Hey guys! So here's my tutorial for you all today! It's a needle felted project and it's pretty relaxing to create (at least it is to me haha).
So if the necklace that you see even looks remotely familiar, I had based it off of the Pansy necklace made by Liz Lisa. I would have bought it myself, but I was already stressed out and I thought "hey.. a needle felted version of that would not only be artsy and cute... it'd be relaxing to do!". And so.. here we are.
Here's what you'll need for this project:
- two different colors of wool roving of your choice (bonus points if they're gradient ones!)
- two different colors of felt (preferably similar to your roving colors!)
- needle felting needles
- scissors
- jewelry wire
- wire cutters & pliers
- jump rings
- a place to needle felt on top of! (I used a pillow I didn't like haha.. too lazy to find what I really use)
- beads
- necklace clasps/ toggle closure
Now let's move on~
You're going to take your scissors and create basic flower shapes. Bonus points if they're asymmetrical and fancy because they look cooler after all the felting happens.
Then keep doing the same with the rest until you have as many flowers as you see fit. Also, while you're at it, cut some square and rectangle shapes for the flower bases.
Now you're going to take your flowers and you're going to start snipping away. Find the point of center with the flower and then cut each petal out individually.
This is how they should look when you're all done! Simple little flower petals.
Now you're going to pick up a needle, take a petal and some roving, and arrange them together to look like the image you see below.
And now...
Just stab at it. Literally, just go about it like you have no care or worry in the world. Keep doing this until you're satisfied with the colors.
Repeat to the rest of the petals.
If you plan on doing the same type of flower that I was following on the Liz Lisa necklace, you are going to take one of the petals and then a different color of roving.. and then stab at it.
You should have what looks something along the lines of the image above.
Do the same for the second color.
Like so!
Now you're going to take one of the squares that you cut using felt and some extra wool roving (either of the colors you have will work; it's based off of what you want!)
Put it in the center, and then stab at it.
Arrange the petals however you please! Just keep stabbing at the center point that you've created and add wool roving to keep it nice and together.
Once you're done, you should have something like this. Now repeat for the others.
Like so!
Now what you're going to do is take some wire and cut it to about an inch and a half long.
String it through the felt.
And then take your pliers and create loops until it looks like the image above. Do this for both ends of the wire.
Repeat this process for the rest of the flowers.
Now arrange your flowers however you see fit. I didn't have any chains so I had continued to do this process with the wire by itself (not stringing anything through it). I had also thought adding beads would add a nicer touch, so I created some wire bits with pearl beads.
Next, take your jump rings and start attaching all of the pieces together.
It should start being very chain-like. Once you reached the end, add in your closure.
And when you're all finished, you can make the decision or not to add in some extra white detailing on your flowers.. but that's all really on you. So now you have an incredibly cool and pretty wool roving & felt pansy necklace! You don't have to go about creating this using a specific type of flower though.. really.. just do whatever you'd like best.
Here are some close up shots! After seeing the necklace.. I think adding in some bows or making this necklace using a nice rosy pink wire would have been a nicer decision on my part.. but I think I might save remaking this for another time. I still think it'd be cute when coordinated with the right outfit.
And here's how it looks when on a person.
Thanks for reading everyone! I hope this was helpful and made some sense. It's actually a really nice necklace! If you have any trouble with the flower pieces moving around, simply glue them in place using a tacky glue or hot glue. Plain and simple!
