gillh
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Post by gillh on May 10, 2021 19:11:58 GMT
I wondering what any of you use to make whiskers on needle felted animals?
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Post by lyn on May 11, 2021 6:54:27 GMT
The only time I've done whiskers is on flat felt so I just stitched them. However, I do remember this thread that you might find interesting (link below) WHISKERSPerhaps other members could help?
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Whiskers
May 11, 2021 20:36:56 GMT
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Post by caterina on May 11, 2021 20:36:56 GMT
Hello. I made a..kind of kitten for my daughter, let's say it was not very lifelike, it was one of the very first needle felted animals that I have made, and my technique was pretty basic. As in "you have to explain that it is a cat".
Anyway, I must have seen on some youtube an inspiring video, because I dimly remembered that whiskers could be made of wool and neddle felted in: I went for it and made very thin whiskers of black wool, folded them in half and needle felted them in using the loop/fold as the place where to needle felt them. Of course they were not very wiry, but kind of..a bit soft, or shall we say a tad floppy? Also, they were even number of whiskers on each side, for obvious reasons. But my daughter did not mind at all, she loved that kitten and took it everywhere with her, occasionally stroking its whiskers: she decided to gift it to far away granny, to show her how much she missed her.
So,I just made them of tiny wisps of wool rolled between my fingers, I folded them in half and needle felted in place at the folded point. They were not realistic as with horse hair and such, but not too bad in a pinch. Caterina
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Post by Ann @ frabjous fabrica on May 11, 2021 21:12:14 GMT
Some time ago now, I needlefelted a white persian cat face and so far as I remember I used real cat whiskers. My almost black cat had white whiskers and I used to collect them (after she had shed them of course). So far as I can remember, I didn't do anything other than poke them well in. As the finished face was encased in a box frame (I didn't want too many people stroking it or it would have been a black cat) it wasn't necessary to glue it or anything like that. I have a book "Needle felted kittens" by Hinali. Her cats are so lifelike that my husband didn't believe that the photos weren't of real cats. For whiskers she uses bristles from paint brushes and she uses a water based glue that dries transparent. I think it's the Japanese version of PVA type glue. She just puts a dob of glue on the end of the bristle and pokes it into the cat's face with a fine felting needle. Her's is a book I would recommend anyone who wants to improve their neelefelted animals to get. So far I haven't made any following her very detailed instructions, I just love looking at her finished cats. Have a look at this www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhwE95E_1Ig&ab_channel=JapaneseSewingBooks It's a quick look through the book.
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Post by flights on May 17, 2021 7:25:47 GMT
You can stiffen thick thread or yarn with pva - I have been given some horse-hair and intend to try that!
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leanne
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Post by leanne on May 22, 2021 8:22:01 GMT
I raided a horses tail 😆.
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