Needle felted snail tutorial

A sweet little snail is needle felted from wool. Choose your color, or commission something custom! Each snail has black eyes and little antennae. SIZE: under 5 long, 3 tall COLOR: choose pale pink, sea foam, or brown The body of the snail will be tan, as shown in the photos, unless

Felting Tutorials — Lavender & Lark

Many years ago I discovered the art of needle felting. When you needle felt, you stab wool fiber repeatedly with a very sharp, barbed needle. The barbs of the needle felt the wool into shapes and thus you can sculpt it!

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Snail Pattern

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I specialize in creating lifelike animals through Needle felting. Needle felting is still a relatively unknown craft/artform. It is done by stabbing into wool fibers with a very sharp, barbed needle over and over. The stabbing motion knots the fibers via the barbs on the needle and you can mold and sculpt the wool fibers into form. I usually start out with a simple wire armature, the skeleton of the animal, and felt around the armature. Often I sculpt claws out of Fimo and add glass eyes of…

Felted snail

This Whimsical Snail is 9 inches long and stands 5 inches high. He is made entirely out of wool and is made to be a centerpiece in a play area, a cherished loved toy or even have a place on a shelf. His Shell is made from undyed natural Canadian wool and his body is made from corriedale wool. He has been very well felted and is slightly posable. ______________________ Needle felting is the process of binding wool fibres by stabbing it with a barbed needle. The barbs catch the onto the…

Felt Snail Soft Sculpture, Needle Felted Original Artwork, Large Land Snail

Pilz 5

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This little needle felted Snail was born in Sofia a few days ago. But already has his own style he is made of wool and has brown tie. He is little but is not afraid of birds. I use felt needle techniques and 100% pure wool form Bulgaria. I dye the wool by myself to achieve the right colors. Size in centimeters: 9 cm long Size in inches: 3.5 long Each of my dolls are: Created with love. Handmade by me. My own model. Made of 100% sheep wool. I make all my items with love and I hope youll…

All of these beautiful snails around flickr and all I have in my yard are these empty little white shells. So I made a little snail for an empty shell. He's just fuzzy instead of slimy.