Got Stuck

For all you fantastico needle felters out there I thought I would share my recent discovery- the Clover Pen Style Needle Felting Tool. Usually if I want to use more than one needle at a time I just tape the shafts together with Scotch tape. I do this because 1. those handles that hold multiple needles are usually heavy 2. I am cheap 3. I usually just use one needle at a time. I have that other Clover felting punch but it makes too much noise and is heavy. It also does not work particularly well for 3D stuff. This pen caught my eye because it was at Hobby Lobby which has just started carrying a little needle felting stuff and was hot pink. My verdict: It's very light and being small it's easy to hold onto without straining your hand. They say only to replace the needles with Clover brand needles but my other ones fit just the same. You can take part of it off and use it to either punch more shallow or deep depending on what you're doing. So I say go for it. It was $14.50 which is cheaper than a lot of the ones I have seen (course they are usually made of nice things like wood or metal) and I may actually be a partial convert from bare-handing it. My main complaint is that the cap does not fit on the end as a pen cap does which means every time I take it off I lose the damn thing. It also causes a much bigger wound to stab yourself with three needles than with one. Oh what we do for our crafts!

As a side note I had to mention that I managed to get gum in my hair today.