The Detailed Making Process Of The Eyes

What? I didn't show you how I make those cute and silly eyes?! Forgive me please. There are steps for making eyes, and it always a repeat part for most buddies. If I show the details every time I make a new buddy, my blog will be too long to read. So, some beginners around me said they want the details. OK! Here are specific steps for making an eye.

 Step 1

 

Take a scrap of white wool for the eye ball and start rolling.

 Step 2

 

Keep rolling the wool hard until it become a firm ball shape.

 Step 3

 

Like this. If it's not that perfect, do not worry. You will be able to improve the shape after you poke it on you buddy's face.

 Step 4

 

 Place the eye ball on you foam block or any other soft surface, and needle it to an evenly firm ball.

 Step 5

 For the pupil, take a pinch of black wool and roll it into a tiny ball. Actually you can add the pupil after you fasten the eye ball on buddy's face.

 Step 6

 Use your felting needle to poke the pupil into the center of the eye. Feel free to play around with the location to change the expression.

 Step 7 (optional)

 

You can wrap a few strands of dark-colored wool around the eyes to add the shadow for their eyes.

Step 8 (optional)

 

Take our Seal for example, add the strand of gray wool around the eyes and poke it. You get a vivid expression from his eyes.

Making a Clean Line Between Two Colors

Make a clear line between two colors is a very important skill in wool felting. It determines how vivid and clear the craft's looking is. Now, I will tell you a easy way to felt all the wool fibers in the right part of your toy.

When taking the amount needed of the color you're adding on, you will always find the fibers are disorder and go everywhere. So, you need to use your hands to fold it over to form a straight, even line. Then cover it to the right part of the body or wherever is needed. Take this black wool as example.

Like so. Place this black strand on the basic body and gently poke along the fold to set into place. The magic weapon here is your needle. Use your felting needle to round up your edge, then poke it. Beginners might need more practice on this skill. But you will find it's so easy when you make most of your needle out.

By the way, good felting needles usually with long service life and can help shrinking the time you spend on you craft. The last picture shows my favorite brand of felting needle. They are my magic tool.

Don't You Dare As Cute As Me! I'm A Guinea-pig.

Chocho, the Guinea-pig is a new friend here, everyone loves his cute looking, soft and chunky body. But Chocho here is to tell people he is absolutely one of the top friends to people to keep accompany with. Chocho loves lying on your stomach while you are reading on your couch. Don't worry, he will never eat your Twilight of limited edition like a mouse usually do. Ok, are you ready to make a new friend for yourself?

Step one: Take some white wool, roll it into a ball. Then, use your felting needles to poke it repeatedly until it becomes an egg-shape body.

Step two: Take a small amount of light brown wool and roll it in to four mini balls as his feet. Attach the four balls on the body shape and poke each of their bottom to fasten them on the surface of the body. Like so. 

Step three: Take some brown and black or yellow wool if you like to your guinea pig pattern by needling in different spot shapes and sizes on the back and head area. The amount and shape are up to you. Just make it natural.

Step four: Take some black wool and roll it into a mini ball as his nose. Poke it on one end of the egg-shape body.

Step five: Use white wool make two balls as his eyes. You can make one bigger than the other. Use a tiny amount of black wool as the pupils. I like to poke them in to the center. But you can change the position to change the expression.

Step six: Take a small amount of brown wool, roll it and poke it on your foam block or any soft surface like wool pad. This time, you need to make two semicircular ears. Be aware of using felting needle when you dealing with small amount of wool. 

Step seven: Poke the bottom of the ears on the back apart and behind the eyes. 

Tada~! He's ready to lie on your stomach! Let's be the best friends to each other!