A felted little kitty - part 3

 

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Next we make a neck now.
You for sure can spare yourself the neck, and make the middle part an egg.

I started with balls, so i needed a neck … i thought :D
Take a sheet of wool, and needle a small part in the middle of it together.

Then pull the ends apart like this

Do this on both sides

Then have a look where you want to attach it

Hold it to the head, and needle the fluff on

go in to the head right in the middle and tag the fibbers together, then around the tight felted part, and needle it good and secure onto the head. then work all the loose fluff onto the head.

Place the other side of the neck onto the body, and decide now where you want it to be

And again, needle it on - right into the head, through to the body,
then around the felted bit right into the body, hard and deep strokes, to secure it all together.
Then needle all the fluff onto the body.

Sure thing the neck was far to skinny, so i had to build it up a bit.
Means - fluff wrapped around the neck, tagging it onto the head, tagging it onto the body, and then needling all around the neck, tight and secure.

That looks better, doesn’t it?

Next we fill the dent in on the back between the lower balls, and make the curving of the back

Fill the gap with little bits of wool, needle them in and add more.

next i made the curve on the top of the back, on the middle ball.

I also built up a bit more chest rounding because she was really flat chested :D

Next step are the tights. 
Take a sheet, draw a rough circle on it, fold the fluff into the middle - but leave 1 side fluffy

Needle away on it, to compress it a bit, and make it a bit smaller

When they are the size you like, needle them onto the ball.

Again, every seam needs to be secured with little wool sheets

I thought it looks to much like wheels, so i added a bit more onto the knees

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A felted little kitty - part 2

 

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For this kitty i used 50 grams (about 2 ounces) of off white Shetland wool.
Start with the basic shapes - here balls and not eggs - like Kay Petal shows in her video here :

I try to show you the density too :

Now you need to join 2 of the balls
Some deep strokes right in the middle of the balls, to tangle a few fibbers
Then right around the edge from both balls.

Here you see how this tagging looks :

and here you see how to attach those 2 balls securely.
Add a small sheet over the edge, and needle it right in …
On both balls and into the edge.
Do this right around the edge.

On the 3rd ball i have been building the face.
I made a little line across the middle and then 2 lines on a 3rd of the face.
There you can check along where you will like the eyes later on.

Then we make some bulbs ? bubbles ? as the side of the muzzle, nose and chin.

Then you look where on the face you want the lumps attached :D
I did mine below the middle like, between the eyes and then needle them slightly on to the face.

Next, press the nose onto the muzzle and hold it tight to the eye sockets. Needle a few hair right next to the eye dents

Then hold the chin into place and again needle it on

This is what you should have now

I thought I would like a face a bit more cheeky.
That’s now i make them, take a little sheet of wool, and fold the edge to the middle right around the sheet. Then i needle it a little bit to hold it together.

Press it onto the face where you want it and needle it on

Start now to sculpt all a little bit … so you can see if you need to add wool somewhere

I thought this head needs some more on the back

Then i shaped a bit more, and worked the eye sockets a bit more

To test, i place some eyes loosely into the head.
Squeeze the loop a bit together, so you can still pull a thread through it
Poke a hole into the head with an ale and insert the eyes … play till the sit even.

Don’t forget to look at the head from the top down … you can see uneven things easier this way.
The last picture you can see, one eye sticks out a bit more then the other.
So out with the eye, and make the socket a bit deeper.

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