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Feltmaking and Wool Magic: Contemporary Techniques and Beautiful Projects

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Jorie Johnson presents a vast amount of information in a concise, lively manner, spiced up with beautiful photographs of each finished project as well as its felting process. Her sections on "Living with Felt," tells the story of the importance of felt throughout history: "Materials and Tools for Feltmakiing," gives a comprehensive list of feltmaking tools and their uses; "Breed Samples," gives hands-on instructions for learning the felting nuances of various breeds of wool. The projects progress from simple to more complex, and I found them all exciting and inspirational. If I had to limit my felting library to just one book, this would be it.

Being a very enthusiastic but relative newcomer to felting, latelyI have looked at many, many books on this subject. I like this book very much-- I think the Japanese influence in the design and presentation of projects is apparent and refreshing. The projects are, for me, clearly a step above the kinds of corny and cute projects that appear again and again in so many books. ( I just don't need any more snake toy instructions) The instructions are quite detailed and I've learned some new tips. It has a nice project that explores making 3-D sculpture, which is also unusual for what's on the market today. There are a lot of felting project books that look fabulously attractive but end up short on substance. I find this to be a worthwhile edition to my own library.

The author gives a concise and informative review of the history of felting and provides a reasonable discussion about different sheep breeds for the beginner. She provides a good number of interesting projects with pretty good instructions that correlate very well with her abundant photos of the works in progress. She also includes instructions about particular details that may need attention in each project, thereby adding to your knowledge base. This is a worthwhile buy for the beginner or newly intermediate felter.

I am new to the world of felting and have yet to get my hands wet in it, but wanted a good book to learn thr right way! I think I have found it in this one. The author goes into GREAT detail on everything, including many fascinating historical references.

The projects are well thought out and the step by step directions look like anyone (even me) can follow them and get decent results.

Thank you for the attention to detail! If any of you reading this are wondering about this as a first felting book, I would say get this one AND one of the simpler ones and you should have it made! Happy Felting!

I have read many books on felt making - one of my friends lent me this book and I could not wait to purchase my own copy. Its clear, and well written with good illustrations and quite frankly has eradicated the need for me to attend a workshop. This book is a must for ardent felt makers and I feel that anyone no matter their experience or lack of it would benefit from reading this book.

Interesting projects, but what I found most interesting was the history & other information about sheep, wool & felting. Very good, detailed instruction for felting.

Jorie Johnson presents wonderful information about modern applications for this ancient craft. Excellent instructions and a range of projects for the novice and experienced felter. Beautiful photographs!

After taking a few felting workshops and looking at numerous books, I recently purchased three books on felting. This was one of the three. "Feltmaking and Wool Magic" is well-written with great instructions and step-by-step illustrations. I am rather new to felting and feel that this book was detailed enough to help me work through the steps...but I didn't feel like the projects were too simple. The book has a nice, progressive quality as you move through the chapters.

Highly recommended!!!

This book is filled with fun projects and the tutorials are some of the best I have ever seen. I am really pleased with this book and found it quite inspiring!

This is a great book if you are a beginner or experienced Felter of wool. Gives you lots of ideas and pushes you in the right direction to do your own projects. And of course they ask me where I got my book from Amazon I say. CrazyLady