Just looking through this book motivated me to gather my carded wool and start felting! It's so incredibly easy, even young children can do it with very little assistance. This comprehensive guide starts with the basics, such as dyeing wool with soft drink powers, felting ropes, beads and balls. Then it gradually moves into more advanced projects, such as creating dolls, a menagerie of small animals, puppets, mittens, hats, slippers and more. The photographs are informative, colorful and exciting. A must for anyone even mildly interested in this traditional craft!
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Magic Wool: Creative Activities
with Natural Sheep's Wool
By Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke
Paperback, 78 pages
It's hard to describe, but you only have to sink your fingers into natural wool to appreciate its magical qualities. It's a tactile experience that is not only appealing, but also sparks creativity and imagination. This fine book offers many craft and project ideas using this delightful medium. The brightly colored photographs are inspiring in themselves! The first part of the book deals with creating wool pictures, including techniques and many examples of classic stories. Next are projects for making woolen dolls, gnomes and animals, some with a wire substructure that gives them flexibility. The last chapter gives practical advice and techniques for using unspun sheep's wool in a group setting with young children and includes a puppet script. A motivational and useful addition to your craft library.
This one isn't a repeat of the first book in this series -- not at all! Instead it focuses more on creating small figures, toys, dolls, fairies and landscapes for a Seasonal Table. The photos of the projects are breathtaking, although very easy if you understand the basics of felting and winding wool. It also contains a short, but detailed section on dyeing wool using plants and other natural materials. (Even if you don't dye your own wool, you'll appreciate the process.) The hand-felted interactive play mats, complete with hidden spaces, are a completely new idea that children will enjoy using with their new felted animals and dolls. There are so many delightful ideas in this book; you and your children won't know where to start!
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Making Fairy-Tale Wool Animals
By Angelika Wolk-Gerche
Hardcover, 80 pages
As the author points out in her introduction, "the figures created with unspun wool always have soft, slightly hazy edges and contours that are pleasing to the eye and to the touch. One views them as if through a soft-focus lens. They harmonize with one another but remain vivid, yet never obtrusive." What a beautiful description of the enchanting animals that can be created with this book! From household pets, to farm animals, to storybook animal characters, this book offers a comprehensive selection of projects. (Click on the book cover to see an enlarged photo of the front and back cover, showing more examples of finished projects.) In addition to step-by-step instructions and colorful photographs, games, songs and other activity suggestions are listed with each project! This is a wonderful book for the beginning or seasoned wool crafter or teacher. Recommended for ages 6 to adult. Also, techniques can be adapted for needlefelting, as well.
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Indygo Junction’s Needle Felting:
22 Stylish Projects for Home & Fashion
By Amy Barickman
Paperback, 77 pages with full-size patterns
Are you new to needle felting or looking for some fresh inspiration? This comprehensive guide tells you about the tools, tips and techniques for both hand and machine needle felting. Learn how to embellish ready-to-wear clothing for a unique look, create beautiful and functional home décor, make your own buttons and jewelry – you probably didn’t realize how versatile this craft can be! No longer will you be limited to toy or dollmaking, but you will discover ways to make beautiful needlefelted treasures for yourself or to give as gifts.
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Fast, Fun & Easy Needle Felting
By Lynne Farris
Paperback, 48 pages
Besides the basics, this book demonstrates eight different needle felting techniques with easy projects for creative results in minutes! Needle felting as an appliqué embellishment, making beads or jewelry, needle felting with wool yarn or felt, “painting” with fleece and color blending are some of the techniques explored. The projects are fast, fun and easy – just like the title of the book suggests!
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Needle Felting by Hand or Machine
By Linda Turner Griepentrog and Pauline Wilde Richards
Paperback, 126 pages
This book contains 15 easy, but very creative projects that can be done by hand or with a felting machine. (A felting machine looks similar to a sewing machine, but has 5-8 felting needles instead of a sewing needle.) Some of my favorite projects are needle felted buttons (that incorporate a button form) that can be used as buttons or to create jewelry, an adorable “Sheep Thrills” throw blanket decoration that combines needle felting with a simple sewing machine technique that adds texture and dimension, and a beautiful handbag that begins with tapestry fabric and is highlighted with needle felting to “color inside the lines.” The valuable lessons to be learned from this book are the exciting and different combinations of needle felting and simple sewing to create a distinctive and truly unique look to your projects! Not only needle felters, but also sewers will enjoy this book.
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Learn to Needle Felt
By Carol Wilson Mansfield
Paperback, 32 pages
Needle felting is the fast and fun way to embellish sweaters, scarves, knit caps, purses and home décor. The best part is that the technique can be learned in just a few minutes! In this book, you’ll find ideas for all seasons. Easy-to-follow project instructions and full size patterns make it a breeze to turn your needle felted designs into coasters, pillows, purses and eyeglass cases. Decorate Christmas stockings, holiday tree skirts, table runners, fleece blankets, tote bags and so much more. Make easy and creative, everyday and special occasion gifts for yourself, your family and friends!
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Fleece Dog: A Little Bit of Magic Created With Raw Wool and a Special Needle
By Nobuko Nagakubo (a.k.a. SINCO)
Paperback, 80 pages
Create your own adorable miniature dog, either using wool or combining it with combings from your pet’s own coat! Included are illustrated, step-by-step instructions for 20 popular breeds, such as Labrador Retriever, Dachshund, Bulldog, Terriers, Poodle, Husky, Pomeranian, Afghan, Sheepdog, Sheltie, Spaniel, Dalmatian, Papillion, Chihuahua and others. You can include an optional wire frame so they can be posed in different positions. The directions provided are very thorough, easy to understand and the photographs are wonderful. What a fun way to immortalize your favorite pooch!
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Sweet Needle Felts: 25 Projects to Wear, Give & Hug
By Jenn Docherty
Paperback, 128 pages with index & full-size templates
A little wool, a little needle and a lot of sweetness! Sculpt whimsical creatures with fully movable joints, create rich and textured artwork, take a plain t-shirt and turn it into something special – all this and much more fill the pages of this delightful book! Some of the projects included are practical and useful in the home, such as coasters, a basket-weave bowl, a wooly floor rug and a Forest Floor Pincushion (perfect for your felting needles). There is a chapter devoted to wearables, such as several jewelry projects, clothing embellishments and an adorable Folk Belt. Finally there is the fun stuff, including a Dog on Wheels pull toy, pretend fruit for play for decoration, a needle felted doll and the sweetest little wooly animals you’ll ever see! This list is just a sampling of the playful and attractive needle felting projects awaiting you!
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Fuzzy Felted Friends
By Saori Yamazaki
Paperback, 79 pages
Kyuuto! = Cute! Say hello to your new best pals. These felted friends hail from Japan –homeland of all things cute. Inside you’ll find over 25 translated projects that include cheerful photographs, step-by-step directions and helpful how-to illustrations to make it easy to whip up both traditional wet and needle felted creations. Some of the projects include a bird or piglet pouch; an adorable giraffe or jazzy zebra tote; small bird toy rattles for baby; a mother and baby sheep; Jack Russell Terrier, Sheltie, Golden Retriever and Cavalier soft toys; Pony Pull-toy; Mobile Phone or Wine Glass Charms; and a Striped Doggy Pencil Case. Practice with these projects and then adapt the techniques to design your own stable of felted friends!
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Little Felted Animals
by Marie-Noelle Horvath
Paperback, 64 pages
Feeling inspired to needle some felted pets? Create your own menagerie of adorable, miniature animals with this completely irresistible collection of needle felting projects. The 16 projects span old favorites such as dogs, cats, a bunny, sheep, mice and birds to the more elusive fox, baby seal, penguin, Koala, brown and polar bears. The close up photography and step-by-step instructions make it easy and fun! A list of resources is included at the end of the book.
Fabulous, close up photographs demonstrate the needle felting technique in great detail making this a wonderful choice for the beginner. Create beautiful wool pictures and fun 3-D objects and jewelry while learning the basics. Clear explanations, step-by-step color photos and the six inspirational projects seen on the book cover will remove any apprehension you may have to get started needle felting today. Recommended for ages 12 to adult.
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Making Fairy Tale Scenes
By Sybille Adolphi
Paperback, 93 pages
Bring the magic of classic fairy tales to life! This book provides instructions and patterns for felting a variety of figures and settings from Grimm’s wonderful stories, including Cinderella, Hansel & Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Directions for both needle felting and traditional wet felting are given. The color photographs are marvelous and highly motivating for either a skilled or beginning felter.
