Felting is a lot of fun

Ebea the wee gnome

I've discovered that I really like felting. There's something super satisfying about creating something by repeatedly stabbing wool with a needle.

This us my first creation a wee gnome. I used foam and pipe cleaners for the head, body, arms and legs covered with wool roving. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to make her look the way I wanted.

Now on to clothing. I knit a base for the hat and then felting the knitting. I thought about doing the same for her clothes, but I'm making them without knitting a Base first. Just straight felting with the colours I made last week. I want her clothes to look like they are made of leaves or feathers: natural. So far I'm happy with the result, but I realized I needed yellow for the veins of the leaves so I made some:

Yellow! 

Now to wait for it to dry!