Needle Felt Wavy/Curly Fur. Quick & Easy! (NO need for tongs, plaits, waiting for wet wool to dry)

Would you like to know how to quickly and easily needle felt wavy/curly fur? In this tutorial I show you how to create realistic luscious, textured waves of fur as seen on my springer spaniel's floppy ears! There's no need to use curling tongs or make plaits or wind wool around knitting needles, waiting hours for wet curls to dry or even having to buy additional locks of curly wool.

In fact all you need is just your wool (I use merino tops), your barbed needle and your fingers to make a twist! I'll also give you additional tips on blending wool colours!

This technique can be used on many needle felted animals. I hope you have fun with it like I did!

Time stamps to easily navigate to the bits you would like to watch most :
0:00 Intro
01:41 Adding darker colour wool as base fur
03:21 Blending wool colours: to prepare lighter tones
04:25 Let's do the twist!
04:55 Stabbing into a wave shape
08:45 Trimming and finishing

What animal are you going to add wavy fur to? let me know in the comments - I'd love to know. :-)

Watch how how I made his eyes out of just wool -    • How to make Realistic Needle Felted D...  

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NEEDLE FELTING TOOLS & WOOL I RECOMMEND FOR REALISTIC ANIMALS

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WOOL TOPS: good for attaching longer fur and adding details
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PERFECT Merino tops packs of 6 for when adding ‘fur’ to a particular animal::
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