Fulling Around With Felting: A Maddy Laine Handbook [Spiral-bound]

Maddy Cranley (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0968144810 | ISBN-13: 978-0968144817 | Publication Date: June 1, 1997

A step-by-step guide to creating felted garments and accessories from handknitting.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...easy-to-follow and easy-to-use." -- Knitter's Magazine, Fall 1997

"Fulling Around With Felting"... a good source." -- Vogue Knitting, Fall 1997

"Maddy ... has perfected her "felting" process to create garments that are soft, warm, weatherproof - and just the right size." -- Canadian Living, October 1997

From the Publisher

Maddy Cranley is a professional knitwear designer and worked for a number of commercial yarn manufacturers creating seasonal pattern programs. Under the name "Maddy Laine," she has been a freelance designer since 1988 and has created exclusive designs for women's magazines both in the USA and Canada. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 94 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Lane Pr (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0968144810
• ISBN-13: 978-0968144817
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,658,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, September 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Fulling Around With Felting: A Maddy Laine Handbook (Spiral-bound)

The best part about this book is that it lays flat (spiral bound) and has worksheets for recording your expiriments with felting. Unfortunately, I had learned more just through reading www.knittersreview.com than reading this book. It was a huge disappointment. The patterns provided seemed mostly child/clownish and most involved CUTTING the felt you had hand knit. Although this is a perfectly valid method I find it wasteful to knit peices only to toss the remainders in the garbage. A good portion of the book is devoted to these patterns. Some of which would be excellent to do with children, but not so good for an adult looking for "smart" boiled wool garmets.

I have been unsuccessful in finding a book covering the felting topic, but the web resources I have come across more than out-do this book.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome hobby book!, January 27, 2000

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David Polsky (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fulling Around With Felting: A Maddy Laine Handbook (Spiral-bound)

I enjoyed this book immensely. It is laid out in such a clear manner as to make felting easy for anyone to do! The ideas presented here are so much fun to put into action. I also read the Xmas one and got so many ideas for presents from there that I saved hundreds of dollars on gifts and made a better connection with friends and family because I made them their gift. My thanks to Ms. Cranley for such fun books!