Beginner · 40 min
Halloween Witch
A flat relief witch you can finish in about half an hour. Pointy nose, curly hair, classic hat — hang it, pin it, or stick it on a bag.
Your workshop download includes a printable little tutorial book with step photos and the full workshop video. Open the PDF, click any lesson’s Watch this step link, and the video jumps straight to that moment — keep both files in the same folder.
Checking your workshop…
Felt along in real time. Pause when your hands need a minute. These are the Felt Alive workshops — wool, a color-coded needle, and time on the pad.
Needles I reach for
Supplies
The list for this workshop is what the lesson already calls for. The shops below are places to look, not a rule that every item belongs in every project. Kay’s note on wool and tools.
For this workshop
Needles
- Yellow 40 triangle — single and double
- Blue for the last fine pass on the face
- Felt Alive Felting Needle Six-Pack covers the rest
Wool
- Wool batting for the head — a piece larger than you want, because it shrinks
- Black wool batting for the pointed hat
- Curly wool locks for the hair
- Small amounts of white, black, and red for the eyes and mouth
Tools
- Foam felting pad (8×10" or larger)
- Felting stick (paper lollipop stick or wooden skewer)
- Strong sewing needle — used as a sculpting tool, not for sewing
- Small sharp scissors
Needles from Felt Alive
Felting Needle Six-Pack — color-coded needles made to follow the workshops. All needles.
General supply sources
- Fine-detail wool — Outback DHG Natural White carded Merino
Extra-fine 19-micron, undyed natural-white carded Merino for fine details such as eyes and teeth.
Natural white, not brilliant white. Kay has not sampled this batt.
- Outback ProFusion Prefelt — Natural (undyed)
For clothing in the doll workshops. Imported from Australia.
Not claimed as the older prefelt, and not confirmed as uncarbonized Merino.
- Outback Coastal Heath Merino Harmonies
18.5-micron Merino top for hair, blush, shading, and lips.
Kay does not sculpt with this wool.
- Outback Bergschaf wool batt — Bag o’ Bits
Coarser, hairy wool. Kay mentions it for projects such as Pups or DROITS.
This is not the fine-detail white wool.
- Weir Crafts foam felting pad
One place to buy a foam pad.
Not every workshop needs this exact pad.
- Weir Crafts Bio wool batt
A core-wool batting.
Kay has not tried this one.
- Living Felt MC1 cross batts
For sculpting, including skin-tone colors that are hard to find.
- Living Felt core wool
Core wool for sculpting, like the wool in the videos.
- Living Felt foam felting pad
Another foam pad.
Stock is not guaranteed.
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