Customer Reviews

Heartfelt: 25 Projects for Stitched and Felted Accessories

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Hurrah, you don't have to knit in order to felt! If you enjoy crafting with recycled wool knitted items, you'll love this new book. The projects are simple and inspiring, colorful and joyful. It transcends ages, inspiring me at 38 and my son at 7. This would be an inexpensive hobby with some reasonable profit potential. Start-up costs are low to none. You need scissors, needle, threads, thimble and ratty old wool sweaters to recycle into wool felt (by washer.) Many of the designs require a sewing machine, though if you were familiar with embroidery, you could handstitch instead.

This book is exactly what I was looking for; a how-to book on fun felt projects. I am new to the world of felt and all it encompasses. Much of what I have found seems boreing to me; old-style and/or too crafty looking. This book is different, it has crafty, fun, funky, cute and colorful projects.

What I like:
-detailed, easy to follow instructions
-great step-by-step pictures
-very colorful and inspiring
-information on felt/felting that I have not found elsewhere

Here's a list of some of the patterns:
-baby earflap hat (+2 adult hats)
-bunny slippers (+ another pair of slippers)
-iPod case
-little purse
-back pack
-mittens
-baby coat (super cute!)
-plus many more

One thing to note- most of the patterns given need to be photocopied and enlarged. The book gives percentages to increase by, so this may be a point of interest for some of you.

I am super glad I bought this book and look forward to the many uses I will get out of it. It would also make a great gift.

I really like this book. You will not be sorry if you buy this. Lots of great projects with complete directions and a finished look to all of them. There are backpacks, scarves, purse, bags, gloves, hats all perfectly embellished.

This is not an ordinary felting book. It does have projects that can be done by a beginner, but mostly offers projects and ideas for intermediate/advanced crafters. Owning an embroidery machine is also an advantage for many of the projects. I really like this book, it offered ideas to do things with felt that I hadn't tried or even thought of trying. If you've worked with felted wool already, this is a great book.

I bought this book after borrowing it from a friend because of the variety of projects and ideas for embellishments. I am a fairly experienced knitter and have felted other projects.

What this book provides: a collection of creative patterns that makes use of recycled woolen clothing or machine-knitted swatches. The author says hand-knitted "fabric" can be used, but may prove disheartening to see how small it gets once felted. (I plan to handknit my stuff, anyway.)

What this book does NOT provide: A detailed set of hand knitting instructions, like the number of skeins to buy, size of needle, how many stitches to cast on, how to make a stockinette stitch, how big a swatch to knit. Those details are left to the individual knitter.

I do recommend the book, tempered with reservations about its audience.

There are some sweet projects here. If you are interested in making items from old wool sweaters, this will give you lots of ideas. The book has patterns to make gifts for friends, and especially children. Also the directions for embelishing the items are clever.

My friend has this book and I loved it so much I decided to buy it for myself. I've already made a few of the projects out of it and they have been fun and manageable!

For me, this is a dream come true! Slippers, handbag, needle case, glass case, baby jacket, fabulous flower on "Russian Hat"! More than this even!
GREAT BOOK!

I love this book. I really like working with felt and this book has some very artsy and new ideas. I highly recommend this book.

I loved the whole book the projects were great and the instructions were easy to understand!