How to Needle Felt a Dog Beginner Tutorial

[@lindamcclain9474]

Those are too cute, I have been looking for a video of someone making dogs, thank you for sharing with us, i appreciate what you do❤

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Awww, you are so sweet to say that! Hugs hugs!!!

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Sending you all lots of love from our farm :) Hope you enjoy this tutorial!

[@CapybaraWithRamen]

Thank you so much for this easy to follow tutorial! I have a yellow lab named Yoshi so I tried to make it look like him. I’m going to give this to my mom for her birthday, I hope she likes it!

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Awww, I can imagine how adorable Yoshi must be!!!! How fun!!! Happy Birthday to your mom. Hugs hugs hugs and thank you sooo much for watching and writing me such a cool message!!!!

[@Nana_Cat_Said]

Love, love, love your tutorial. It’s excellent! Thank you so much for taking the time to show AND explain what you’re doing. Its very hard to find anything like this for us newbies.

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Awww, YOU totally made my day!!!!! thank you so much for your kind message :) I'm so happy you found my tutorial helpful. I have a free 1 hour ntro class I made more recently that you might enjoy- it covers everything I wish I knew when I started along with a fun project, free patterns and handouts! You'll probably need to copy paste the link. Enjoy!!! wisteriasuriranch.thinkific.com/courses/needle-felting-intro

[@Mango_Rango]

Yay! Something easy to needle felt at last! Thank you so much, for this! Your smile just make my days! Also please could you do a tutorial of how to needle felt a lizard? Thank you again

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Hi Mango Rango! Aww, thank you!!! Ohhhh that's an interesting one... I hadn't thought to try a lizard! Great idea. Hugs hugs

[@Mango_Rango]

@@WisteriaSuriRanch Thank you for replying, you don't have to try out a lizard, it's just some ideas, or some animals that I would like to make!

[@ahmycho9395]

Thank you so much! I love dogs and this was the perfect present for my dad!

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Thank you!!! Aww, so sweet and happy to hear!

[@kimfrazier3]

Thanks, I'm a beginner and looking for more like this

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Hi Kim! Thank you so much for watching and saying hi ;) I think you might like my bear tutorial. Hugs :)

[@Top2tow]

So,so cute!❤

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Thank you so much Susan for your sweet comment! I appreciate you. Have an amazing crafty day! Hugs :)

[@geetsel]

Hi, love your tutorial. Could you do more tutorial on other small breeds

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Thank you! What small breeds would you like me to try? Did you want it in this sleeping style or different poses? I have a free mini poodle one that has free downloadable pattern so far. I absolutely love dogs so would be happy to try more dogs. I am working on a reindeer request right now, so once that is done real soon- I will try more dogs. Thank you for the great suggestion!

[@ahmycho1616]

Yes, yes yes!!! I love this easy amazing tutorial! For once, I found something I can follow very quickly and easily, thank you so much. I used to love wet felt and hate needle felt, but after about 2 trials, I love needle felting more than wet felt. Thank you, you have inspired us that, we can do anything and overcome hard things in felting. And I think, your channel is amazing and you have magical hands to make anything really well. Your dogs are so cute, they are way much cuter than real dogs. I love your t-shirt by the way! Also when you said Hope you enjoy this tutorial, I don't know who would not enjoy this, because all of us love your tutorials, and not one single person hates it. So if you get any negative comments, think of this comments, and think that the negative comment is just a cold breeze, and let it go away from your mind. And good luck making the other videos and keep up the good work! :) P.S. Could you do a tutorial on how to needle felt a toy poodle please?

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Awww, you are so sweet Ahmy! I truly appreciate your kind supportive message :) You made my day! So funny you mention wet felting- I agree! Needle felting is fun in that you can have your foam and needle and some wool fluff, just pick it up and no mess! Ohhhh, toy poodle sounds sooo cute. I will need to practice and make a few!!! Thanks again- really appreciate you!!! Big big hugs 🥰

[@lindamcclain9474]

What is it called that you use for the base of everything, I'm new to felting, I was skeptical to felting but then i just jumped into it and I love it

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

Are you referring to core wool maybe? It's a short crimpier wool that felts more quickly and easily and is great for making base shapes :) It really is addicting, isn't it???!!! Soooo fun!!!

[@lindamcclain9474]

@WisteriaSuriRanch so, Core wool is the name of it when I order it, and yes felting is fun to do, omg I was so skeptical at first, even other videos made it look hard to do until I watched your video and was like I can do that lol, I'm confused on the wool tho, got my needles down good, but not the different wools

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

@@lindamcclain9474 Hi again :) Awww, so happy you felt motivated to try with my videos! I try to make it as easy as can be since everything is step by step, one thing at a time. Oh yes- wool is my area but yes yes yes, lots to know there. So first- there are mainly 3 animals that I use wool from- sheep wool, angora goat/mohair locks, and alpaca (two types, Suri which is more hair like and Huacaya, more fluffy). I am sure there are more novelty fiber available. There are several forms of wool that is sold depending on how they are processed. You can buy raw wool straight off the animal (not recommended lol), washed wool, carded/fluffed wool- all these are closer to the original forms. Then you get wool batts which is washed, fluffed, and aligned with a drum carder machine (manual home ones available, too). These come off looking like big sheets from bigger machines or on smaller ones, they look like layers of wool in sheets that are usually rolled up. These wool batts are great for needle felting. Then there's roving which takes these wool batts and sort of aligns them into more narrow strips- kind of looks like ropes. This can be super narrow or wide depending on the roving. You can use these for needle felting, too- but mostly it was designed and used by hand spinners. From here- now, we have wool quality. Lol there's fineness and staple length, also area of body it comes from, etc. For core wool, you just need shorter less fine wool since it's like the inside filling if that makes sense. Merino wool is on the finer side so I rec this to be used on surface. Corriedale wool is quite versatile overall and great for many needle felting projects. Washed locks from Suri alpacas and angora goats (more coarse usually than alpaca) also- baby sheep/lamb locks are great for accents, hair, decorations etc. Lots more of course- but hope that helps you get started and I think I have a free intro felting course with a document that goes over this in PDF... feel free to check out since it has free chick/hen/nest pattern, too. Fun project! wisteriasuriranch.thinkific.com/courses/needle-felting-intro

[@kimbastien309]

What is squealing in the background?

[@WisteriaSuriRanch]

I'm on a farm and there's usually chickens and guinea fowls strutting around making a lot of noise. The "pu-rock, pu-rock" sound is a female guinea hen. They are the coolest birds but they are quite loud. They are known to be good birds to alert to something and seem to love their voice! They are great to keep snakes away. I have seen them surround coyotes make a ton of noise. I do hear hens mixed in but mostly, it's the female guinea hen that must have been right under my window! The hens love to announce they laid their eggs and make a huge fuss about that- rightfully so I guess. lol Have a great day!