Friday, October 2, 2015

Learn Needle Felting Basics - My Favorite Beginner Tutorials

Here is a list of my favorite beginner tutorials for those looking to get started in needle felt, or at least wanting to know what it is all about.

Needled Felted Sculpture Tutorials:

This is about the best, in-depth into I have come across!
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=51271.0

Basic Needle Felting Terminology:
https://flippityfelts.wordpress.com/needle-felting-for-beginners/felting-terminology/

This is a super simple 4 minute overview that quickly shows the very basics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU6tihDWHhQ

Here is a very basic tutorial for the beginner:
http://www.lilblueboo.com/2012/02/basic-needle-felting-a-tutorial.html

This site contains many great techniques for making needle felted animals:
http://www.chushka.com/felting_tips.html#fluffy

A small compilation of basic tutorials:
http://thesilverpenny.homestead.com/freeprojectneedlefelting.html

A few intro videos:
http://www.hawthornhandmade.com/needle-felting-tutorials-2/

Here are some more advanced tutorials:
http://needle-felting.deviantart.com/gallery/26595740/Tutorials


Wet Felting Tutorials

This is an awesome beginner wet felting lesson:
http://crafts.tutsplus.com/tutorials/fundamentals-of-wet-felting--cms-20738

An intro lesson:
http://rosiepink.typepad.co.uk/rosiepink/tutorial-wet-felt-making-for-beginners.html

There are no photos here, but its a good basic lesson:
http://www.dharmatrading.com/home/wet-felting-and-nuno-felting.html

Here is an in-depth lesson on wet felting:
https://sarastexturecrafts.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/tutorial-a-guide-to-basic-wet-felt-making/


If you know of any other great resources, please leave a comment so I can add them to the list! Thanks!

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