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Exceptional Tutorial! Intermediate to Advanced Needle Felters, Feathered Dragon!

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I just love it when I find a beautifully detailed and stunning project for the more advanced felter like this one.  For those of us who are past the beginner basics it can be hard to find something with a bit more substance to stretch us and help us learn more about this wonderful craft.

This project is a great blend of needle and wet felting.   Alena Bobrova takes you step by step through creating the gorgeous feathers in this project and if you haven’t wet felted before her tutorial is very detailed with wonderful results.  She doesn’t take you through creating the dragon itself but this is why I consider it to be a more advanced project as you can create anything yourself that you would like to add leaves or feathers to with this technique and the more advanced felter will have no trouble coming up with something they want to try this on!

You can find the tutorial here!

So if you haven’t tried blending dry and wet felting techniques yet this is your chance to give it a go.  And, as usual, I’m a great advocate for extending your learning and taking on techniques that really get you thinking of other ways you can make use of them.

Have a wonderful time checking out this tutorial and I do hope you enjoy it.

Happy Felting!

 

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Circular knitting machines are a lot of fun, and one of the best ways I have found to use them is to make seasonal decor and toys. I guess that’s because these are the kinds of projects that I don’t want to spend a ton of time on but still want to make from time to time.

That’s not to say that knitting machine projects can’t be detailed and time consuming. And really the great ones are those that take the time to add fun details to make the finished project that much more interesting.

Like these adorable dinosaurs from Three Magic Sheep Co. The pattern includes instructions for a triceratops and a stegosaurus. Here they’re shown in coordinating candy colors, which I love, but you can of course make yours in any color you like. 

The larger pieces of the body and legs are worked on either a 46 or 48 pin machine, while the smaller parts are worked on a 22-pin machine. I don’t know if a lot of people have both but the 22 pin machines are so inexpensive it’s nice to have both for projects like this. I’m not sure what she used for the triceratops horns, but in customer pictures on the listing it shows people have made them with both knitting and crochet so you can do that, too, instead of buying horns to use.

The details on these are really cute (you will want to buy safety eyes, or you can embroider eyes on if you’d rather) and customers note it takes longer to sew the pieces together than it does to crank them.

This looks like a fun pair of patterns to make for a dinosaur loving kiddo (or adult!) in your life. You can check out the pattern and all the customer comments and photos at Three Magic Sheep Co. on Etsy.

[Photo: Three Magic Sheep Co.]