Nitty Gritty Series: Crafty Caterpillar

This course is an introduction to my New "Nitty Gritty" Series where I will focus on singular tasks and techniques. It is also my first solo film making venture, and is a jam packed practice run .. enjoy .. Rx

Here is a guide for materials:

• Core wool about 1 gm.
• Merino main colour about 3 gms (or other wool that wet felts well.)
• Merino contrasting colour about 1 gm
• Fake Cashmere no more than 1 gm (just use whatever you can find but the finer the better)
• Woolen Yarn in black, cream and red 8 ply (left over yarn from a project is prefect, don't need much)
• Wire (some easily bent and some stronger wire, what ever you have at hand)
• Two small seed beads (for eyes)
• Two large beads (for knitting needles)
• Two toothpicks (for knitting needles)
• Permanent Markers (your choice of colour, I used black)
• Strong black upholstery thread (for the hands on the knitting needles)

Tools you need:

• Size 38 and 40 Needle.
• Felting foam (covered with calico).
• Chenille Darning needle Size 13 (or something similar)
• Finer sewing needle (the eye must accommodate the upholstery thread and also pass through the seed beads threaded)
• Scissors (I will be using some Fiskars scissors for cutting the sculpture and some cheap dressmaking scissors for the wire)
• Plyers
• Thimble
• Hot Water Bottle
• Vessel for Hot Water
• Liquid Soap