But when she came across the art of needle felting, she never looked back. In a matter of hours, Green can poke and stab a ball of wool roving into the cutest bunny, pig, hedgehog or fox.

Needle felted, with natural sheep’s wool and hand-dyed sheep’s wool, Alison’s piece is a felted fox entitled ‘Firefox: A Tale of Love and Loss’, which she said is a symbol deeply rooted ...