Needle-Felted Polar Bear from Martha Stewart

This little Polar Bear take a small amount of white roving, felting needles and pipe cleaner. This is the cutest little bears to hang on a nature tree or a gift topper. These little Bears will be delightful around the holidays. A pictorial tutorial is available on Martha’s web site. Enjoy this project and show us the results. This incredibly soft polar bear — perfect for a stocking stuffer — was made by needle-felting. The technique involves sculpting shapes from unspun wool called roving, by manipulating the fibers with a special needle until they interlock and become dense. An experienced crafter can make one in about an hour. For each bear, you’ll need about two ounces of white roving, plus very small amounts of gray roving for the eyes and nose. For each bear, you’ll need about two ounces of white roving, plus very small amounts of gray roving for the eyes and nose.

By Linda Lanese

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Elaine Merreett on November 21, 2009 5:45 am
love the polar bear and penguin all Martha’s designs are fabulous
VirginiaRL on December 9, 2009 5:35 pm
On the Martha Stewart Site it showed a Penguin along with how to Polar Bear, could we please have the instructions for the Penguin as well. Thanks. VR
A Northern 3 Bear’s Tale | Juniper Tree School of Puppetry and the Arts on December 19, 2009 7:57 am
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