that, great point xx
Thank you!🙏🏻
Can’t wait to see the hair tutorial, you are going to do
Probably in a couple of weeks x
@@feltsbyphilippa brilliant
Thank for the tips
Thanks for watching ❣️
thank you this was very helpful
Very good to know x
I didnt read all the comments so you may already know this but you can change the needles on both the pen and the punch tools.
This pen one, the lid did not come off at all, tried with a pair of plyers, absolutely not budging but it's not the clover one so you have to be careful on Amazon. I have a clover one now and it comes off, the punch tool lid comes off easily too x
I just brought the Amazon blue pen 😭 I also brought a push tool thinking the cap could stay down I put some blue tack to keep it down and it’s working for now I’ll use hot glue eventually
Edit: the blue one I brought looks the same exactly but the needles can be changed and it’s too bad !
Yes, so do and some don't, I'd had people report the blue one do both, the pink clover pen is definitely the safer bet, thanks for watching xx
Philippa, you have been such a huge help to me!! Love the Clover tool, also. Do you have a favorite felting mat? I need a better one! Currently using part of a cat bed I made!
Hi, yes I do, this video here talks through some mats and shows my favourite one towards the end x
ruclips.net/video/DWRWfqZJsZY/видео.html
Thank you for another awesome video, Philippa! Have you ever tried the Heidi Feathers multi needle tools? They are very well priced and I’m tempted to try them, but the Felted Ewe ones seems to be great too.
Yes, I have a Heidifeathers one, it's great, the felted ewe is based in the US so depends if you are over there. If you are UK I would go Heidifeathers x
@@feltsbyphilippa thank you! I’m in the US!
My favourite is the expensive cherry wood one as it holds the needles really straight but a good pink clover pen is also a great investment x
This video was helpful😊
Thanks x
Great info!!!!
Thanks for watching xx
The noisy plastic one the red part twists off and can change the needles.
Thank you so much. I just bought a wooden multi needle one and it's all one piece from wool warehouse, so totally useless! I was wondering where you old favorite two needles was bought from?
Hi, so it was from Amazon but I can't find it anymore, maybe Etsy is a better place to try, now I love the Clover pen with only two 40 triangular needles in it xx
Hey there, thanks for the review! I'm thinking of buying the pink clover one, but I'm a bit apprehensive; reviews online have indicated people have problems with their needles breaking and also not being able to replace the clover needles with those of a different brand. Have you had trouble with either of these things? Thanks again!
Once I got the correct definitely clover pen it was great with 40 spiral needles and I use heidifeathers brand, no problem with fitting them in. You may struggle with the needles it's supplied with if they are large. You will feel the resistance when you felt and maybe that's why people have had broken needles x
Cmiiw, the three-needle Clover pen only comes in pink, it is made in Japan and it is excellent! The blue pen is definitely not from Clover.
Btw, have you tried using the pink Clover pen with the needles from Heidi Feathers? I have some needles purchased from China, and they don’t fit. The top bended “hook” of these needles are a bit too long to fit inside the pink Clover pen.
And thank you for this video!
That's good to know the pink is the safe one, the blue was such a disappointment. I haven't changed the needles yet but the tops look similar to heidifeathers so hopefully should work fine, thanks for watching and commenting 🙂 x
@@feltsbyphilippa My Heidi Feathers felting needles finally arrived. Yes, they fit perfectly inside my Clover three needles holder. I am very glad! Thank you for introducing this brand to us. Their price and their worldwide shipping cost are very reasonable.
That's good, they are very popular in the UK and USA x
I did have the blue handled one. I give up on it. I have the clover one now. I haven’t tried it out yet
Interesting as they both look the same but the pink one is great x
Where did you get the 3 in a row holder .... Ive been looking for one for a long time ... The only 3 i can find are the ones just like the clover ... Just let me know when you can
Hi, so I got it off Amazon a long time ago and I always struggled to find it, your best bet is Etsy maybe, I don't think it is on Amazon any more xx
@@feltsbyphilippathanks P .
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Just wondering... I’ve seen this lovely cushion cover in John Lewis for £60, made of long fluffy ?wool, called a mohair cushion. I’m wondering if its possible to do a homemade version, by maybe felting the wool on?
Thanks, and I’m watching all your videos. Sue
You could but it won't be really secure, you can wet felt a fleece and rugs, that's really strong, I think there are videos on RUclips, have a look, sounds like it would be a beautiful cushion x
K gave up on using the multi needle tool since they wouldn't penetrate the wool. Good to know it's just the wrong needles!
I was the same when I first started, 40 twisted/spiral were great x
You're the best
Thanks! X
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agree, the blue one is rubish, not only the needles it has are terrible and wont go in the wool, they also won't keep separated from each other, it's a mess, what a waste of money
Yes, definitely a waste of money
I use nothing but spiral needles. From start to finish
I agree, they really do seem to be excellent, thanks for watching x
i just hold 2 needles like chopsticks
I do too with the rubber band round them x
I all ways get my needles from Heidi feathers
I'm trying some from Sweet Pea Dolls too at the moment but Heidifeathers is my go to x
They make 8 needle :000
Thanks