Octopus Small Needle Felt Kit (NEW for 2024)
Octopus Small Needle Felt Kit (NEW for 2024)
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Meet our New and improved Octopus Small Needle Felt Kit! This kit makes one realistic sea creature. Check out the video below to see how Steffi transforms this basic kit into one stunning octopus!
Suitable for beginners+ and children over 10 (or supervised crafty children 7+).
Skill Level: Crafty Explorer
Size in cm: approx. 10cm high; tentacles approx. 12cm long
Techniques used: 3D shaping, wire armature, attaching surface colour.
This kit contains:
- Full colour, step-by-step instructions
- 7 different types of wool
- Luxury Red Pipe Cleaners
- Felting needles (#38 medium)
- Eco Wool Felting Mat (made from recycled wool and 100% compostable)
You will also need: Scissors
Designed and packaged in the UK using ethically sourced and eco-friendly materials. Please reuse, recycle, and/or compost packaging & tools.
~~Warning! Contains very sharp needles. Not a toy!~~
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from 1107 reviewsYou just have to love these mice. They can become addictive!
As with all the kits from the Makerss, they come with full simple easy to follow instruction and a generous amount of materials to complete the project.
This was the first time I had used silk clay in my makes.
Loved this kit.
Generous materials supplied, enough to complete the project.
Simple enough for the 1st time make.
Love his wellies. Hoping the Makerss will sell these as an accessory in the future
A sweet little kit.
Easy to assemble project with all you need to make it in the kit.
What a fantastic idea. !
Edging tools. Certainly saves stabbing your fingers and saves wearing the gret leather finger guards too.
I’ll buy anything to add to my felting tool box. Certainly worth there weight in gold. !
Get some !
Looking forward to starting this kit.i have not done picture felt before. The quality looks great . I also have the robin and I will be in no doubt about purchasing the Kingfisher. Also great that it's liked to RSPB. Thankyou Makerss
Dear Makerrs I have not started this kit yet but I am looking forward to trying something different. I have enjoyed all previous kits that I have purchased from you. As always the instructions are clear. Thank you
I purchased this box as a one off as I watched Steffi on a Facebook live unboxing event and fell in love with Donkey and just had to buy him. The items in the box included felting mat, tools and lots of exciting colours of wool, I think it's fantastic, I just can't wait to start making him
This kit will be wonderful to create with all of the bright colors and no fixed pattern. Because I bought 2 of them I will be doing a "stabbing" party with a friend as we make them together.
Haven't used it yet, but it feels soft, and I like how it's biodegradable as well. Can't wait to try it.
Looks like a fun kit to make two beautiful cats.
So pleased I've managed to find these, really useful and saves stabbing of fingers whilst edging felts.
Lovely colour, love the fact that I can store my needles securely, well made, sturdy material
Nice size needle
Nice size, excellent quality
Both wool balls are excellent quality & nice size
I absolutely loved making this octopus kit. I had been looking for a while for an octopus kit but couldn't seem to find any - I then came across this one and couldn't resist! I had showed my dad needle felted octopus designs before (just by looking on the internet) but this was the one that he instantly thought looked great and I have absolutely no regrets.
I have never felt (touched) such luxurious wool - it is honestly so soft and lovely to use. I have tried quite a few kits now from other well-known brands though I am still learning but the wool has never felt this good - I realise now what a difference it can make. I didn't even realise that core wool could feel that soft - I want to get more (update: I have since bought the Lanolin Rich Core Wool from The Makerss because it is hard to go back to other types of core wool now lol - you should definitely try it! The Fox Red Variegated NZ Merino that comes with the kit is lovely too - I am now converted to carded wool now too as I don't think I'd tried it before [if I have, it certainly hasn't been anywhere near as nice as this] and from now on, it will be the main type I use, along with the Lanolin core). Honourable mention to the Luxury Red Pipe Cleaners which I used for the first time too - so fluffy!
Plus, in the YouTube video, Steffi recommends using a 38 twisted needle and that is soooo good for this project as it felts so nicely with the wool. Before now, I have mainly just stuck to triangle needles as I couldn't really tell much difference? But, let me tell you, the 38 twisted is a new fave now as it worked so nicely with this wool. Certain wools make certain needles shine (and vice versa) - that's one of the things I have learnt. Pure ASMR. I loved having the YouTube tutorial to go along with it because I am very much a visual learner and sometimes I can get a bit confused when just reading instructions (of needle felt kits in general)... it was my first proper make-a-long and it was so much fun! I didn't end up using the bit of dragon mix that was provided because I liked the octopus as it was (looking red all the way around) but I am excited to use it for something else.
Customer service has been super lovely too - I had actually contacted them about advice for a different project but they've been very supportive about the octopus too (I didn't ask for any advice regarding the octopus but I mentioned that I was completing it and they were rooting me on).
As an extra thing, I also got a piece of chocolate with the kit which was a nice surprise. I think I may have used a bit too much red at the beginning so I had to stretch that out a bit and the most difficult part for me was the webbing but I am so happy with how this octopus turned out. The effort was so worth it and I learnt a lot - this is my first completed project using armature too! It was a gift for my dad's birthday but I got the gift of making it, which was just as worthwhile.
P.S. My mum and little sister loved that the suckers were there when the octopus was turned over - they weren't expecting it and they thought it added so much :)
Really high quality materials and very good instructions. Was super happy with how it turned out. Great for a beginner like me!
This was a fun make, clear instructions and great quality materials. Amazing pipe cleaners!
I love making the octopus, probably one of my favourites so far. There are good instructions but I wondered if some of them were missing a bit as my octopus did not quite look like the one in the kit and appeared to be missing some of the features, this is why it is only a 4 star review. Good kit though and also there's a Makerss video on YouTube too if you get stuck.