Little Needle-felt Animals

Little Needle-felt Animals
Gretel Parker

Needlefelting is fast becoming the most popular and easiest way to create cute and quirky characters and curiosities. In this book you can learn to make 30 adorable little animals.Needlefelting is the ideal craft for beginners, far easier and cheaper to learn than knitting or crochet. You can make almost anything by sculpting loose wool roving with one or two needles – the only limit is your imagination.This book includes a comprehensive introduction and guide to getting started, a breakdown of the basic needlefelting techniques and the equipment you will need. It also features a very cute photograph of each animal and an illustrated step-by-step guide.Learn to make the following little animals …Lion – Baby elephant – Sea lion – Penguin- Whale – Angel fish- Dolphin – Octopus- Snail – Bee – Hedgehog – Fox – Quail – Guinea pig – Puppy- Kitten- Rabbit – Robin – Sheep – Pig

‘This book is dedicated to the life and dear memory of Andy Macauley, 1971–2013. My forever love.’

CONTENTS

Cover (#udf528578-40dd-51ff-960b-1714e7a46296)

Title Page (#ue8292be8-a56a-5efa-931a-f9133580920a)

Dedication (#u1ce34377-f9ff-50a0-9109-3ecd5ae640b1)

Introduction

FINISHED MAKES

Woodland

Birds

Sea Life

Pets

Wild Animals

Small Creatures

Barnyard

GETTING STARTED

Needle-Felting Tools

Sketch Before you Stab

Repeated Elements

PATTERNS

Moon-Gazing Hare

Olly Otter

Suzie Squirrel

Freddie the Fox

Happy Hedgehog

Milly Mole

Country Bun

Percy Pelican

Little Owl

Roly-Poly Robin

Marching Penguin

Mrs Quacky

Slinky Seal

Dolphin Dangle

Happy Whale

Little Fish

Whimsical Westie

Blue Kitten

Mustard the Dachshund

Baby Ella

Jolly Giraffe

Victor the Lion

Lucy Ladybug

Rainbow Mice

Busy Bumblebee

Chunky Funky Snail

Frog Princess

Trundling Tortoise

Penelope Pig