FREE Tutorial: How to make a needle felted pumpkin

In this FREE needle felting tutorial video Nicola will show you how to make your own needle felted pumpkins. As well as teaching you how to make a basic pumpkin, Nicola will also show you how to add a curly tendril and ‘warts’ to your pumpkin to make them even more realistic. This needle felted pumpkin tutorial is great for needle felting beginners, as Nicola will guide you step by step is easy to follow bitesized sections. Why not make lots of pumpkins for an autumn / fall display or ready for Halloween. --- Difficulty Level:  Beginner / Advanced Beginner Equipment: • Felting surface • Needle felting needles • Finger protectors • Core wool • Coloured fibre for pumpkin and stalk • Long sewing needle • Strong thread • Scissors • Wool neps (Optional) • Skewer, knitting needle or pencil (Optional) • Boiling water (Optional) Used by Nicola Dean: • Needles: 38G and 42G triangular needles from HeidiFeathers • Fibre (all from World of Wool):  Core wool (carded) Carded sliver in ‘Fox’ and Shetland top in ‘Cinnamon’ (blended for pumpkin colour)  Carded slivers in ‘Lichen’, ‘Bode’ and ‘Bear’ (blended for stalk) Wool neps in white • ’DMC Pearl Cotton' thread Additional Instructions: • Tutorial on blending colours and fibre can be found here:    • How to blend colours and fibres for needle...   • Tutorial on preparing tops to be used as top colour can be found here:    • How to add top colour when needle felting   --- USE OF THIS TUTORIAL: I am happy for you to make items from this tutorial for personal use or to sell. All I ask is, if you share what you have made, that you add a note to say that you made it from a FREE tutorial from The Flock and add a link to The Flock’s Facebook group. COPYRIGHT The tutorial and its content is protected by copyright and must not be copied or shared without prior permission. — If you would like more needle felting information, tips, ideas and support come and join The Flock's dedicated Facebook group, The Flock – Needle Felting Community here:   / needlefeltingflock   Nicola also has a FREE Fibre and Needle Guide. Download your copy here: https://subscribepage.io/fibre-needle... If you have any questions about how to add top colour to your needle felting, please ask these in the comments section below! — About The Flock: The Flock is dedicated to providing videos containing all you need to know about needle felting and free video tutorials. Hosted by Nicola Dean – an accomplished fibre artist with a vast experience in 3D and 2D needle felting. Nicola also has experience combining needle felting and wet felting methods; making beautiful pieces of art. In addition to this, Nicola has experience as a needle felting designer and teaching needle felting methods.