Cute Dogs to Needle Felt

by Gai Button

Overview

Make adorable miniature dogs from needlefelt with 6 step-by-step projects with this inexpensive and highly popular craft.

"Two paws up for these canine likenesses".— BOOKLIST

Join Gai Button as she shares the secrets of making beautiful miniature dogs from needle felt. Using different wools, silks and fibers along with just three needles, you can make all manner of realistic dog breeds, including Labradors, Pugs, Poodles and Border Terriers. This simple and affordable craft uses little space and offers a world of fun results.

• 6 step-by-step projects for making your own adorable miniature pet

• Clear, simple and innovative techniques

• Suitable for beginners and experts alike

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800920941
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	12/06/2022
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	716,533
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Gai Button is a sculptural artist who works in needlefelt, clay and other media. With a creative mind and love of animals great and small, Gai used fur from her pet poodle to make her first little dogs before expanding her horizons to take in different wools, silks and fibers to make all manner of creatures. Her needle-felted dogs are in collections all around the world, and she has written a number of articles for both craft and dog enthusiast magazines. She holds craft workshops in her studio near the sea and demonstrates across the UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Materials and tools 8

Wool 8

Felting needles and pad 10

Other materials 12

Techniques 14

Preparing wool 16

Needle felting 22

Additional techniques 28

Making features for your dogs 32

The dogs 38

Cocker Spaniel 40

Labrador Retriever 50

Shih Tzu 58

Border Terrier 72

Standard Poodle 82

Pug 96

Going further 108

Index 112

Editorial Reviews

U.K. crafter-author Button shows readers how to needlecraft dollhouse-size dogs using onlywool, needles, and a bit of polymer clay for eyes and noses. Offering six popular dog breeds,Button suggests starting with the cocker spaniel and working up to the pug, with the Labradorretriever, shih tzu, border terrier, and standard poodle in between. Remarkably lifelike thoughteeny-tiny, each project features detailed instructions, including templates and step-by-stepneedling diagrams as well as standard guidance in the form of color photographs, a list ofmaterials, and so on. Thorough upfront materials define terminology like neps and rolags,instruct readers mixing colors of wool, and offer common-sense tips (such as "buy extraneedles"). Two paws up for these canine likenesses.

— Barbara Jacobs, BOOKLIST November 2022 issue

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