This cute needle felted snowman measures about 8" high and was handmade with alpaca wool fiber around a solid fiber core, using a process called needle felting. He has a green scarf, with green ear muffs to match, red mittens, and black buttons down his front. He is a cheery guy with rosy cheeks and a smile on his face.

He would make a unique Christmas decoration that can be kept out during the winter after the holidays have passed, or a special gift for family or friend.

Needle felting is the process of repeatedly pushing a barbed needle into a tuft of fiber, agitating, compressing, and locking the fiber together into a more dense mass of fiber. This snowman began with a nylon knee high stuffed with alpaca fiber, then wrapped with alpaca wool roving. Different techniques are used for adding arms, and facial features. The entire process involves many hours and lots of poking with a felting needle to shape and create the finished piece, kind of like sculpting, but with fiber rather than clay. Each felted piece is a labor of love.

Though soft and wonderful to touch, please keep in mind this is an artist handmade collectible item, not intended for rough play.

We now offer a Snowman Needle Felting Kit if you'd like to try this yourself. Felting Kits also make fun gifts! If you're in our area, be sure to check out the Classes at Alpaca Meadows!