Felting Books

Animal Felt - $89.00
Birgitte Krag Hansen. Felted animals are the subject of this new book from the author, who shows a large number of models all made using the felting needle. The first animals are so simple that they can be made by beginners. Throughout the book the various techniques are extended presenting challenges and ideas for even experienced felters. The step-by-step photographs show how the wool is made into the most charming animals. 117pp. Hb.

The Ashford Book of Needle Felting - $33.00
Barbara Allen. Explore the potential of needle felting. Create your own adorable figures, beautiful flowers and scenes, striking jewellery and embellishments all in flat or sculpted felt. With just a little wool, a felting needle and this book you can create unique, beautiful felted works of art. If you haven’t tried needle felting, here is a book to inspire you. Barbara, a popular teacher and author, explains and illustrates all the techniques, materials and equipment needed. For each project there are step-by-step instructions and full colour photographs of each process. There are projects for beginners and skilled felters and each project builds on the knowledge gained. By the book’s end you will be experienced and confident to create your own masterpiece or try one of Barbara’s beautiful gallery pieces. The book provides all the pattern templates for the projects. 112pp. Pb.

Fabulous Felted Scarves - $35.00
Chad Alice Hagen and Jorie Johnson. Felting is hotter than ever, and scarves are fabulous first projects for crafters to try. The simple process yields infinitely varied results, with rich colors, forms, and visual appeal. Created by two internationally-known designers, these 20 spectacular boas, wraps, shawls, and stoles are beautiful, wearable art. Ranging from understated elegance to simply outrageous, they come with easy-to-follow instructions, helpful how-to photos, and templates, when needed. An introduction covers all the basics, and the projects build a repertoire of skills as readers progress through the book. The standouts include a scarf with lacy designs snipped onto the felt surface; a wrap inspired by the delicate hues in Monet’s water lily paintings; and a pretty dip-dye novelty yarn party scarf. 143pp. Hb.

Felted Crochet - $19.00
Jane Davis. Felting brings crochet enthusiasts into an exciting new dimension of their hobby in Felted Crochet. This resource provides instructions for easily creating 30 beautiful accents for home and wardrobe. Crocheters will learn techniques for experimenting with felted crochet, as well as discovering what works in felting crocheted items and what might be better for knitted projects. Step-by-step techniques, including 125 stunning color photos and illustrations. 128pp. Pb.

Felted Knits - $37.00
Beverley Galeskas. The first unintended felting work of mine was undisciplined and unusable: wool yarn and the dryer equal felt. But now, study this book and learn how to plan, sample, and knit some really nice, traditional felt, that comes out as desired. There is much information, very nicely presented, in this full color textbook. Start with some bags and pillow, and advance to warm, wooly hats, slippers, gloves, and even some nice garter stitch rugs. Go on! use your handspun or scraps of wool or wool blends. 128pp, Pb.

Felting Fashion - $45.00
Lizzie Houghton. Crafters and fashionistas alike will go wild about this inspiration-packed book, which offers several ways to make felt and a wide range of patterns for stylish felt garments and accessories. The fashions include everything from hats to lavish full-length coats, and the instructions cover techniques for creating Nuno felt (a lightweight modern type that drapes) as well as traditional felts — plus methods for dyeing wool, ruching, and making cords, spikes, balls, and other embellishments. 128pp. Hb.

Feltmaking: Fabulous Wearables, Jewelry & Home Accents - $28.00
Chad Alice Hagen. Handfelted wool is making a big comeback. In this offering by The Weekend Crafter, you learn that with a few tools, some ordinary household equipment, plus wool, soap and water, you can create felt items. Admittedly, some of the items are a stretch --- i.e., the wool dreadlock (!!), striped snakes and strange rooster coffee cozy, but others are attractive and useful such as the marvelous mittens, warm fringed throw, journal cover and snuggly slippers. 80pp. Pb.

Heartfelt - $29.00
Teresa Searle. 25 Projects for stitched and felted accessories. Make a wide range of accessories for children and adults using felted knitting embellished with appliqué and embroidery techniques. A range of processes is included to suit all abilities and varied resources. Teresa Searle demonstrates her unique method of combining felted knitting with appliqué and embroidery to produce a wide range of richly coloured accessories. Projects include hats, mittens, slippers and scarves, as well as jewellery such as brooches, hair clips and corsages. Felted knitting also presents opportunities for recycling that favourite sweater that has shrunk in the wash. 128pp. Pb.

How We Felt: Designs and Techniques From Contemporary Felt Artists - $41.00
Carol Huber Cypher. In this beautifully photographed collection, images of signature works by admired fiber artists complement in-depth information on creating their unique felting effects. Highlighting more than 20 artists and numerous projects, including hats, capes, bags, slippers, jewelry, rugs, pillows, curtains, an ottoman, and a felted chess set, the book excites the advanced, beginner, and intermediate felter alike. A gallery section showcases other artists’ work and further sparks the imagination. The combination of images, ideas, and information make this book a must-have for feltmakers who want to deepen their repertoire of techniques, aspiring fiber artists seeking new directions for their work, and any reader wanting to be dazzled with breathtaking images of inventive artwork. 144pp. Pb.

Knitting Never Felt Better - $38.00
Nicky Epstein. With her signature style, the bestselling and beloved needlework author Nicky Epstein offers the best guide to felting. Using ten chic garments and more than 150 stunning sample swatches as examples, she covers the top techniques for turning wool yarn into vibrant and dense textures. Before and after shots show how different fabrics react to the process, and there are patterns, stitches, and techniques for lace, mosaics, cables, plaids, checks, and quilting. Create bobbles, appliqués, and ruffles; combine yarns; and use clamps, marbles, cords, braids, and more to form three-dimensional shapes in the felt. Epstein also presents her unique ideas for transforming old clothes and accessories, using one sweater to demonstrate many design possibilities. An array of attractive home décor projects completes the collection beautifully. Hb.

Making Faces: Using Wet and Dry Felting Methods - $23.00
Patricia Spark. In this book is shown how to use the felting needle to create faces. By combining the sculptural possibilities of the felting needle with traditional felting, you can add faces to any of your favorite felt forms. 63pp. Sb.

New Felt - $87.00
Birgitte Krag Hansen. This book presents new ways of felting both humans and animal figures, and describes how to build up a face. There are also a number of variations of relief pictures and theatre puppets. This book is well illustrated with instructive work procedures and pictures of finished work. It is written both for beginners and those wishing to develop work further. All the sections also include simple examples that can be made by children about 10 years and older. 107pp. Hb.

Pixie Felt - $67.00
Birgitte Krag Hansen. This book is about pixie needle felting and a follow up to the previous book by Brigitte Krag Hansen - New Felt using the felting needle. To felt pixies is one of many subjects where the felting needle is most suitable. The barbs of the needle make it easy to create simple and more detailed faces and bodies of the wool, and you only need very few materials to get started. With the felting needle you don't have to use water and soap at all. This book is well illustrated with step by step pictures of the process as well as finished pixies. It is written both for beginners and for more experienced felters. Children from about nine or ten will be able to use the book on their own or with some adult help. 72pp. Hb.

Shelia Smith's Introduction to Feltmaking: Techniques and Design Book 1 - $25.00
Sheila Smith. BACK IN PRINT! This series of books on feltmaking would make good textbooks for a feltmaking workshop. The first here works through the process in an organized manner. The author uses techniques from the long history of feltmaking. She likes to give depth to her felt with add on like yarn scraps, fabric pieces, etc. She also goes over some dyeing techniques for the fibers to be felted. 16pp. Pb.

Shelia Smith's Felt Without Seams: Making Hollow Forms Book 2 - $25.00
Sheila Smith. BACK IN PRINT! This second of the series introduces three-dimensional feltmaking for hats, slippers, bags, and more. This book will guide you through making felt hats that actually fit a human being. Good stuff in here. 16pp. Pb.

Shelia Smith's Beyond the Basics: Advanced Feltmaking Techniques Book 3 - $25.00
Sheila Smith. BACK IN PRINT! Book Three of this series is where all the material comes together into some really innovative ideas for taking feltmaking into the realm of art and new textile creation. The book looks at combining large pieces of fabric into the felt to create organized rucheing or puckers and Procion dyed strands of silk fiber for highlights brings this series and your workshop to a fine conclusion. 16pp. Pb.

Simply Felt: 20 Easy and Elegant Designs in Wool - $41.00
Margaret Docherty & Jayne Emerson. Quality felt projects have a feel to them that is more than just the item and its design. It's the whole idea that unlike the other wool arts, with spinning and technical manipulation, the educated abuse of the wool fibers will result in soft, flexible, sturdy structures of ancient lineage and contemporary beauty. So "simply" felt as a title implies all this notion of abuse of the fibers, and also a kind of elegance of form. These 20 projects will illustrate this as new skills and felting ideas are presented in a project format. 128pp. Pb.

Watercolor Felt Workbook: A Guide to Making Pictorial Felt Using Wet & Dry Methods 2nd Edition - $34.00
Patricia Spark. Learn the technique called "Watercolor Felt". The result is felts that are visually similar to watercolors, but which are totally made of dyed fiber. The process involves the use of both the traditional, wet felting method and needle felting, also known as the dry felting method. Included are methods for working from photographs to create your images. Section One describes basic felting information. Section Two is a series of samplers that will take you step by step through the various needle felting and wet felting methods you will need. The samplers are sequential, with each one building upon the techniques of the last so that you will methodically gain the expertise needed to make the pictorial felts. All pictures and illustrations are in black and white with 4 pages of colored pictures showing the samplers you will make with a photograph of the flower or leaves at the top of the page and the finished felt piece at the bottom. 60pp. Sb.

Felting Needle Punch x 5 - $29.00
Here is a well-designed wooden needle punch from Ashford. It comes with five medium needles, which are stored in the handle. Safe for travel and comfortable to use.

Student Felting Needle Punch x 3 - $14.00
Here is a nifty student or beginners needle punch from Ashford. Designed in a see through bottle, it comes with three medium needles, which are stored in the bottle. Safe for travel and comfortable to use.

Felting Needles Set Medium/36 Gauge (10) - $15.00
Packs of felting needles. 10 per pack.