Needle felting.

Tiny Rabbit Necklace - needle felted

Materials: wool, wire, thread, beads, nylon cord

"This one is sculpted using the process of needle felting...forming wool using 

large barbed needles. He has embroidered features and black glass bead eyes.

He is about 2 inches from head to rump, plus the ears. 

All the wool for my creations was raised on our small family farm in the hills 

of West Virginia. To find out more about felting, and to see previously made 

creations, please see my website at www.motleymutton.com 

Thanks for looking, please check back frequently! Nancy"
 

Wikipedia

Needle felting is a popular fibre arts craft that creates felt without the use of water. 

Special needles that are used in industrial felting machines are used by the artist as

a sculpting tool. While erroneously referred to as "barbed" needles, they in fact have 

notches along the shaft of the needle that grab the top layer of fibres and tangle them 

with the inner layers of fibres as the needle enters the wool. Since these notches 

face down towards the tip of the needle, they do not pull the fibres out as the needle 

exits the wool. Once tangled and compressed using the needle, the felt can be strong 

and used for creating jewelry or sculpture. Using a single needle or a small group of 

needles (2-5) in a hand-held tool, fine details can be achieved using this technique, 

and it is popular for 2D and 3D felted work.

needle felting       filcowanie

barbed               [`ba:bd] haczykowaty

embroidered       [ɪm`broɪdə:d] haftowany

rump                  [ rʌmp] zadek, tyłek

check back        [ tʃek bæk] – sprawdzać we wcześniejszych notatkach, dokumentach

felt                      [ felt] filc

erroneously         [ ɪ`rəunɪəslɪ] błednie, mylnie

notch                  [ notʃ] nacięcie, karb ,rowek

shaft                    [ʃɑft] trzon

tangle                  [`tængl] wplątywać

nylon                   [`naɪlon] nylon