Got a new fun feature for the flock Arts & Crafts with Authors! We invite authors to show us more of their creative side. UF/Dystopian author Donna Augustine showed me some of her felting and was floored. I asked if she could make a wolf. And why would I ask her to do that?
Because felting is done with sheep wool!!
We give you a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing... literally!
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Needle Felting
by Donna Augustine
I first fell in love with felting when I saw a needle felted rabbit. It was the cutest thing I'd ever laid eyes on. It was also way out of my budget. So, convinced that I could do this, I read a few tutorials and plunged in. Actually, I've never met a craft I didn't like. I already paint, sculpt, knit, crochet, needlepoint, etc. If I named all my arts and crafts you wouldn't get through this paragraph. You get the point. My name is Donna and I have a crafting addiction.Modern needle felting, also called soft sculpture, is the process of using a barbed needle to knit wool fibers together. Felting is a process that dates back to 6300 B.C., when people would take wool and wash it with soap and water to knit it together. If anyone has accidentally thrown a wool sweater in the wash (as I have) you know how much smaller and tighter it comes out. This is basically the same thing, just slower and more methodical. It's also a bit masochistic since you'll probably stab yourself at least once. I hope that doesn’t stop you from trying it!
you have a chance to win him at the end!!!
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| This is what we want to make! Our own little wolf shifter. |
You will have to click the link to see the rest of the tutorial!
Ta da! How cool is that?
A big sheep thanks to Donna for sharing with us. If you have any questions about felting leave them in the comments and Donna will try to answer them.
Also be sure to check out The Alchemy Series. Shattered (Book 3) just released. And one winner will get signed copies of all three books and one winner will get the beautiful felted wolf!! (I can't tell you how freaking jealous I am of whoever wins this. I will have to hate you for at least a day <G>)
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completely a new craft for me but i love the idea! i will have to try for sure thank you so much for the tutorial ( next year christmas present for sure ( yes i will need time;)))
ReplyDeleteI had no idea what felting was until Donna showed me what she has made. They are amazing. Be sure to enter to win the wolf! I want him :P
Deletesadly it's Us only so i can't enter but i would have wanted him too^^
DeleteIt's a lot of fun! I forgot to ask Sharon to include this but I'll make a batch of clay noses for people who would like them.
ReplyDeleteI love arts and crafts! I got my associates in art and love to draw or crochet or just make cute little things to give to people! I'm currently making those new Sashay scarves.
ReplyDeleteCrochet is something I want to learn. It is such a versatile craft.
DeleteThese are really cute. I showed my daughter and now she is already planning when we will make them, lol. We do some crafts, mainly painting and jewelry crafting. I'm not very artsy, so I try the least complicated things. :)
ReplyDeleteYou will have to show them in the Facebook group after she makes them! I might give it a go sometime soon.
DeleteWhat a brilliant idea for a blog feature! Kudos to I Smell Sheep for that! And holy cow, that is one amazing wolf --- Donna, you're really talented!
ReplyDeleteI like to sew, draw and paint, although it's a real challenge getting the time to do much when I'm writing. I'm several dozen projects behind....
If I were to win the wolf, I would call him Denali, after the Alaskan mountain and national park.
I do arts and crafts. I paint pets on ornaments, art quilts, card making, origami, book crafts and much more. I love trying new things. If I were to win a wolf (which looks awesome!) I'd call him Lobo after a wolf in a book that I read and really enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteLove wolfs and this is such a great idea. Been making felt Thanksgiving and Christmas ornaments and enjoy crafting with felt but have not tried something like this before.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great prize this is.
I knit a little and love to make beaded jewelry
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone! I'm so happy everybody likes him! Remember if you need noses, just let me know what size and I'll make some.
ReplyDeleteI use to all the time. I can do everything from sewing, to mastery with glue gun. Give me a saw & some wood with a ruler & I'm dangerous. LMBO To the wood of course. hehe But I've never seen this craft. Gonna be something to try when I ever get some free time. :D
ReplyDeleteBig Hugs
Missie Jones
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I am a very crafty person. I knit, felt knitted purses, draw and make jewelry.
ReplyDeleteI do SOME crafts
ReplyDeletepaint shirts - make bookmarks
bracelets
My Mom & her sisters are EXTREMELY crafty
hmm - name the wolf - ???
I like to do crafts would love to try this.
ReplyDeleteI do a few crafts. I knit, crochet, cross-stitch and usually all stuff of my own design. Latest fad for me is crocheting amigurumi dolls based on book characters. My 25 yr old daughter loves them :D
ReplyDeleteim not particularly crafty. one of the girls I work with has tried felting and has made some cute critters.
ReplyDeleteI have brought some silicone moulds for making gingerbread or chocolate houses. ive had fun with decorating those houses (one sweety for the house, one sweety for me)
if I won the wolf (which is absolutely fantastic!) I would call it nanook
ReplyDeletemy second option of wolf names is deifenbaker. he is the wolf off an old tv series which I loved called Due South. I loved that wolf but his name is a bit of a mouthful.
OMG!!! I am a Due South fan. I have all 4 seasons on DVD and both soundtracks I never got to go to the convention but I paid to get the goodie bag. Got a rubber ducky signed by Paul Gross :)
DeleteI've always knit and crocheted but haven't done anything in over a year because of a thumb injury :(. That wolf shifter is the cutest ;)!
ReplyDeleteI'd name him Fang :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lot of time it would have taken to make that. It is so adorable.
ReplyDeleteI crochet and sew, but not so much anymore.
ReplyDeleteI would name the wolf Kodiak
I used to do crafts quite a bit years ago but not so much anymore.
ReplyDeleteI do some arts and crafts. I like to make jewelry and made a birdbath recently. I would name the wolf Jax
ReplyDelete~Veronica Vasquez~
I once was an avid baker, but I have health problems (a disease similar to MS) that's cause me to lose use of my hands, so that's not possible anymore. My sister was always very creative with arts and crafts (I used to say she was "crafty" - she never really got my pun). I do help my children with the occasional school project. Poor children. :)
ReplyDeletecurrently I don't do much in the way of arts and crafts, I just don't have time between reading, working my day job and working ebay at night. I used to scrapbook years ago
ReplyDeleteI like painting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
I would love to try crafting. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do arts and crafts. My middle name is crafty...I quilt, knit, crochet, watercolor paint and do art projects with my little granddaughter. I was an art teacher for a few years.
ReplyDeleteJFWisherd at aol dot com
Not really. The closest thing to arts and crafts that I do is baking. I love baking cupcakes and decorating them! Oh and I would name him Timber.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
If I was lucky enough to win the wolf, I would call him Shadow. And I do indeed do arts and crafts. I am an artist by profession and as a hobby. I also do crafts like seed beading, making dream catchers, carving wood, etc. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI was liking the Denali suggestion
ReplyDeletetill I saw the Due South Dieffenbaker reference
thats his name!!!
No, but I like to see what other people are able to create. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI am a visual Artist and have been 20+ years. I show large oil paintings across the US, have clay sculpture in galleries on the West Coast and teach mix media classes locally… both of my daughters attend ACMA (The Arts & Communication Magnet Academy) where I am involved with the National Art Honor Society.. so the short answer is arts and crafts are in my blood and a daily part of my life!
ReplyDeleteIf I won the wolf I'd name him Kanoma which was the name of the husky dog who looked very wolf like. He was in our family for 17 years, we loved that dog so very much.
ReplyDeleteI would name him Hadrian AKA Warbringer (hubby made me write that) lol... But he does kinda look kinda like My Eddie (German Shepard/Husky) very cute and awesome job.
ReplyDeleteamazing! wish i could do stuff like that ,
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I don't do much arts and craft unless its a special occassion. For example, I made a scully the parrot pintata for mt nephews birthday.
ReplyDeleteNow that's a craft I never would have known about had it not been for this post. How cool. I don't know what I would name that little wolf.
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