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Felted Pumpkin With Personality

Felted Pumpkin With Personality
Meet Myron, the adorable autumn pumpkin made entirely of hand-felted wool. Want to know how to make one of your own? Read on!

Materials and Supplies:

To make the pumpkin, you will need:

- Orange roving
- Green roving
- A little white, blue, and black roving
- Felting needle
- Felting tool (optional)
- Felting brush or mat; foam insulation can be used as well
 
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Step 1Make the body

Make the body
Take about a foot of roving and roll it into a ball. Secure the end with a needle.

Take another foot and wrap it perpendicularly around the barrel. Secure the end.

Use felting tool or needle to shape the squarish body into a ball shape.
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10 comments
Nov 26, 2011. 6:48 AMimaxb6 says:
he looks like ET
Nov 22, 2011. 2:03 PMVery Interesting says:
World's cutest pumpkin!
Oct 23, 2011. 10:55 AMKiteman says:
That is very cute, well done.
Oct 23, 2011. 11:14 AMPenolopy Bulnick says:
Yes, very cool! I still need to learn felting!
Oct 23, 2011. 11:24 AMChrysN says:
Myron is cute, nice detailed work for the eyes and mouth, how big is he.

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