Craft Kit Assembly Instructions

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Felted Pocket Spren

Felted pocket spren are each custom, individual creations. No two will be exactly alike. For general wool felting instructions, our crafting team would direct you to this video to start.

No matter what kit you have bought, the basics are the same. All spren are as unique as the knight they have bonded.

The Basics:

• YOU WILL STAB YOURSELF! Please wear the finger guards provided.
• In your kit, we have provided a triangular, barbed needle. As the needle passes through the wool, the barbs knot the fibers together creating dense material.
• The more you stab the smaller and tighter the wool will become.
• You have been provided with a sponge. Use this as a mat as you stab your wool. The wool won't stick to the sponge. (Use the green scouring side down. Don’t stab the wool on the green scouring side.)
• Only stab up and down. Do not stab at an angle, do not stab and twist or you will break your needle.
• Mixing or blending colors: Choose your desired colors, lay one on top of the other and gently pull on the ends of the wools. Then layer them on top of the other and repeat the process until you have reached a mixed/ blended color of your dreams.
• As you felt, you will notice little holes from where you stabbed will appear. Fear not, it’s a part of the felting process. Because these holes will go away the more you poke the wool. Because as the fibers of the wool knots together they become tighter and stronger.
• Attaching wool pieces together: Place the pieces in the desired area and stab through both pieces. The more you stab the more secure they will become. If you don’t like where it is placed just pull it off the project.
• If your project isn’t as smooth as you would like, just stab it some more. The more you stab the smoother it will become.
• Normal acrylic sheets of felt (that you can buy at any craft store) can be attached to wool felting if you stab it. This is helpful when adding eyes or wings to a project.
• Wool can be attached to foam. The more dense foam makes a great base for a spren. Using foam (it can be shaped like a ball, egg, or a half sphere) as a core can be a great way to save on wool. Wrap enough wool around the foam so that you don’t see the foam form through the wool, but not a thick layer and stab the wool into place.

This applies to all spren types: in wool felting, everything is made out of simple shapes. A cloud is a cluster of cylinders, a highspren is cylinders stacked on top of each other, while a cultivation spren could be a cylinder with pinched squares around it.

Cylinders

Take a length of wool, tuck in the ends of one side and roll into a ball like shape. It should look like a dinner roll or a dumpling. Start stabbing the wool in a straight line going around the circumference of the wool “dinner roll”. The key is to keep the wool moving! If you stop moving the wool, while stabbing, a flat side will form. The more you stab the tighter and firmer the cylinder will become.

Squares & Rectangles

Take a length of wool, tuck in the ends of one side and roll into a ball like shape. It should look like a dinner roll or a dumpling. Start stabbing the wool in straight lines, making sure to turn the wool every so often to help form the flat sides.

Lines for Detailing

(This is helpful when adding fine details like veins on leafs)

Take a length of wool and on one end of the wool twist it in between your fingers while gently pulling the other end of the fibers. This is how yard is traditionally made and essentially you are doing the same thing. To attach the fine strands onto your project, repeatedly stab through the center of the strand.

Let’s Make A Spren

Now the fun begins! Think about what type of spren you would like to make. Cultivation spren might look more leafy with some vines. A highspren might look like a little piece of outer space wearing a military uniform. While Storm Father might look like a grumpy cloud who just needs a hug.

I prefer to start with the face. This way I get a sense of the spren’s personality. Think about what makes a muppet cute. Big noses, bushie eyebrows, and mustaches will help make your spren adorable. Let your creativity flow.

Once you feel satisfied with the face, think about its body. Does it have a body? Is your cultivation spren a vine with a face, or is your spren a little person? Think about the simple shapes and go from there. As you work on your spren enjoy the process and remember, Journey before Destination!