Needle Felted Cat Head Series: Part 1 - Needle Felting a Cat Head Shape (3D wool cat face sculpture)

Being able to needle felt a cat head doesn’t need to be hard. It just takes a little practice and patience :-) This is part one in my series of Needle Felted Cat Head tutorials as demonstrated with a Tabby Birman! This is part one - Needle Felting a Cat Head Shape. You are just 10 steps away from creating your own. I hope you enjoy it! Part two - Needle Felting Short Fur is here: Part three - on long fur is here: Part four - for cat ears is here: The time lapse version of the whole head showing footage of the amazing process from start to finish is here: The realistic felted cat eyes tutorial is here; There will soon be a part on whiskers. I’ll share the link when it’s up :-) If you’d like to be the first to see more videos I’m making to help advance your skills and become a more confident Needle Felter, be sure to press the red subscribe button and bell icon :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL & WEB LINKS - Free Tutorials, wool & tool guides and more JOIN THE COMMUNITY Needle Felting Realistic Animals Facebook Group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEEDLE FELTING TOOLS & WOOL I RECOMMEND FOR REALISTIC ANIMALS 1) US SUPPLIES (for UK list see part 2) Wool Needle Felting Pad (by Woolbuddy) - Precision Felting Needles - Clover Multi Needle Tool (holds 1-3 needles) Core Wool (by Woolbuddy) - natural undyed Soft Merino Wool Roving - variety of 39 colors Aluminum Armature Wire, 1.5 mm 22 Gauge paper covered wire Pipe Cleaners (pack of black, white, beige & brown) Flat Nosed Pliers Stork Shaped Rose Gold Scissors Professional Scissors 2) UK SUPPLIES Heidifeathers is my main go to online felting wool and tools supplier. They also have brilliant starter :// ** NEEDLES - Best quality & range - Heidifeathers - all colour coded. Ultimate Mix (all the needles you need) Or choose by needle type: (I used these needles in this tutorial) Cream - Star 36G - Black - Star 38G - Red - Triangle 38G Blue - Triangle 40G **FELTING MATS ** Eco Wool Mat - 3 sizes Foam Mat - 3 sizes ** NEEDLE HOLDERS ** Clover Multi Needle Tool (holds 1-3 needles) Wooden Multi Needle Tool (holds 4 needles): Long Wooden Single Needle Handles x5 ** WOOL ** CARDED Wool - quick & easy to felt Jacob Batts In Natural Shades - for core wool White Corriedale Slivers - for wrapping over wire Carded Slivers in animal shades - Menagerie mix - 10 colours or wildlife mix - 18 colours WOOL TOPS - for attaching longer fur/feathers & adding details Soft Natural Mixed tops - Animal Mix -10 different breeds Merino tops - packs of 6 (choose from 8 different shade packs) ** SCISSORS ** Stork Shaped Rose Gold Embroidery Scissors Professional Thinning Scissors Professional Hairdressing Scissors Small Nail Scissors *** WIRE & PIPE CLEANERS *** Armature Wire - Paper covered (18-30gauge) or Aluminium (15/30gauge) - 100 Pipe Cleaners - Brown, White, Black, Flesh & Grey - *** OTHER *** Multi Purpose Pliers for bending/cutting/flattening wire Air dry clay - 6 Colours for beaks, claws, noses. Remington Ceramic Hair Straighteners for thin ears / feathers Horse hair for animal whiskers For affiliate links I may receive a tiny commission at no extra cost to you. This helps to support my channel so I can continue to provide valuable content Thank you :-) #needlefeltedanimals #howtoneedlefelt #needlefeltingtutorials #realisticart #needlefeltingbusiness