-garlic

-rhubarb

-corn

-fava bean

-mushrooms!

As is usually the case, I have more ideas then I do time. I am still excited to start something new. I am also going to try and extend my blog focus to include other cute felted creations, other than my own. I know that there are many of you out there who share my passion for the strange and adorable, and I invite you to join in my search and to share your comments.

Broccoli already possesses a very expressive human trait: hair. The hair of my broccoli was the most fun to sculpt. The stalk was much more difficult, but not disheartening. I like to start with the branches attached from the very beginning, because I find that if I felt them onto the stalk after it is done, they are not as strong. The hair is not overly felted, because I like to keep the poofy look to it. Also, it creates a broccoli-esque appearance if you felt concentrated lines into an otherwise loosely felted ball.

Attaching the broccoli hair to the stalk can be difficult, and I have had a couple of issues with it coming apart. This can easily be fixed, you just have to make sure that you spend some time really securing it with a few good jabs of your needle. If you are still having issues, I would recommend just putting a dab of hot glue there as it is underneath the crown and nobody is going to see it.

I have really gone on a pepper kick this year, although I have yet to document it here. This was the first type of pepper that I tried. I thought it would be the easiest because of its distinctive shape and colour. It proved to be quite successful, and I have since gone on to make a jalapeno and several bell peppers. Hopefully, I will have them up soon.

I enjoy how this guy is giving us a bit of a wink. It is actually because I made one of his eyebrows too large, but I didn’t really notice until I looked at this picture. Happy mistakes like this give my veggies that much more personality, so I don’t mind.

I was inspired to put up the chili this evening because I chopped a couple up and put them in my yam soup for dinner. It was DELICIOUS, I highly recommend.  Enjoy

]]> http://moobs.ca/needle-felted-chili-pepper/feed 0 http://moobs.ca/needle-felted-radish http://moobs.ca/needle-felted-radish#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:56:35 +0000 Goob http://moobs.ca/?p=130 The radish is an under-rated vegetable. With its beautiful colour and distinctive tail, it makes for a great needle-felting model.

It was also quite simple to felt. I started with the pink colour which makes up the majority of his body. After sculpting this portion, I attached a bit of white to the bottom which I then blended by going over it with a fine needle again and again. The tail took a bit of experimentation, but eventually all I did was take a bit of white wool roving and roll it between the palms of my hands, until it became a very skinny tail-like piece. I attached the end of it to the bottom of the radish and it looks just about right.

For the stem, I used the same technique that I did for the carrot, except that I felted the green pieces a little more before I attached them. I also cut them off instead of leaving them long, like I did for the carrot.
Here he is, my radish: