It’s been a while since I had anything to post, but now I have another puppy dog felted. This little black and white spaniel was tricky. I learned not to make my critters too small - it’s way too difficult to do details like eyes and noses! I tried something different with this little dog and bought some nice wool “fur” thinking it would look really cool. However, my first attempt was awful and I quickly gave up on trying to make the little dog too furry. Because the “fur” resists felting through handling, it also meant it was hard to apply to something so small. Consequently I overfelted my first try, and despite the armature it became to stiff to pose - another learning experience. On to round two, and I used a combination of small quantities of the “fur”, curled by hand, and black batting which felts readily. It worked out fairly well.
My next character is another cute doggie called Peaches, who came for a visit this weekend. More on that in the next post.
Spaniels get acquainted…
One little spaniel wants to play
This one might have a bossy side!