I am so excited to present to you my needle felted hare. She could be a moon gazing hare or maybe she is simply gazing up at you with those endearing eyes for some cuddles. I thought Luna was a sweet name which also means moon in Latin.
She is 100% wool except for her whiskers which are made of horse hair. Also I had some fun experimenting with wax that melts in the warmth of your hands to twist some of the wool between my fingers as a way to define the rugged and wavy texture of the hare’s fur around her neck and chest area. The wax was really effective to shape the tiny pieces of wool that I used for her claws as well.
I really love how hares have such long ears so I made these extra long for her body size, but I think that makes her even cuter, don’t you think?
The process?
I started off making the basic shape of a hare head and body with carded core wool batts and then for her top coat I added a variety of brown carded slivers and some merino wool tops using the long fur placement technique.
This sounds strange to be using this technique with carded wool but having tried it it works well to give a rough fur coat look rather than lengths of straight wool.
I also pulled some of the core wool through with my ever faithful reverse felting needles to lighten areas (especially on the limbs) and to blend some of the colours.
I left some parts free from the top coat where I would attach the ears, limbs and tail.
Next I made the ears and attached them, followed by the hind legs and then the front legs. Using 2 needles at once with my Clover pen style needle holder really helped to flat felt the ears and to quickly attach body parts..
Then I completed the top coat and added a tail and finally some whiskers.
I really enjoyed making Luna. I particularly loved making her as realistic as I could by taking my time to twist the wool and mimic the wavy and tousled look of the hare’s back fur.
I am pondering if to make another one and create a detailed tutorial as I go along.. I’d really value your thoughts..:-)
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I would also love to see a detailed tutorial for Luna.Hopefully as a pdf on Etsy.
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Thank you Allison. I am planning this for 2022:-)
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Beautiful work I would love to see a tutorial!
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Thank you Katrina.
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I am new to felting, but already in love with it. Thank you for sharing your tips and talent. You create beautiful pieces of art 🙂
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That’s wonderful. Welcome to this amazing art form. What do you think you might be making next?
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I wish I may, I wish I might, be able to have Luna to hold tight! 🙂
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Aw that’s so sweet.. Thank you 😊
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Beautiful
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Thank you 😊
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Oh, my! She looks so real!!! Fantastic job, I love it!
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Thank you so much
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I hope you do make a tutorial for the hare. I would love to try some of the techniques you mentioned.
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Thank you Janet. Yes I think it might benefit some people to know about them.
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I’ve admired your work for many years. Luna is spectacular! Is there any chance you might give classes via Zoom?
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That’s so lovely of you to say Laura, thank you. That might be a possibility. Thank you for the idea. I will need to ponder on that more 😊
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I love your beautiful Luna, it would be so nice to see a tutorial, thank you for sharing, I am coming back into felting after a few years away.
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Thank you for saying Jackie. Welcome back to felting. What are you going to make next?
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Thank you for sharing. I always love to see your work and would like very much to watch your tutorial
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Aw Thank you Judy. I am so grateful to you for your kind comments. I am definitely thinking of creating a tutorial.
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I would LOVE to see a tutorial on Luna! You did a beautiful job!
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Thank you so much Megan. That’s really encouraging. 🙂
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