Needle Felted Sheep Workshop.
It’s the time of year when thoughts turn to warm woolly sweaters( jumpers). So, where do they get all that wonderful wool in amazing colours? Why for colourful sheep of course. Dyed in the wool as it were. And where do you get those? Well, you make them of course. They can really spruce up a manger scene for Christmas or you can add them to the scenery of your model railroad or add a pin and wear them.
I had 8 lovely ladies to make some cute little sheep. There should have been 9 but one couldn’t make it so her sister who was there paid her materials fee and took some supplies to her so she could make a sheep at home.
After this point, once the students arrive, I forget to take pictures. We start with the legs. I show them how to make them with needle felting. It is long and tedious to make them dense enough to hold the sheep up. Then I show them how to make wet felted snakes to cut up for legs. You can see a plastic bag on the table it has the sheep samples and all the snakes I made so they could have legs and move on the the rest of the sheep. they make bodies, heads, and ears and then they needle felt them all together. they usually look a little wonky at this point and everyone has a good laugh at them and worries there sheep will not look right.
Most of them look like they are on stilts at this point. It is better to start that way and then do some hoof trimming at the end, to get the length you want.
Next is the best part, giving them their colourful ( or natural) coats. we used Bluefaced Leicester curls. they are small nice curls.
As they have all their wool, their personalities emerge.
Everyone seems happy, I will need to find out if I had any comments on the evaluation forms. Fingers crossed there are no complaints. When you teach with our guild we have the student fill out an anonymous evaluation. It helps to head off problems before they really start and sometimes you get good ideas for your next class. Students pop them into an envelope and it’s sealed. Someone else opens it and has a look and you get the feedback later.
This is my last post for the year so I hope you all have a
11 thoughts on “Needle Felted Sheep Workshop.”
That is a fun workshop – no two sheep are the same but they are all cute. The feedback form is a good idea – sometimes students are too shy to say what they think but are happy to write it down.
Let’s all have a happy creative 2025 🙂
It is a fun workshop and they didn’t even poke themselves very much. The feed back forms are great a boost to the ego most of the time, sometimes helpful and sometimes confusing. Here’s to a great 2025
A maaaaa zing sheep Ann. They really look good with their colourful coats. I’m sure all your ladies will have gone home happy with hopefully no bad feedback. (Though I do think that these days some people spend their time looking for something to be upset or offended about).
Have a good, and not too strenuous, Holiday.
Ann
They are fun and they did seem to enjoy themselves and were happy when they left. So far there hasn’t been any imagined problems with students. At least as far as I know. the oddest one |I had was someone complaining I wouldn’t let her steal supplies she wanted. LOL 😜 People can be very odd. Anyway hope you have a relaxing holiday too.
I always love your colorful sheep and I’m sure your students do too. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!
Thanks Ruth, I hope you have a great time skiing.
So cute! I love how colourful your little flock is, as if they have all had a hair dye for the party. Beautiful.
Thank you Marie, Yes, they are all ready for a holiday party.
Cute sheep Ann! I love the teeny weeny black and white one that was’nt visible to me until I clicked on and enlarged photo number 6 “almost done”.
In all fairness there should be no complaints about this lovely course Ann. The students’ results are all so individual and so massively cute – they all look like they are having a ball.
Happy new year to you too!
Hugs
Helene x
Fun sheep! I’m sure the class had a great time.