Feltique: Techniques and Projects for Wet Felting, Needle Felting, Fulling, and Working with Commercial Felt (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Brookelynn Morris (Author)

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Product Description

What can you make from felt? What can’t you make from felt! Feltique shows you step by step how to master this versatile material. In one simple guide, you’ll have everything at your fingertips to create charming projects using a variety of felting techniques: wet felting, needle felting, fulling, and sewing commercial felt.
You’ll learn:
•Wet felting, a process involving heat, moisture, and agitation, require only a little soap, hot water, and elbow grease.
•Needle felting, in which you turn wool fiber into needle felt by merely pricking it with a felting needle, is like sculpting with wool.
•Fulling—the process of knitting or crocheting a garment and then agitating it in hot water and soap—creates a strong, durable wool fabric.

More than 45 unique projects offer quick and simple designs for beginners as well as fun and challenging endeavors for experts, and the techniques are perfect for creating everything from warm and fuzzy clothing to useful household items. For limitless inspiration in making all things felt and beautiful—from bauble earring to baby rattles, hats to handbags—you need this definitive guide.

About the Author

NIKOLA DAVIDSON is the founder of Sticky Wicket Crafts as well as the cofounder and first president of Urban Craft Uprising. BROOKELYNN MORRIS’s work has been featured on the cover of Craft magazine, where she is also a contributing writer.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Potter Craft; 1 edition (May 19, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307406997
• ISBN-13: 978-0307406996
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,664 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite felting book!, June 16, 2009

By	J. Rowley (Stavanger, Norway) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I have a few felting books, and this one is my favorite. What's so wonderful about it is this--several fiber artists contributed to the book so the book doesn't follow one person's style. The projects are varied and interesting and unique to each artist. They're also fun and doable and utilitarian (some). Great book--contemporary and relevant and, again, fun!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, June 22, 2009

By	Sara Fultz "Retired Art Teacher" (Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an excellent book to use to review different felting techniques. The project suggestions are well presented and are good for generating your own ideas.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Any crafts or needlework library needs this, August 16, 2009

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

FELTIQUE: TECHNIQUES AND PROJECTS FOR WET FELTING, NEEDLE FELTING, FULLING, AND WORKING WITH COMMERCIAL FELT provides detailed how-to information on creating and using felt from leftover yarn, unwanted knitting projects and commercial squares alike, offering nearly fifty projects ranging from hats and necklaces to blankets and baby clothes. An organization by technique allows beginners access to different felting methods and allows advanced felters to move quickly to intermediate processes. Any crafts or needlework library needs this.