NOOOOOOO!!!

When I started needle felting nearly two years ago now, I treated myself to some needles from Kay Petal at Living Felt all the way from the U.S of A. 

I had been told they were the best, more expensive than others but neither the less, the best. 

They didn't disappoint and they have soon become my favourite. 

I do still use others for the beginings of my work but for the details, they cant be beat.

The one use the most is the red tipped one, its always the first one I pick up and today it broke....

It owes me nothing! It must have stabbed into wool millions of times for me. And to be fair has had a little bend on her, yes her, for a while now. 

Good job when I bought them, I bought more than one red one! 

Yeah my nice new shiny and very sharp red tip feels like she's, yes she's come out of her box and ready for action. 

I hope she lasts me as long 

Happy stabbing!

Lisa xx

Funny!

I was preparing for an Artisan market I am attending this weekend and trying to have a tidy up of my 'fluff' as my other half calls it. When i came across this...

Yes you can laugh!

This was my very first attempt at needle felting, the day I got my wool and needles.

I think I have come along way since then.

Gru and minions

I have had a very busy week and just not had time to blog. It's weekend now so here we go.

A while ago I felted a minion from the film Despicable Me. My daughter loves them and once word got round I was asked to make a few more. Then my asked if I could make a Gru as well. Why not! 

It turned out to be a lot harder than i thought but here he is with his two helpers. What do you think? 

Lisa xx

A Womens Institute Easter.

I have such a busy week ahead, working more hours, dentists and hospital appointments to attend. I thought i had better start to get myself organised for a needle felting class i am doing at a local Womens Institute over the Easter holidays.

I did my first one for them before christmas and they said they loved it so much, they have asked me to come back.  For the one i did at christmas we made a felted christmas bauble, as it's getting closer to Easter and they already have a little experience, they have asked if they could make something Easter related and a bit more difficult.

After giving it much thought and doing a bit of research i made this.

I call it the bunny-egg!

So today has been spent making samples, tutorials and making wool packs up.

Making sure each lady will have the right amount of wool. Carefully weighing how many grammes are needed. Then packing them up.

I now have a box full of twenty packs and a tutorial ready for printing.

I still have more work to do but i feel better knowing i have made a good start.

I will blog the results later.

Lisa xx