While repeatedly poking the wool, remember to flip side and poke evenly on both side to prevent wool ticking to the mat. I want to make the kitty has some volume and curve, so I add more wool to the body area to make the body thicker, and keep the head and tail area thinner. Put some wool into the kitty cookie cutter, and repeatedly poke with a needle up and down to start felting.

For starter, check out “ HOW TO PICK THE RIGHT NEEDLE FELTING MAT” to learn more about it. For this project, I suggest using a 38G needle, and a firm supported mat. Needle felting doesn’t need a lot of tools, we only need a special felting needle, felting mat and some wool to start making something stunning. In here I will take a cat cookie cutter as an example and demonstrate how to make a variety of wool felted kitties.

Once we create a basic shape, we can easily add embellishment to create many fascinating felted goodies. Cookie cutter can help beginners to solve the most difficult problems - shaping, in a very short time. For those who are interested in needle felting but afraid to try, I always recommend them starting with cookie cutter felting technique.