Needle Felted Cat Head Series: Part 2 - Needle Felting Short Fur (blend, layer, reverse felt)

This tutorial is for Needle Felting Short Fur. This is part two in my series of Needle Felted Cat Head tutorials as demonstrated with a Tabby Birman! You are just 6 steps away from knowing how to needle felt fur. I’ll teach you how to blend colours by layering wool and reverse felting. You’ll be adding short fur to the bridge of the nose, the cheeks, whisker pads, chin and around the eyes. I’ll also share my technique for whisker dots :-) I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching! The time lapse version of the whole head showing footage of the amazing process from start to finish is here: Tutorial 1 for Needle Felting a Cat Head Shape is here: Tutorial 2 for the long fur is here: Tutorial 4 for cat ears is here: Tutorial 5 for whiskers is here: The realistic felted cat eyes tutorial is here; 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