Feltmaking: Fabulous Wearables, Jewelry & Home Accents (The Weekend Crafter)

By Chad Alice Hagen

Book Overview

It's amazing that such simple materials-wool, soap, hot water-can result in fabric as infinitely varied in form and color as felt. The key is playful experimentation and this creative guide, which reveals exactly which wools to use, the effects of using hard versus soft water, and how to agitate the wool. Twenty colorful projects range from an inviting rug to a rolled Spiral Bracelet to slippers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579902529
• ISBN13: 9781579902520
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Lark Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

All the Basics and More

This is a wonderful book for those who want to learn wet-felting techniques. Wet felting takes a little time, but if you like working with your hands, particularly with warm, soapy water, this book is a good guide. By following her instructions you can make strong, uniform, colorful pieces of felt to use in other projects, or shape the wet wool as you go to make more than rectangles. She describes details such as the kinds of soap she uses and how to layer the wool roving, as well as resist techniques for making bags or mittens. She goes beyond basic techniques, too, offering ideas for using felt in different ways. I made a few of the projects and was really inspired to make more. For a quick look at wet felting, this is a fantastic resource.