Felting Animals Part 5: Attaching Everything

By: Cynthia Mak
Little Felted Animals, Marie- Noëlle Horvath and Richard Boutin

Today, I'll be combining all the body parts on my corgi, and finishing up any last minute details to complete my corgi! It has been a difficult journey so far creating all the body parts to match the diagram from the book, but hopefully, everything will come together and fit once I combine everything.

In the book I read, "Form the basic head and body shapes from white wool, leaving an end of unworked wool at the top of the body. Join them together by felting this end onto the head" (Marie- Noëlle Horvath 34).

"Add a layer of colored wool to the upper body, leaving the muddle, chest, legs, and the underside of the body white" (Marie- Noëlle Horvath 34).

This is how I'm trying to have my finished corgi look like.

I took out the legs I had made before and reinforced the shape
that may have been lost since I haven't touched them.

I took all the body parts-- the head, nose, eyes, legs, ears, and body
and I placed it where I was planning on felting them together to
connect them. 

I removed the grey color that was felted on slightly in order
to attach the white section of the head. I held it in place and
used the needle to merge the edges of the head into the body. I
then had to connect the 4 legs. Using my finger to hold the leg down
on top of the body, I jabbed the wool with my needle to secure
them on both sides.

To add the grey wool back onto the body and head, I placed it over top
and jabbed the needle all around for the longest time until it blended in and
started making a round shape around the face and left the legs all
white as well. 

I  felted on the ears, enforcing the shape that had been lost, on
to both sides of the head, and added on the little bump that
is the tail. I had  trouble with this part because while I was felting
on the tail, it changed the shape of the bottom because of how fragile
it still is.

Lastly, I took the eyes and nose and shaped it a little more with
my fingers. I then gently placed it on to the face of my corgi, and
carefully felted it into the white wool. I also added some white
 and black wool onto the ears to give more detail.

This is my finished welsh corgi! I think he turned out really well and he's really small 

and delicate, I keep him on my desk now. Thank you so much for reading, and 

stay tuned for future blogs where I'll be creating other animals.

My question: Does my finished welsh corgi match the diagram? (Check the top of the blog post for the diagram)


 Marie- Noëlle Horvath and Richard Boutin. Little Felted Animals, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2008.