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Needle Felted Christmas Tree

July 30, 2012 by Merry Leave a Comment

A few years ago the girls and I had our first experience of needle felting. It’s not a craft for the fainthearted since the needles are barbed, hurt if you stab yourself and break easily. That said, it has been a craft we’ve enjoyed at various times and 3D modelling is greatly enhanced by halves of tennis balls to hold the item in as you stab at them.

needle felted tree

This was a really simple Christmas Tree made out of scraps of felted wool left over at the end of a long day of needle felting. I balled all the green together and lightly stabbed it until I had the basic shape. I deliberately kept it lightly felted, rather than making it very solid, for the texture of a tree that I wanted. Then I fashioned a trunk out of brown, making it into a cylinder and considerably more solid than the green element and holding the two pieces together, stabbed it until they held into one piece. I did have to be careful of stabbing my fingers though! It’s been in our Christmas box for a couple of years now though and still looks very cute.

I buy my felting wool, when I can, from Sara’s Texture Crafts. She has a good range of accessories too and is very friendly. I’ve also just discovered World of Wool.

I have random Felting ideas collected on Pinterest.

Required: For this craft you need some felting needles and scraps of wool to felt. For more information on getting started, see the Felting Resources page.

Simple Craft Rating: 3/5

Filed Under: Christmas, Difficulty 3/5, Felting, Trees Tagged With: Christmas craft, felting, needle felted tree, needle felting

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