Cute Dogs to Needle Felt: 6 Pedigree Pooches to Make in Simple Steps

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Join Gai Button as she shares her secrets to needle felting adorable miniature dogs.

Using different wools, silks and fibres, and with just three needles, you can make all manner of realistic-looking dog breeds, including labradors, pugs and poodles.

There are six dog projects in the book, and the techniques for making them are explained clearly with illustrated step-by-step instructions, along with handy tips. Each dog also has to-scale templates included, so you can start needle felting your favourite pooch right away.

Needle felted dogs are easier to make than they look, making them suitable for beginners and confident felters alike!

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U.K. crafter-author Button shows readers how to needlecraft dollhouse-size dogs using onlywool, needles, and a bit of polymer clay for eyes and noses. Offering six popular dog breeds,Button suggests starting with the cocker spaniel and working up to the pug, with the Labradorretriever, shih tzu, border terrier, and standard poodle in between. Remarkably lifelike thoughteeny-tiny, each project features detailed instructions, including templates and step-by-stepneedling diagrams as well as standard guidance in the form of color photographs, a list ofmaterials, and so on. Thorough upfront materials define terminology like neps and rolags,instruct readers mixing colors of wool, and offer common-sense tips (such as "buy extraneedles"). Two paws up for these canine likenesses.

Barbara Jacobs, BOOKLIST November 2022 issue

Author Bio

Gai Button is a sculptural artist who works in needle felt, clay and other media. With a creative mind and love of animals great and small, Gai used fur from her pet poodle to make her first little dogs before expanding her horizons to take in different wools, silks and fibres to make all manner of creatures. Gai's needle-felted dogs are in collections all around the world, and she has written a number of articles for both craft and dog enthusiast magazines. She holds craft workshops in her studio near the sea and demonstrates across the UK. Gai lives in Kent, UK

Visit her website www.gaibutton.co.uk, or find her on Facebook @needlefeltinginkent