Friday, August 31, 2012

How to fix Broken Felting Needle

One of a needle-felter's greates frustration is the felting needle snapping while doing your work.  I've broken a lot of felting needles already, & everytime, it just hurts me whenever I broke a needle.  And to think that needle felting materials are not available in the Philippines, just adds to the emotions since I have to go abroad or order online from another country just to get some felting needles. 

Today, I just broke my felting needle while doing a commissioned work.  I just got fed up already.  So I thought of a way what to do with the broken felting needle.

Here's a picture of my broken felting needle. Grrr... :(

I think you could use some bakeable glue to make a stronger hold of the needle, I didn't use in this tutorial since I don't have any at the moment. =D

Hope this tutorial will solve our problem =D
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 30, 2015 at 4:02 PM

    I would try this. Needles are readily available here, but I'm cheap. Mostly I wondered about using different colors of Sculpy to identify the needles and as a better grip. So, I will try it with an unbroken needle too.

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  2. AnonymousJune 28, 2015 at 10:51 AM

    Omg thank you! this post was SUPER helpful to me! i have broken my felting needles and don't know what to do with them. now i do!

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    1. Maiden CircuitsJune 29, 2016 at 6:16 AM

      glad this helped. Sorry for the late post, I just figured out now how to make "reply" in comments possible in blogger. May I see a picture of your work?

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  3. UnknownAugust 2, 2015 at 8:36 AM

    Thank you sooooo much!
    I only have 3 needles on hand and I just broke ALL of them.
    Now I can repair them while my shipment comes from China ^u^

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    1. Maiden CircuitsJune 29, 2016 at 6:17 AM

      Yeah... felting needles are indeed easy to break. Where do you get your felting needles from China?

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    2. UnknownSeptember 25, 2016 at 12:20 PM

      Various ebay sellers, it's a hit or miss on there. They've held up fine, but I only buy the basic triangle needles off of there.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2016 at 1:01 AM

    Hello , can you help me ? I lost the needle when it break , you know my feeling right ? Please help me , I buy a lot of needle felting kit but only have 1 needle , when it break I want to cry , help me T°T

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    1. UnknownOctober 30, 2020 at 5:20 AM

      hiii its ok, just buy a new one! awwwwwww i dont know another way to help

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2016 at 1:03 AM

    Hello , can you help me ? I lost the needle when it break , you know my feeling right ? Please help me , I buy a lot of needle felting kit but only have 1 needle , when it break I want to cry , help me T°T

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