Fearless Armatures for Needle Felting Beginners
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- Are you struggling with making wire armatures for needle felting? Do you find wire armatures daunting and scary?
Well in this beginner’s tutorial I’m going to explain how to make a simple armature to support your needle felted item and give you some tips and techniques to make sure that your needle felted artwork turns out looking great every time.
Hope you like it, and if you do find it helpful it would mean the world to me if you’d click on the like button, subscribe and ring the notification bell.
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👀To receive my FREE cat armature template visit my website here: juliesfeltedfriends.com/index...
Here’s the link to the needle felting Sadness video that I mention:
• Needle Felting SADNESS...
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MY RECOMMENDED WOOL AND EQUIPMENT FROM AMAZON UK:
**WIRE**
These are pipe cleaners I use in the video, the are slightly bendy and aren’t very strong, but if you twist them as I did they are strong enough for a fairly small felted sculpture.
Kids B Crafty 100 Chenille Craft Pipe Cleaners 29cm x 6mm Brown White Black Flesh And Grey: amzn.to/3jjew8F
The green wire is just Garden wire that I bought from Wilko, here in the UK, it was £2.50 for 30 metres and is 1.2mm wide. They also sell a galvanised garden wire 1.5mm x 20 meters for £1.75 which would also be suitable.
**WOOL**
Jacob Carded Wool Batts - Core Wool (200 grams - Large), White: amzn.to/3nQK4RT
If you prefer to buy individual colours I recommend the following:
Heidifeathers Merino Roving Wool / Tops 25 grams: amzn.to/3xMq4o4
Heidifeathers Merino Roving/Tops Wool 100 grams: amzn.to/3ykminh
*** NEEDLES***:
36 Gauge (Thick or Heavy) Triangular Needle (pack 5) (Heidifeathers via Amazon): amzn.to/3DiMxwU
42 Gauge (Fine) Triangular Needle (pack 5) (Heidifeathers via Amazon): amzn.to/3Byh75n
40 Gauge (Medium Fine) Triangular Needle (pack 5) (Heidifeathers via Amazon): amzn.to/3bmO3mp
***FELTING MAT***:
Woolbuddy Needle Felting Pad/Mat Large (I recommend the white one but it is more expensive): amzn.to/3Oo7ASa
**TOOLS**
Clover Pen Style Needle Felting Tool - Multi needle holder (3): amzn.to/3FyMgpF
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Chapters or Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:21 Do you need to use an armature?
1:07 Which wire should you use?
2:38 My Important Tip
2:57 Making a simple armature
4:26 Adjusting the length of the legs
5:43 Wrapping the armature with wool
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I used to make a lot of things out of metal and wood which required me a lot of space and gear. It also was quite dirty and noisy. Now I live in a camper truck (thanks to the plandemic).
So, I'm new to this hobby, and as an old man on top of that.... It's just so relaxing. I already made quite a few animals and each one turns out better than the former. I love that thing as I can quickly make funny and beautiful little objects I can later offer to the people I love. In my learning journey, you are my favorite teacher out there. I love the information# the tone and humor as well. Thank you for sharing your art, really! 🥰 Greetings from Belgium !
Thank you so much for your lovely comments, so lovely to hear about your background and your journey, glad you're enjoying needle felting, it is relaxing isn't it 😊 so glad you like my videos, thanks for watching in beautiful Belgium 😁
As a needle felting lover for 5 years but haven't really gotten time because I don't know what to make and how to start, let me tell you your videos are so helpful and well understanding, i love your bright attitude aswell! Keep goin and thank you for making tutorials like this, sending love from latvia!
Aw then you so much for these lovely comments, I'm so glad you're finding my videos helpful ☺️ wow! Latvia! thanks for watching
You are an absolute treasure for translating the measurements into inches 😂 Even with a visual, my OCD always has to KNOW the numbers
Aw thanks for this, you're very welcome, yes sometimes you need to know measurements 😁 thanks for watching
People like you make UA-cam so invaluable. Thanks for passing on your knowledge in such a humorous way!
Aw thank you for your lovely comments, glad you like the videos, thanks for watching
Hi Julie,
I just stumbled across your channel and am loving the content, keep it up!
Thank you for the lovely comments, glad you like it 🙂
When you started fitting the pipe cleaners to the cat picture in the beginning I literally went OH MY GOD out loud xD it just felt revolutionary xD
Many thanks for this Kristina, glad you've found it helpful, it really does help to get legs the same lengths etc, thanks for watching 😊
Excellent, thank you for sharing. I'd love to see some stopmotion, its like magic to me 😀
Hi Lisa, thank you for this, I love stop motion animation but I'm not very experienced at it but I was thinking of sharing my process of learning the best ways to needle felt the characters and hopefully create some animation with the results. Would you be interested in that? Glad you're enjoying the videos 😁
@@juliesfeltedfriends yes I would be interested thank you. All parts of the process are a mystery to me so I'd be fascinated to see.
Great thanks for this 🙂
@@juliesfeltedfriends If you haven't done a video on that yet, I'm another who would LOVE that!
Responding to your comment about stop motion armatures… I would personally love any videos on this subject that you care to produce!
Thanks for this comment, it's good to hear that you'd be interested in a video on making things for stop motion videos, it's definitely on my to do list, thanks for watching
Thank you, Julie! You are delightful and a great teacher. I'm a brand new beginner and it's fascinating to see and learn about this felting world. I'm really looking forward to all of your videos.
Aw thank you for these lovely comments, hope you have fun felting 🙂
This is fantastic thank you
Aw thank you, thanks for watching
Perfect timing thank you so helpful!
So glad you've found this helpful, thanks for watching
I love your videos! Great helpful tips 💕
Aw thank you for your lovely comments, thanks for watching
Great Video!!
Aw thank you, and thanks for watching
Thank you for your helpful needle felting tutorials!
You're very welcome, thanks for the lovely comments and thanks for watching
Looks great it shows the wire armature so well thank you 😍
Aw thank you, glad you liked it 🙂
That was really helpful and I love your accent. Thank you so much from Australia.
Thanks for your lovely comments, glad you found it helpful, wow! Australia, I love that us needle felters can help each other all around the globe 😁
Awesome tutorials.
Aw thank you, thanks for watching
Thanks for this tutorial. I have a longggg list of ideas I want to make in needle felt but am afraid to jump into it without knowing what I'm doing first. I've only seen a few of your tutorials so far but I'm eager to see more!
Aw thank you for this, maybe try starting with something simple, perhaps not with an armature, but just have a go and get a feel for how it all works 😊 glad your eager to see more, hope you find my tutorials helpful, thanks for watching
i really enjoy that you specify why you do things :] it really helps me to understand why you are doing the things that you do, and when i should apply them! it gives us the information we need to use our brains, be intuitive, and know when to go off the rails!
Aw thank you for your lovely comments, so glad you like the way I explain things, you've put it beautifully, I also think it's makes it easier to remember techniques if you understand why you're doing something 😊 so glad you liked it, thanks for watching
Thank you for your wonderful and witty tutorials Julie. I am very very new to felting and just started watching videos for tips and tricks and find myself continually watching your videos! 😊
Aw thank you for your lovely comments, and thank you for watching my videos, I hope you find them helpful 😊
Just found your site really like your approach to all this Thank you and have subscribed 😊😊
Thanks for watching and subscribing, glad you like the videos 😊
Thanks!!!😊
Thanks for watching 😊
Hey Julie! I found you while researching for making characters for a stop-motion animation I plan to do, so I'd LOVE it if you did a video like that!
Thanks for this, I am planning to do a video on making a character for stop motion, I love dabbling in stop motion, sounds like you do too 😁 so watch this space, thanks for watching
That was the most entertaining way to learn, ever ❤ thanks for the dedication and absolutely, YES, it would be amazing to learn more about how needle felting can be used in stop motion (and how to make posable skeletons, too).
Aw thank you for your lovely comments, glad you're interested in the stop motion or posable skeleton, it's on my list of projects to do 😊 glad you found it entertaining, thanks for watching
Just started this craft, great info
Thanks for this, glad you found it helpful, hope you have fun felting, thanks for watching
Yes, please offer more instruction on armature. 😊
It's definitely on my 'to do' list :) Thanks for watching
Yes! Exactly what I am looking for, using felt animals for stop animation! I would like woodland animals for teaching children.
Thanks for this, making felted animals for stop motion is definitely something I intend to do more of in the future, it's on my to-do list 😊 thanks for watching
Yes please on the armatures for stop animation! 😊
Thanks for this, it's good to know your be interested, I have a few other things in the pipeline at the moment but it's definitely in the list 😁 thanks for watching 😊
I love watching needle felting videos and I have always wanted to try! I would love to know how to make a stop motion video with needle felting😊
Thanks for this, making a needle felted stop motion character is definitely something I want to do, so it's on my to do list 😊 thanks for watching
Really enjoying your channel, glad I stumbled upon it. I ordered some more stuff to tackle making the kitty version of my Cheshire oc, possibly multiple versions of him! The prospect of making him a physical 3D piece is very exciting to me!
Glad your enjoying the videos, hope you have fun making a needle felted version of your cat, sounds great, would love to see how you get on, if you want to send me pictures you could DM me on Instagram: instagram.com/julies_felted_friends/ or email it to me at juliesfeltedfriends@gmail.com happy felting and thanks for watching 😊
@@juliesfeltedfriends my package was supposed to come today but it got delayed OTL
I attempted to make an “egg dog” instead lol. I figure why not practice, but also because I was already waiting all week, so by the time I finally get that package I might lose motivation! So I wanted to get into a project in the meantime~
(Technically yesterday though because it’s midnight by me)
Sorry to hear this, hope you're package arrived soon, it's always good to practice though 😊 have fun felting 😁
@@juliesfeltedfriends yeah, thankfully it came yesterday instead of today!
Thank you for such a clear description. I am trying my hand at using an armature for the first time in a small dog. I am I interested in items for stop motion animation. ❤
Aw thank you for your lovely comments, I hope your small dog goes well and this has helped, thanks for letting me know you're interested in items for stop motion, I am planning to do more on this, hopefully soon. Thanks for watching
thanks for the tips im 13 and trying to get into needle felting
You're very welcome, hope you find the tips helpful, thanks for watching
You're so soothing and lovely to listen to, you sound like Mrs Doubtfire! You're Mrs Feltfire ;)
Mrs Feltfire 😁 I love it! Glad you like my voice and find it soothing, thanks for watching
Love this... thank you. Where can I find the skeleton please? I have a Cats Protection craftalong next week ❤
Aw thank you for this and thanks for watching, you can find the template for the cat here: juliesfeltedfriends.com/index.php/cat-armature-template/
Good luck with your cats protection craftalong 🐱
Thank you soo much. Have found this and the skeleton 🐈 💀 xx
Oh yes, pls do poseable armatures and animals.
Thanks for this, I definitely would like to do more about poseable armatures in the future, thanks for watching
Can I use my cats fur that I brushed out for needle felting? His fur texture is like cotton.
Yes I believe you can needle felt using your cats fur, although I've never done it myself, sadly I don't have a cat at the moment. Hope you have fun felting, would love to hear how you get on 😊 thanks for watching
If making a black cat should one use black core wool?
Thanks for the question, you can use black core wool if you have it, but you don't have to. In one of my other videos I make one of these wire armatures into a mostly black cat, by using white carded core wool and then coating it in black wool. The main reason for using core wool is usually core wool is a cheaper wool than dyed coloured wools, and if it's carded core wool will be easier to felt into shape, hope this helps. You can see me add wool this armature to make a cat here: ua-cam.com/video/35sI8Yr3FKI/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching
Oh my gosh!! Was that drut? From.... Trapdoor??
I love trapdoor 😁 do you mean the voice of the armature sounds like drut? I've probably been subtly influenced by watching it 😊 hope you liked it, thanks for watching
@@juliesfeltedfriends oh my gosh, thank you for replying! I meant the stop motion spider, it looks like Drut, the small spider. I'm only 13 and my birthday is in 5 days, but you've inspired me to start felting. My parents and grandparents have brought me up with 'dont you open that trap doooooorr your a foool if you daaaareee 😈' and my childhood soundtrack 😅😅
Oh wow your parents and grandparents have got good taste 🙂 glad you liked the spider, the likeness to drut wasn't intentional, have fun needle felting, hope you have a fab birthday 🎂 and don't go opening any trap doors 😁
@@juliesfeltedfriends dont worry, im not a fool, and i dont dare 😉
i always use armatures, i use wire usualy never tried pipe cleaner thou
Thanks for this, I find pipe cleaners so much easier when wrapping the wool round, the wool has something to hold onto 😊 hope you find this useful, thanks for watching
@@juliesfeltedfriends personaly I will try the tape hack seeing I use twisted wire the most. 😅
Oh I see, you could try wrapping a pipe cleaner around the twisted wire, I've seen another needle felter do this to help the wool to cling to the wire. Hope this or the tape idea helps, thanks
@@juliesfeltedfriends cheers. I also managed to do that fur technique but I left the wool u cut so it could be a little more scruffy and fluffy for my character
👍 that's great, sounds like you had fun 😁