How to make needle felted acorns

I just cannot get enoug of watching them!!

Today I felt like sharing the needle felt technique as I love to do so during autumn. So here we start.

This is everything you need:

• some wool fleece , (if you have roving it will be taking longer to get such a nice and even result. but it is usable too )
• feltingneedle (this needle has barbs , which get a fiber down and another one up)
• a sponge or styrpohor
• glue, can also be a hotglue machine
• acorncaps

things you need to make needle felted acorns

Step 1:

Divide your woolfleece into long pieces of  approximately  10 cm  (3.9 inch) or longer or lesser if you want thicker or thinner balls.

make it smaller to get the desired thickness of the acorn

I made them like this

a 3cm (1.2inch) wide "lock" is perfect

Step 2:

Start rolling it up from one side to the other. It makes it easier if you do this on a table as you should try to get it as tight as possible, saves you time later:)

start rolling it up tightly

This is how it looked like when I finished rolling

ready to get to the next stage

Step 3

Now place this fluffy ball of wool on the sponge and get your feltingneedle. I mostly use two:  one to stab into the wool  and one which holds the wool on the sponge. I can also hold it with my fingers but it is quite painfull when you stab into your fingers. So the second needle prevents me from doing so as my fingers are higher:) You can also use  a little stick or  fork for this.

stabbing time! be carefull with your fingers

I stab it from all sides, I mostly start at the side my wool ended. Stabbing from the tops makes it get more round instead of longwise.

stabbing from all sides

Step 4

You are ready when your ball feels hard and no woolfibres come out anymore. Now it is time to search for a nice acorn cap which would fit perfectly.

searching for the perfect cap

Step 5

When you have a cap; fill it with glue, make sure to add enough at the sides and stick your ball to the cap.

use enoug glue as the wool and cap will absorb some

after adding it into the cap hold it tight for a few seconds

Step  6

You are now finished, start making a new one or find a nice place to present it. Enjoy!!!

a nice spot in my house:)

PS1 , I have enoug of this wool and will try to upload it to my supply shop: www.feltalakim.etsy.com if you want some:)

Ps 2. Want to see more nice tutorials: visit Mama4earths blog: naturalsuburbia

If you have any questions please contact me.

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