Inspired by the book Crafting with Cat Hair: Cute Handicrafts to Make with Your Cat, I am using my cat’s hair to try out this interesting needle felting technique. The book is fun to read even though you don’t plan to needle felt anything, it contains step-by-step instructions to projects with various difficulties, like small tote bag, book cover and drawing. Today I am trying out the little puppet that shown in the book cover, took me an hour from start to finish, excluding brushing your cat and collecting the necessary tools. I got my felt needle and some extra cashmere (like the white color) from Etsy.
After 3 or 4 steps, the puppet is almost done.
Finished! This is the back side of the puppet. Since I have more cat hair left, so I needle felted a small ball too.
When my cat meet with the puppet, she smells it, bites it and hugs it.
This is cool. did you need the white cashmere? Was it different and more helpful from your cat’s white hair? I have the book in my wish list but have read that you need other materials for projects too (and there’s no “Look Inside” feature to get a good feel for the projects), and I feel like a lot of these types of projects could be done virtually solely with cat hair. And I’m cheap. 🙂