Whether tigers or tortoises, field mice or feathered peacocks, artisanal creatures are a celebration of life itself. By Ligaya Mishan WITH EACH STAB of the needle, the fibers catch, twist and snarl.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For holiday decorating and gift-making, fast and easy always win. Adorable doesn’t hurt, either. Needle felting hits all three targets. “It’s got one of the ...

Artist Lesley-Anne Green started out as a ceramist and then transitioned into doll making. But when she came across the art of needle felting, she never looked back. In a matter of hours, Green can ...

Shirley McMarlin Sunday, July 30, 2023 7:01 a.m. | Sunday, July 30, 2023 7:01 a.m. A pastime that puts you at risk of poking yourself with a sharp needle doesn’t sound all that appealing — but its ...

Since July 2022, Karen Tran has been hiding needle-felted animal tchotchkes around Boston. The creatures are made by stabbing wool roving into the small, gumball-size rotund shape of a koala or a ...

“Felted Friends,” a lesson in how to make a needle-felted animal, will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at the Novato Public Library at 1720 Novato Blvd. The lesson will teach ...

Gayle Mathues is a local fiber artist specializing in needle felted sculptures. “I have always been interested in art and being creative,” she said, adding that her parents gave her a drawing set when ...

They are beloved family members whose deaths are often felt as keenly as those of our human companions. Now a Scots needle artist is easing the pain of losing a pet by crafting woollen lookalikes – ...