{"id":20334,"date":"2019-12-23T11:02:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T16:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=20334"},"modified":"2019-12-23T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T16:02:49","slug":"needlefelted-poinsettia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/needlefelted-poinsettia\/","title":{"rendered":"Needlefelted Poinsettia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every December from 2006 to 2015 (with only one year off) I designed and made a PlanetJune Poinsettia. As a multi-crafter, it was a fun challenge to keep making the same thing using different tools and materials and slightly different styles, but I’ve let the project drop for the past few years.<\/p>\n

But, after designing a new crocheted poinsettia for my Christmas Decor pattern collection<\/a> this year, I was inspired to revisit my poinsettia collection this holiday and add another craft to the collection: needlefelting!<\/p>\n

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This Poinsettia is made from Lion Brand Spinnables<\/a> roving, sent to me by a kind friend many years ago, and it’s been sitting in my craft stash since then, just waiting for inspiration to strike! The most interesting part about Spinnables is that it’s 100% acrylic<\/strong> roving. It’s very soft and fine and has some very pretty and muted variegated colours. <\/p>\n

Although Spinnables has the benefit of being completely non-itchy for my wool-sensitive fingers, I found it more challenging to felt than natural fibre roving, so I kept my poinsettia very simple and didn’t worry about making it too perfect – after all, real plants aren’t perfect either. <\/p>\n

I’m not going to write up a tutorial for this poinsettia:<\/p>\n