Felted lamb

In the year of the ram it is worthwhile to find in advance the symbol of the year and set it to a place of honor in the house. But if you make such a symbol with your own hands, it surely will bring good luck to the house. In this article, we will consider two options, how you can pile a sheep out of wool.

Felting out of a sheep's wool: an easier option

  1. Standard needles for felting, wool of white and gray shades will go to work. So, take a small piece of wool the size of a fist and begin to give it a shape.
  2. To make the legs, you can take these fluffy hedgehogs on the wire, which today there are almost every store for needlework. They should be simply bent and until the workpiece is not very tightly fixed gradually.
  3. From above we add another piece of wool to form the body and additionally fix the legs.
  4. Another piece of wool for the head.
  5. To form a muzzle, it is necessary to work more intensively with a needle and give the workpiece a triangular shape.
  6. A little more wool is added around the back of the head.
  7. Now gradually add a gray color.
  8. In parallel, we form the ears.
  9. Eyes are made from threads, or from wool or even beads.

Sheep from wool: master class is more difficult

Nothing much will change and the principle of work remains the same. Just in this version of felting out of the wool of the lamb, we add a little detail.

  1. So, take a piece of white or dairy wool. And here, by the way, and a prototype.
  2. Gradually, we dump everything into the roller, then compact it and shape it into the body.
  3. A piece for the tail.
  4. And now we take a wool of a gray shade. We need these three blanks.
  5. Of them we will form the legs.
  6. Gradually add white color, so you can then connect with the body.
  7. Our furred sheep gradually acquires recognizable features.
  8. Separately from the gray wool form the head.
  9. With the help of threads and beads make a muzzle and eyes.
  10. It's time to bury the ears for a lamb of wool.
  11. And of course we'll add a little wavy hair at the end.
  12. Felted lamb turned out just wonderful!