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First Time Felting: The Absolute Beginner's Guide by Ruth Lane
Regular price $ 19.99 Save $ -19.99In First Time Felting, felting and fiber expert Ruth Lane teaches a class for absolute beginners on three classic methods of felting.
Start by learning about the various types of wool fibers used for felting, preparing them for the process, and simple methods for dyeing. Next, discover the basic supplies and techniques for needle felting, wet felting, and nuno felting.
You’ll use those essential skills to make fun, easy projects—artworks, embellished fashions, three-dimensional figures, and more—skills you’ll turn to again and again to create your own original pieces!
Paperback | 128 pages
Make Animals - Felt Arts from Japan by YOSHiNOBU
Regular price $ 16.99 Save $ -16.99Create amazing felted animals so real that you’ll want to pay a visit and talk to them.
Breathtaking. Beautiful animals that seem to breathe. Their eyes are majestic and wild, yet they possess an aura of gentleness. This is the amazing world of YOSHiNOBU and the creative process he uses to give life to his animal friends.
A gallery of the astonishing work of Japan’s top felting artist and step-by-step instructions on how to make these stunning creations.
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (November 13, 2018)
Length: 120 pages
ISBN13: 9781974700691
Wet Felting: Creating Texture, Pattern, and Structure
Regular price $ 27.99 Save $ -27.99Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN13: 9780719840395
Binding: Paperback / softback
Page Count: pp. Pages
Discount Code: S01
Pub Date: Apr 13, 2022
Needle Felting for Beginners
Regular price $ 16.95 Save $ -16.95This is the book authors Roz Dace and Judy Balchin wish they had been given when they started out on their felting journey. A complete course for the absolute beginner, it is packed full of useful tips and techniques to help you on your own felting adventures.
Learn how to sculpt miniature teacup worlds, animals and birds, and even your friends and family. There are 12 varied projects, starting with the easiest and progressing in difficulty. Master the basics, then learn how to use wire, embellishments and armatures in your work, and even how to capture expression in faces. You can use the techniques you have been shown to create your own variations.
Pick up that felting needle and you are guaranteed to have fun with this much-needed book.
Needle Felting Dolls Roz Dace & Judy Balchin
Regular price $ 31.95 Save $ -31.95Bring new life to your old clothes and fabrics with this fun, easy-to-follow guide to modern mending.
Across the globe, we send tonnes of clothing to landfill each year. In fact, clothing consumption in the UK and US are one of the highest in the world. But the good news is that mending is trending, and it’s never been easier to repair and reinvent your favourite clothes.
Inspired by the slow fashion movement that’s taking the sewing world by storm, Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald has created a comprehensive guide to mending your own clothes in a way that combines creativity and sustainability. In Modern Mending, she demystifies mending and shares step-by-step instructions for a range of techniques, including stitching, darning, patching, needle felting and machine darning.
So next time you tear your favourite jeans or find a hole in your jumper, think twice before throwing them away. With Modern Mending, you’ll gain the skills and confidence needed to rebel against fast fashion now and for years to come.
Needle Felting - 20 Cute Projects to Felt from Wool by Emma Herian
Regular price $ 22.99 Save $ -22.99Unlike many crafts, needle felting is very forgiving to beginners, so there’s no excuse not to have a go. No matter how much experience you have in crafts or how creative you think you are, needle felting offers endless possibilities. As if by magic, pieces of natural wool can be sculpted simply by stabbing them with special felting needles. The tiny barbs on the needles make the wool denser and denser, so that you can mould it into whatever shape you desire.
This book will guide you through all the basic techniques you need to be able make the 20 gorgeous projects. Each adorable item has a step-by-step guide with clear photographs. There are also hints and tips to help you make your beautiful needle-felted creations. Relax into it, have a go and see where it takes you.
Publishing: Autumn 19
Pub month: October
ISBN-13: 9781784945152
Author: Emma Herian
Binding: PB with flaps
No. of pages: 144
Dimensions: 254 x 203 mm
Needle Felting from Basics to Bears by Liza Adams
Regular price $ 26.95 Save $ -26.95Make the cutest little creatures from wool! Needle felting is all the rage, and this book shows you how to create tiny bears, rabbits, dogs, cats, fairies, dolls, cupcakes, and more.
- Basic instructions and step-by-step photos show you what you will need and how to begin, plus advanced options for once you've mastered the basics
- Learn to make joints so that the arms and legs can really move
- Instructions on how to make unique details such as pointed ears, long tails, and different noses and muzzles
Size: 9.74" x 7.41"
Pages: 128
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 9780811716628
Felted Animal Knits by Catherine Arnfield
Regular price $ 28.95 Save $ -28.9520 keep-forever friends to knit, felt and love
Combine knitting and felting to create stunning, realistic animals in this original book by textile designer and Knit2Felt founder, Catherine Arnfield.
Fuse two of your passions – knitting and felting – to create gorgeous, characterful animals.
Did you know you could felt your knitting? In this incredibly inspirational and unique book, Catherine shows how you to knit animals and felt them to make wonderfully textured and cute creatures that you, friends and family will love!
Knit the pieces using 100% wool, following the knitting pattern provided.
Stuff and felt the pieces in hot water and leave to dry.
Assemble and sew your animal.
Add needle-felted detailing for a unique and realistic finish.
Only basic knitting skills are required – cast on, cast/bind off, knit, purl, increase and decrease – and the felting process is simpler than you think! Whatever your skill level, a comprehensive techniques section with photographed step by steps is included for both knitting and felting, so you can dive into your animal designs with confidence and creativity.
The tools and materials needed are basic, easy to source and cost very little, making these cute creatures perfect for beginner crafters or more experienced knitters and felters looking for fresh ideas and new techniques to try.