woof, woof...

This is the next in my needle felting attempts. Most of my felting is tiny bears... although I have done some hippos, a mouse and now..trying a little hound type of doggie. Two other ideas percolating in my head at the moment also...but for now.. just this sneak peek of half done.
The eyes and nose are just stick pins called "test eyes" that come in little boxes of various sizes. They are great to test for position and also for size prior to putting in the real thing. I will embroider a nose either that size or larger.

He is a combination of Alpaca and Merino wool... very soft and felts down to nothing so keep adding more wool as I continue to needle it in. Even though I do like the look of some of the firmly felteds, I like making medium to softly felted. I prefer the fuzzy or hairy or softer look, I guess. I even tend to needle in extra tufts of other fur, like bits from mohair or yarns, to give them hair on their heads..or needle in beads or other things....