Felted Pumpkin With Personality by susanrm
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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 1: Make the body

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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.
susanchen2011 says: Jul 4, 2012. 12:56 AM
It is adorable.
imaxb6 says: Nov 26, 2011. 6:48 AM
he looks like ET
susanrm (author) says: Nov 26, 2011. 7:28 AM
LOL - maybe a little. But I don't remember ET as that orange... :-)

I think it's the general "muppet-ness" of his face, perhaps?
Very Interesting says: Nov 22, 2011. 2:03 PM
World's cutest pumpkin!
susanrm (author) says: Nov 22, 2011. 5:29 PM
Thank you!!
Kiteman says: Oct 23, 2011. 10:55 AM
That is very cute, well done.
susanrm (author) says: Oct 23, 2011. 12:09 PM
Thank you so much!
Penolopy Bulnick says: Oct 23, 2011. 11:14 AM
Yes, very cool! I still need to learn felting!
susanrm (author) says: Oct 23, 2011. 12:09 PM
It's really not hard if you have the tools. The wool takes up a lot of space, though!
ChrysN says: Oct 23, 2011. 11:24 AM
Myron is cute, nice detailed work for the eyes and mouth, how big is he.
susanrm (author) says: Oct 23, 2011. 12:08 PM
Thank you! He's about four inches in every direction, if you count the stem. :-)
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