I always ask people in my needle felting classes “if you’re not bleeding, are you really crafting?” We also have a pile of band-aids in the middle of the table…we always have at least one bleeder! Thanks for the tips! I always suggest people watch your videos for extra help after our classes! Love your videos!
Thank you so much for this, I love that you have band-aids in the middle of the table 😁 thank you for suggesting my videos I really appreciate it 😊 thank for watching
I dont know why but I have NEVER thought to pin the pieces together before i felt them. I've always just awkwardly held it in place with one hand and felted with the other. This is a game changer!! 😀
It's lovely to hear I've helped 😊 it does make much easier too attach things, especially helps to get them in the right place, thanks for this and thanks for watching
Great video tutorial, Julie. I love your quirky humour as it adds greatly to a learning experience. I've been needle felting for almost twenty years now, and you've rekindled my love of this craft; it's so less messy than wet-felting! Thanks again, I've subscribed and liked of course. Cheers from Brisbane, Australia.
Aw thank you for these lovely comments, glad you like the humour 😊 it makes me very happy to have rekindled your love of needle felting 😁 wow Brisbane, hello from the UK 😊 thanks for watching
At the moment I'm not interested in my felting drawers- but I still watch your videos, because I really like, how felting and humor are not mutually exclusive! Kind regards from Germany!
Aw thank you so glad you enjoy the videos as entertainment 😊 and enjoy the humour, I love to hear where my viewers are from so thanks for sharing, I've only visited Germany once but it was beautiful, thanks for watching
Hi! I'm a college student looking to make gifts for her friends over the summer. Your videos have been very helpful for a beginner like me and is the best needlefelting resource I've ever came across. Thank you.
I'm still waiting for my first needle felting kit to arrive but I've been watching your videos in the meantime and I have to say how helpful you are! Definitely the best channel I've come across, can't wait for more videos!
Oh thank you for sharing this! Its so helpful😍 I always have problems with size of my works. I recently was making some base balls for something and it was a horror to make them all the same😆 I should have just cut the same amount of wool and prepare it but I was so sure I will know how much to use just by mesure it with my eyes. Mistake!😆
Glad it was helpful, lol it sounds like something I would have done in the past 😂 I can tend to think 'oh it'll be ok I'll be able to get the same amount again' 🤣 oops! Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching
Thank you Julie for your tips always! The template for the ears and holes for the eyes were an eye opener (not meant to be a pun lol) 😆 I wonder maybe if we could use the templating for the limbs/ legs as a "starter" or base and build it up into 3D/solid. I almost always end up making a leg bigger than the other, but hate to discard felt so I add thin layers of wool bit by bit to the smaller limb to match the bigger one. And if that isn't enough, I make the body of the doll bigger to match the adjusted limbs as well😂 Shows how much I still need to learn...
Thank you for this, so glad you found it helpful, eye opener -like it 😂 I've never tried using a template for legs as a starter 🤔 you could try it and see? It is difficult getting them the same size, your doing the right thing adding a bit at a time though 👍 I still struggle sometimes, so don't be hard on yourself, it's all so good learning 😁 have fun felting and thanks for watching
@@juliesfeltedfriends Thank you for the kind reply! ☺I enjoy felting and once I get into it I end up doing it "forever" 🙃into the wee hours of the morning. Then I feel groggy throughout the day but it's all worth it when I discover and learn things/ways. Always enjoying and looking forward to your videos and the little commentator dolls! 🦉
The dogs look great so much patience and pain I felt the needle going in your finger I have done that so many times 👆🩹but the finished dog is worth it 😍
So you mean the thing I lean on whilst felting? If so it's a felting mat, the one i'm using in this video is from Heidi feathers (www.heidifeathers.com/) I also use a similar felting pad made by woolbuddy which you can get on Amazon, both of them are really helpful. Hope this answers your question, thanks for watching.
I bought from Sainsbury's supermarket 😁 it's actually a baby comb, thought it looked cute and might be useful for small items 😊 which it is 👍 in case you're in the uk here's the link: www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/cantu-edges-baby-hair-styler but any fine comb would work, hope this helps, thanks for watching
Love the way you showed how to use a template and how to felt around it and then in it, creating the shape you want. Truly clever.
Thanks for this, glad you like the way I've used the template, I find it really helps, especially getting ears the same 😊 thanks for watching
I always ask people in my needle felting classes “if you’re not bleeding, are you really crafting?” We also have a pile of band-aids in the middle of the table…we always have at least one bleeder! Thanks for the tips! I always suggest people watch your videos for extra help after our classes! Love your videos!
Thank you so much for this, I love that you have band-aids in the middle of the table 😁 thank you for suggesting my videos I really appreciate it 😊 thank for watching
I dont know why but I have NEVER thought to pin the pieces together before i felt them. I've always just awkwardly held it in place with one hand and felted with the other. This is a game changer!! 😀
It's lovely to hear I've helped 😊 it does make much easier too attach things, especially helps to get them in the right place, thanks for this and thanks for watching
Great video tutorial, Julie. I love your quirky humour as it adds greatly to a learning experience. I've been needle felting for almost twenty years now, and you've rekindled my love of this craft; it's so less messy than wet-felting! Thanks again, I've subscribed and liked of course. Cheers from Brisbane, Australia.
Aw thank you for these lovely comments, glad you like the humour 😊 it makes me very happy to have rekindled your love of needle felting 😁 wow Brisbane, hello from the UK 😊 thanks for watching
At the moment I'm not interested in my felting drawers- but I still watch your videos, because I really like, how felting and humor are not mutually exclusive! Kind regards from Germany!
Aw thank you so glad you enjoy the videos as entertainment 😊 and enjoy the humour, I love to hear where my viewers are from so thanks for sharing, I've only visited Germany once but it was beautiful, thanks for watching
Perfect coaching on how to and why...the dogs look really cute.
Aw thanks, glad you liked it, thanks for watching
Your videos are so helpful!! Thank you soooo much! Also love your little talking characters!
Aw thanks, glad you found it helpful and like my little felted friends 😊 thanks for watching
I really enjoy watching your videos and find all your critters adorable.
Thank you 😊 ❤
Aw thank you, glad you like the videos and the critters 😊 love that word, we should adopt it here in England 😁 thanks for watching
I've done needle felting, but not really vibed with it. I'm super-enthused after watching your video!
Aw thank you, I hope you find it helps, thanks for watching
Hi! I'm a college student looking to make gifts for her friends over the summer. Your videos have been very helpful for a beginner like me and is the best needlefelting resource I've ever came across. Thank you.
Hi there, hope you have fun making the gifts, glad you found my videos helpful, thank you for your lovely comments and thanks for watching.
I'm still waiting for my first needle felting kit to arrive but I've been watching your videos in the meantime and I have to say how helpful you are! Definitely the best channel I've come across, can't wait for more videos!
Aw thank you for these lovely comments, you're so kind, glad you're finding them helpful, thanks for watching
Great tutorial. I always learn so much from your videos. Thank you!
Thanks for this, glad you found it helpful, thanks for watching
I just started needle felting and your videos have been so helpful! Thank you so much :)
Aw thank you for this, I'm really pleased that you've found them helpful, thanks for watching
These tips are so helpful! Thank you!
Aw thank you, glad you found them helpful and thanks for watching
These videos are so helpful and cute
Aw thank you, glad you find them helpful and thanks for watching
Love your videos! They are a huge help!
Aw thank you for this, I'm so glad you found them helpful, thanks for watching
you're my favorite
Aw thank you for this, I'm glad you feel helped 😊
I love your wool felting style
Aw thank you, glad you like it, thanks for watching
Oh thank you for sharing this! Its so helpful😍 I always have problems with size of my works. I recently was making some base balls for something and it was a horror to make them all the same😆 I should have just cut the same amount of wool and prepare it but I was so sure I will know how much to use just by mesure it with my eyes. Mistake!😆
Glad it was helpful, lol it sounds like something I would have done in the past 😂 I can tend to think 'oh it'll be ok I'll be able to get the same amount again' 🤣 oops! Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching
Thank you Julie for your tips always! The template for the ears and holes for the eyes were an eye opener (not meant to be a pun lol) 😆 I wonder maybe if we could use the templating for the limbs/ legs as a "starter" or base and build it up into 3D/solid. I almost always end up making a leg bigger than the other, but hate to discard felt so I add thin layers of wool bit by bit to the smaller limb to match the bigger one. And if that isn't enough, I make the body of the doll bigger to match the adjusted limbs as well😂
Shows how much I still need to learn...
Thank you for this, so glad you found it helpful, eye opener -like it 😂 I've never tried using a template for legs as a starter 🤔 you could try it and see? It is difficult getting them the same size, your doing the right thing adding a bit at a time though 👍 I still struggle sometimes, so don't be hard on yourself, it's all so good learning 😁 have fun felting and thanks for watching
@@juliesfeltedfriends Thank you for the kind reply! ☺I enjoy felting and once I get into it I end up doing it "forever" 🙃into the wee hours of the morning. Then I feel groggy throughout the day but it's all worth it when I discover and learn things/ways.
Always enjoying and looking forward to your videos and the little commentator dolls! 🦉
I save bits of cut off wool and those mismatched limbs in a baggie and use them in the core of another project. No waste. 😀
The dogs look great so much patience and pain I felt the needle going in your finger I have done that so many times 👆🩹but the finished dog is worth it 😍
Aw thank you, glad you like the dog, yes it's a painful hobby sometimes 😊 thanks for the sympathy 🤗 and thanks for watching
What do you use underneath the thing you’re felting?
So you mean the thing I lean on whilst felting? If so it's a felting mat, the one i'm using in this video is from Heidi feathers (www.heidifeathers.com/) I also use a similar felting pad made by woolbuddy which you can get on Amazon, both of them are really helpful. Hope this answers your question, thanks for watching.
What kind of fine comb is that?
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I bought from Sainsbury's supermarket 😁 it's actually a baby comb, thought it looked cute and might be useful for small items 😊 which it is 👍 in case you're in the uk here's the link: www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/cantu-edges-baby-hair-styler but any fine comb would work, hope this helps, thanks for watching
@@juliesfeltedfriends I’m not but it helps to know what kind of comb!
Happy to help :) In case you can't access the link it's called a "Cantu Edges Baby Hair Styler" and was £3 which is about $3.71
@@juliesfeltedfriends I was able to find a “baby comb” on Amazon in a pack of 2. It works wonders! The soft bristle end is also a nice touch