Wet Felting an Octopus designed by Helen Russell: Beginner Wet Felting over a Resist
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Have fun and get creative with this colorful and textural project for wet felting an octopus. This delightful idea for a wet felted octopus was created by Living Felt BFF Helen Russell.
Helen is a talented artist who works in a variety of mediums and she loves octopuses...who doesn't, right? While felting along with one of our tutorials for making a heart dangler, Helen envisioned using similar methods to make an octopus. She worked out a few different ideas until she came up with the process shown in the free tutorial linked below. We are so grateful to Helen for sharing this project with us, and for allowing us to share it with you! Felt along with Marie as she wet felts an octopus in the video tutorial.
If you would like to wet felt an octopus all your own, this tutorial is for you! If you are a beginner wet felter and have not wet felted over a resist before, we suggest watching the Wet Felted Heart Dangler tutorial that inspired this project, you can see that here:
And try one of our beginner wet felting over a resist videos like this one:
With those wet felting fundamentals, you can felt your own octopus as well!
🕑 TIME STAMPS 🕑
00:00 Project Overview
1:50 Supplies
3:48 Fiber Preparation
4:41 Fiber Layout for Octopus Arms
6:25 Twist and Embellish the Arms
8:55 Wet Felt the Arms
13:39 First Wool Layers for Octopus Body: Side A
17:01 First Wool Layers for Octopus Body: Side B
19:09 Next Wool Layers for Octopus Body: Side A
20:46 Next Wool Layers for Octopus Body: Side B
21:54 Check for Thin Spots
22:48 Decorate Body with Embellishments
26:02 Felt by Hand Rubbing
31:12 Felt by Rolling
33:26 Fulling
35:15 Evaluate the Felt and Remove Resist
38:38 Rinse and Vinegar Bath
39:19 Blocking
41:00 Curling the Arms
42:35 Stuffing the Body
43:54 Needle Felting the Eyes
47:51 Needle Felt the Neck Closed
49:10 Finishing Touches
50:07 Final Look
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