Cute Animals to Needle Felt

Authors of Needle Felting Christmas (2024) Dace and Balchin offer readers more adorable projects to try at home. They teach readers how to needle felt—the process of shaping wool felt into a shape with a needle—with 20 appealing animal projects. Covering the basic tools needed to begin, the authors make it clear that these projects are beginner-friendly, and that readers will be able to pick up and put down projects at their convenience. The book includes basic techniques, like how to hold the needle to achieve different shapes (ball, oval, sausage). Also included are detailed instructions on how to create different animals with cute names like “Katie Koala,” “Hootie Owl,” “Bonny Bunny,” and “Snuggly Sheep.” Each project also provides a full description of the finished project sizes (offering a “baby” and a slightly larger size), needed materials, and step-by-step instructions with pictures; a shape template is included in the back of the book. This book is very detailed and engaging and is perfect for beginner felt artists.

Roz Dace

Roz Dace has loved creative writing, drawing, painting, and all crafts from an early age. Following time spent in Paris, where she learned French at L’Alliance Française, she started her career in television and the media before joining Search Press, where she enjoyed many years as Editorial Director commissioning practical art and craft books for international markets. Roz lives in Frome, Somerset.

Judy Balchin

Judy Balchin studied art at Cardiff College of Art. Following this, she specialized in graphic design at Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone. After working as a graphics assistant at the BBC Television Centre, she joined Adverkit International Ltd as a lettering artist. During this time, she also became involved in the craft world. She has appeared on television, worked as a craft demonstrator, designed craft kits, and run workshops. She has produced more than 20 books on various crafts and is the author of many articles for craft magazines. Judy lives in Maidstone, Kent.

The two authors combined have sold approximately 100,000 copies of their books worldwide. They have over 26,000 followers on Facebook and 12,500 followers on Instagram.