flat needle felting

You can also do more two-dimensional work with needle felting. It is a bit like painting, or making pictures with clay. It's quite fun to do.
This first piece is a tiny wall hanging I made (about 3 inches by 5 inches). My first attempt at flat felting. I would love to try and make more of these. In the past I have always been constrained by a pattern, but this time I just made whatever I wanted and it was very freeing to not have a pattern to follow.

This little guy is a bookmark for my 4 year old boy. Fun fun fun!! This only took about 20 min to make.

penelope

Oh she's so lovely. Needle felted. My second project needle felting. She keeps me company in my craft room.

Mary

Over Christmas, I started a new hobby that has become a love of mine. It is so simple, involving only a handfull of wool roving, and a felting needle (a long skinny needle with barbs on it that felts the wool fibres together). If you are like me, you might also need a small supply of bandaids for the many pokes you get in your fingers.

This is my first needle felted project: A Mary doll with baby Jesus. I gave this one away to a special little girl on her birthday.

This is my second attempt at Mary. I now want to make a donkey, a sheep, Joseph, an angel and maybe the three wise men. We'll see if I can get it all done for next Christmas. I love the soft look of these sculptures. They make you want to touch them (and touch them you can as they are not breakable at all).