Pam's Felted Bear

This is a story that should have been told just after Black Sheep Gathering -- back in the late June to early July time frame. It didn't happen then and since I have some time today, I think I'll make it happen now.

Pam isn't a spinner, she doesn't crochet, and she's not really into knitting. She is, however, big into crafts and she loves alpaca fiber. We had talked about felting and needle felting and Pam took the time during BSG to shop for the perfect needle felting kit. She found one.

While I sat and spun between customers, Pam sat in the booth with her new needle felting kit and some of Del's thirds and started felting. Fiber artists being the sort of people they are, visitors to our booth offered many helpful comments and suggestions. Pam started by making a small, round, ball of black felt. One visitor to the booth suggested that if she made another ball of felt, she could make a nice little bear. Pam did so.

I think the bear is tremendously cute and absolutely precious!

I love the ears. Del has nice, furry tips to his ears and because the fiber on the tips of his ears is weathered, it is faded. Pam took some of Del's thirds with faded tips and made ears for the bear -- ears that are just like Del's!

The bear is about 2-3" tall -- totally cute. I think it's an excellent first felted creation. I wish we had better pictures.