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Woolly Pets :
Christine's Creative Wool Needle Felting 

Welcome to Woolly Pets - Christine's Creative Wool Needle Felting world! Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers such as wool together. Needle felting is a popular fiber arts craft and is widely used as a medium for expression in textile art as well as design, where it has significance as an ecological textile. 

NEW!!   Felting With Christine >  
YouTube channel (with full tutorial) > 

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Exquisite, Creative, Fantastic
and Enjoyable Woolly Pets


Christine has managed her creative and artistic skills into versatile and colorful 2D & 3D wool needlecraft. She is currently the instructor of needlecraft workshop at art schools and community centers, and has many pieces of artwork available. Please see her art gallery , latest Facebook feeds , Instagram and slideshow.  Since most of her work is felted animal woolly pets, she forms Woollypet.com and put all about needle felting into one place. She recently just opens her shop at Etsy, we welcome your continuing support! 

Come to create awesome wool needle felting crafts and find the joy in your fingertips! It is totally beginner friendly! 

Needle Felting With Christine

Current Project:  Pumpkin

Put down the carving knife for carving pumpkins, we are using felting needle and fluffy wool for sculpting this year’s crop for season celebration in full.

Private lesson by Zoom or Google Meet


Project: One felting pumpkin
Cost:  $65
Length: 1.5 hours 


Starter tools (needles, foam) &  wool material are included and will be shipped by USPS Priority Mail (shipping included, US domestic only).

Flexible time arrangement!

Christine Creative Felting

About Christine & Woolly Pets

Christine Hsiao currently teaches Adults & Young Artist programs of Needle Felting Classes at The Art School at Old Church in Demarest NJ; Needle Felting Clubs at the Tenafly Maugham Elementary School, Tenafly Mackay Elementary School, Tenafly Stillman Elementary School, Cresskill Merritt Memorial Elementary School and the Workshops at the Bergenfield Library, Dumont Library, Glen Ridge Library, Pequannock LibraryTenafly Senior Center, Teaneck Community Education Center, Ramsey Library, Franklin Lakes Library, Englewood Library, Wyckoff Library, Rahway Library, Mahwah Library, Boonton Holmes Library, Ramapo High School and Fair Lawn Library, plus private groups in New Jersey. Christine's workshop at the Teaneck Community Education Center has also been featured in the Teaneck Suburbanite newspaper and the Chinese World Journal newspaper. 


She holds a Master’s Degree of Art in New Media and during her spare time she helps businesses develop their digital/visual design and web presence. Fluent in Chinese and competent in both Simplified & Traditional Chinese, she also teaches Chinese club & classes at the Tenafly Stillman Elementary School, Tenafly Senior Center and other private groups in New Jersey. Additionally, she published her first Android app "Cute Cat Memory Game" in the Amazon App & Google Play Stores, in which she designed the visual & graphics art. She recently opens her shop at Etsy, we welcome your continuing support!


Feel free to contact her for more information if you are interested. You are welcome to visit her Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for more versatile needlefelting works.    

Needle Felting Kits Available Now!

Make your own Woolly Pets! We are very excting to release two Needle Felting Kits for the beginners. Kit include wool, needle and detail instructions.

Gnome - Needle Felting Kit for Beginner/Intermediate Level, for Gnome lovers! 

Pearl the Unicorn Needle Felting Kit for beginners, Perfect DIY Craft for Unicorn lovers. 

Bunny with Carrot Needle Felting Kit - Basic or Complete Kit for beginners.

The Welsh Corgi Dog Needle Felting Kit for beginners.

Daffy The Duckling Felting Kit for beginners, Perfect DIY Craft for Fox lovers. 

Rainbow the Unicorn Felting Kit for beginners, Perfect DIY Craft for Unicorn lovers. 

Baby Fox Felting Kit for beginners, Perfect DIY Craft for Fox lovers. 

Country Mouse Felting Kit for Beginner/Intermediate Level 




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Recent Events (-2022)

Bergenfield Library
Kids

July, 2022

Dumont Library
Teens-kids

July, 2022

Glen Ridge Library
Adults/Kids

July, 2022

Pequannock Library
Adults

July, 2022

Wyckoff Library
Adults

July, 2022

Wyckoff Library
Kids

July, 2022 

Wyckoff Library 
Teens

Jun, 2022

For Events List click here.

Woollypet on YouTube

Free online video tutorials   

Instagram

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Needle felted unicorn and mushroom cottage

2020-2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all classes are movnig to online / virtual classroom. Here are some highlights from virtual classes and workshops!

Dec 8, 2020 - Ramsey Library 
Nov 2, 2020 - Mahwah Library  
Sep 30, 2020 - Mahwah Library  
Sep 23, 2020 - Franlin Lakes Library  
Aug 17, 2020 -  Mahwah Library  
July 27, 2020 -  Wyckoff Library
July 13, 2020 -  Ramsey Library 


Needle felting with Christine adults and kids workshops at
Ramsey Public Library, Wyckoff Public Library and Mahwah Public Library

Needle felted unicorn and mushroom cottage.

BLAST OF ART!
Virtual Summer Camp for Children

6/25-7/30, 2020 

Students in our Needle Felting Creations online class will use accessories to create unique and fun projects, explore their creativity, and develop hand-eye coordination while creating soft and colorful felted creations!

3/26/2020
@Franklin Lakes Public Library

Needle Felting Workshop - Teens Program

Project: Bunny
Shape wool into a cute bunny using easy step by step method

Teens. Registration required.

3/23/2020
@Ramsey Free Public Library

Needle Felting Workshop - Adults Program

Shape wool into a cute bunny using easy step by step method

Registration required. 

3/21/2020
@Refind - Bay Head, NJ

Hippity Hoppity - Bunny Felting

**** Update 02/08/2020:  Class is full ****

Learn the art of needle felting and create your very own bunny!

From wool roving, you will be guided-step by step-through the process of using a felting needle to poke and transform natural sheep wool into fiber sculpture. 

Class size is limited. No experience required. All materials are included. Connect with ReFind to reserve your seat around the table.

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival

Past Events

* 11/24/2019 - The Art School at Old Church - Needle Felting: Reindeer & Snowman

* 11/9/2019 - Rahway Public Library -   Snowy Qwl

* 10/19/2019 -   Englewood Public Library - Teens Woolly Pets 

* 9/28/2019 - Refind - Needle Felting - Pumpkins 

* 8/5/2019 - The Art School at Old Church -  Blast of Art! Summer camp for children

* 7/24/2019 -   Wyckoff Free Public Library -  Needle Felting Workshop for Children - A Universe of Stories

* 7/17/2019 - Franklin Lakes Public Library - Summer Owls for Teens
* 7/12/2019 Ramsey Library -  Needle Felting Workshop for Teens

* 6/15/2019 The Art School at Old Church  Needle Felting Workshop
    -- The Garden Gnomes

* 4/16 & 17/2019  Ramapo High School  -- Two-day Needle Felting Workshop

The Garden Gnomes

Date: 6/15/2019

Workshop at The Art School at Old Church  


Have you seen those jovial little men wearing pointy hats running around in your garden? They are said to bring good luck, and perhaps they are in the midst of hiding treasures as we speak. 

Join us in needle felting workshop to create those crafty garden gnomes!

 

Salon 561

The Art School at Old Church - Annual Faculty Exhibition

Date:  January 18 - February 28, 2019

"Our teachers are so talented! Don’t miss the opening of Salon 561 - our faculty show." 

Wyckoff Free Public Library Workshop

Date: 2/26/2019

Needle Felting workshop at Wyckoff library. We made happy feet - black penguins tonight. The little penguins warm up everyone in such cold night. 🐧🐧🐧

Ramsey Public Library Workshop

Date: 2/5/2019

We were making blue penguins in the snow days. A great night at the Ramsey Public Library for penguin needle felting! Everyone had a blast learning the technique of felting.

Washington Township Girl Scouts Workshop

Date: 12/21/2018

Girl Scouts of Washington Township were making the penguins ornaments for the Holidays! 

Felting Workshop
"Snowman" at the Fair Lawn Library 

Date: 12/15/2018

Time: 2pm-3:30pm

Snowman workshop at Fair Lawn Public Library. 

Needle Felting activity for Girl Scouts of River Edge

Needle Felting activity for Girl Scouts of River Edge

Date: 12/7/2018 3pm

River Edge, NJ

'Tis the season, we were making penguin ornaments!  


Workshop at the Art School at Old Church

"Gobble Gobble" Turkey & Pumpkin
11/17/2018  10am - 4pm

We had a great day poking the wool fiber into "Gobble Gobble" Turkey & Pumpkin workshop at The Art School at Old Church at Demarest, NJ.

Workshop at the Wyckoff Library 

10/2/2018

Workshop at the Wyckoff Library - A wonderful evening that we were creating the woolly pumpkins. It turns out all the pumpkins have their unique characteristics.

Workshop at the Fair Lawn Library

9/29/2018 

The time for pumpkin patch and Fall harvest is here. Let's make our own woolly pumpkin.

Needle Felting workshop at Fair Lawn Public Library. We all had a great time felting the cute pumpkins.

Workshop at the Rahway Public Library 

Discovery Studio - Rahway Public Library

Date: September 23, 2018 | 2 - 3:30PM   

A wonderful experience to learn needle felting 101 at the Rahway public library. 

Needle Felting Workshop:
Wyckoff library

Felting For Fun - Wyckoff library

Date: June 13, 2018 | 6:30PM - 8:00PM   

https://wyckofflibrary.org/ 


A fun evening with lot quack quack ducklings.

Studio Classes Exhibit

Salon 561: Needle Felting Student Work

Date: May 29 - Jul 6, 2018   

Location: Mikhail Zakin Gallery, The Art School at Old Church 

The Refind Workshop

Last Updated: 2 /10 /2018

Needle Felting 101

April 21, 2018

A wonderful day holding a Needle Felting workshop at Refind studio - Bay Head, New Jersey.  We made "Jeffery the mouse".

http://www.refind43.com

Salon 561: Annual Faculty Show

Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2017   |  5:30PM - 7:30PM  

Location: Mikhail Zakin Gallery, The Art School at Old Church 


Kick off the Fall with the Art School at Old Church! Salon 561 is an annual show that showcases the wide breadth of knowledge, mediums, and talent of the faculty at the Art School at Old Church. A great opportunity to meet the instructors, who are among many local professional artists devoting their creativity to inspiring students of all ages to experiment, indulge in new experiences, and to grow.

There will be artwork for sale in various mediums in ceramics, jewelry, photography, printmaking and needle felting displayed in the Mikhail Zakin Gallery.

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival

Date: 6/4/2016 | Time: 12pm-4pm 

Location: Tenafly Public Library 201-568-8680
http://tenafly.bccls.org/


Join us for an afternoon of colorful Chinese culture events, music, art, crafts and food tasting. Christine will be demonstrating Chinese Tea Ceremony and displaying Chinese style felting (including Chinese Zodiac animals).  

Edit: This event was featured on the Chinese World Jouornal newspaper. (Edit: Link may expired from WJ.)

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
International Day

Tenafly Stillman School International Day


Date: 3/11/2016 | Time: 2:30pm
Location: Tenafly Stillman Elementary School

Christine will be displaying the felting Chinese Zodiac animals and others on the International Day at the Tenafly Stillman School.

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