Needle felted Applejack G4 style :)

[rainbowstars]

Here's my newest creation.

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[Lina]

wow, that is amazing! i have no idea how to do that sort of thing, but i really love the shape of her body. ^^

[Lavender_Lace]

Awe!! She's really good!  I envy your skills!  My needle felting talents leave much to be desired.  Are you going to give her a cutie mark?

[rainbowstars]

Thanks guys, actually she has a cutie mark on the other side.  Here, I'll show you.

Hmmm...for some reason every time I try to paste the link to post the picture it just says "javascript"

Well, here is the link to the ebay sale, there are 2 more pictures if you want to see them. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Applejack-My-Little-Pony-FIM-Plush-Needle-felted-/270958138353?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f165d13f1

[Lavender_Lace]

Awe, she looks great!  I wish I weren't broke!!

[Foxfire]

You needle felt? That's awesome! I've dabbled with that a little bit. Wet felting too. But I'm a spinner at heart and just can't give up my fiber to the needle. That looks fabulous tho. You are really talented!

[rainbowstars]

Thanks Lavender! 

FoxFire, I hear spinning is HARD.  I have never done it, but I used to knit and crochet(mostly amigurumi) quite a bit, but needle felting is time consuming and really I have just always loved to sculpt and being able to do it with fibers is the icing on the cake!  Thanks for the compliment .

[carlabarla]

i needle felted a flower once and after 3 hours of working i wanted to kill something so props cause this must have taken forever! (my flowers still not finished...)

[Foxfire]

Spinning isn't hard at all Just take some of your wool and twist the free loose bit on the end of it in your fingers. Tease out the twisted bit just a little and twist it some more. Tease it out and twist. You've just made yarn!

[rainbowstars]

Carla, 1.  I hate felting flowers with a passion, no wonder you didn't have a good felting experience.  2.  Sometimes I do get very frustrated, especially if something isn't turning out, and I can get a little snappy. 

FoxFire, that still sounds kind of hard!  I'm sure if someone showed me, then I could probably do it.  I really need to have a hands on approach when learning something. 

[AmberMarie]

AWWW! She is wonderful! Wow.

[ZennaBug]

Wow, she is so cool!!    Felting is a neat craft, is it super hard?

[rainbowstars]

Thanks AmberMarie! 

ZennaBug, it isn't hard really, you just have to be willing to be very patient.  I have talked to people that say that they took a needle felting class and found it hard, but you just can't expect to have something great in an hour.  That's my feeling anyway. 

The materials are fairly inexpensive, around $8 for a pack of needles(5 of them I think)  that last you forever, a felting pad-those can be a little hard to find, you'd probably have to look around online.  My mom bought mine for me somewhere.  I did use a sponge, a clean one with no built in cleaners when I was first starting.  It will work in a pinch, but a nice foam pad is best.  It's the kind of stuff that is inside a couch cushion.  Wool is a bit expensive, but you can find good deals and you don't have to use a lot to make something, so you can get a lot of projects out of it usually.  I have been buying white in bulk and dying it myself as needed.  It is much less expensive than going out and buying a bunch of different colors.  You can use RIT dye, food coloring, or even easter egg dye to dye your wool.  You could probably get a book on needle felting at your library that would show you the basics, you don't have to do the exact projects in there.  That's how I learned.  Also, different people have different "rules"  about it, but don't be afraid to try stuff out and do your own thing with it, what ever works for you.

[Foxfire]

I'll give you a tip I give to all my needle felting friends. Buy wool from spinning stores and suppliers, not needle felting suppliers. The wool I've seen packaged for needle felters is usually 4-6 dollars for a quarter ounce of wool. I buy my wool .75 - 3 dollars an ounce for spinning. I recommend Merino wool for felting as it is very common and a fine grade wool that will felt easily. I get my wool at http://www.thefoldatmc.net/ for very reasonable prices sold by the ounce.

[rainbowstars]

FoxFire-Yep, last time I ordered wool it was from an online fiber store.  They had a couple kinds of wool "for felting" and it was expensive.  I went to the fibers for spinning section and there was a huge selection and WAY cheaper.  Works mostly the same.  All different kinds of wool just take some getting used to, but they all have worked for me.  I used to use Alpaca fiber, but that can just be too fine and the fibers are just harder to work with.