10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Needle Felting

✅ Easily Needle Felt these dogs even if you're a beginner to needle felting: https://juliesfeltedfriends.com/tips5 In this video I share 10 tips on needle felting that I wish I had known when I started needle felting. If you're a beginner to needle felting these tips will really help you improve your needle felting skills. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Needle Felting Needles: 36 or 38 Gauge Triangular Needle (i.e. Medium-Thick needle) 40 Gauge Triangular (i.e. Fine needle) Optional needle: 40 Gauge Reverse felting needle, only needed if you want to create a short fur effect on your dog. Wool for Barney: Carded Corriedale wool slivers or any carded wool slivers or batts (around 25-30 microns). In the following colours: Ginger Brown or tan coloured wool, approximately 15 grams. Bright white (for eyes), less than 1 gram. Black, (for nose) approx. 1 gram Wool for Patch: Carded Corriedale wool slivers or any carded wool slivers or batts (around 25-30 microns). In the following colours: White wool, approximately 15 grams. Brown/Sienna wool, less than 1 gram. Rust or Reddish Brown wool, less than 1 gram. Black, (for nose) approx. 1 gram Other Recommended Equipment Needle Felting Mat which protects your work surface and needles. Glass or Plastic Eyes, I’m using 4mm Glass eyes for Barney and 7mm Plastic eyes for Patch. Scissors Awl or thick sewing needle Optional: Multi needle tool holder Optional: Finger Protectors Chapters or Timestamps: 0:00 What I wish I knew when I started Needle Felting 0:34 Tip 1 - How much wool to use 1:44 Tip 2 - Shaping before you even start poking 2:13 Tip 3 - How to avoid Breaking Needles 2:56 Tip 4 - How to hold the wool to help shape it 3:21 Tip 5 - Using your needle to shape 3:50 Tip 6 - The woolly slug stage 4:34 Tip 7 - Making legs match each other 5:39 Tip 8 - Best way to attach legs 6:37 Tip 9 - When to attach 7:07 Tip 10 - Getting two ears the same 9:30 Bonus Tip!!! #NeedleFeltingTutorials #NeedleFeltingForBeginners