Felt Frenzy: 26 Projects for All Forms of Felting - Softcover

May 2007 Very savvy of the authors to appeal to skilled knitters by incorporating myriad advanced techniques within their range of feltable designs. Sock knitters will go for the Urchin hat and handbag, assembled with a batch of short-row heels. Fair Isle fiends have the Mod bag, shadowed geometrics that won't pucker in the washer if there's even tension and frequent float twists. Spinners can turn extra batts into beads, balls, a scrubby soap cozy. Bloggers, keep those digicams safe in a small wet-felted case. Yarn crawlers, doll up those aching feet by needle-felting doodads onto woolen sneakers. All the interesting felting methods Okey previewed in the March YMN are here, with strong step-by-step pictures that leave next to no room for error. * Yarn Market News * Nov 07 Take your knitting to the next level by experimenting with felting. Felt Frenzy is no ordinary knit book, with over 25 projects you will discover some of the endless possibilities that can be created with this exciting yarn technique. From slippers and scarves, to corsages and camera cases there are plenty of ideas to whet your appetite. The clear step-by-step instructions take away the mystery and will give you the confidence to hot wash that bag you have lovingly knitted and transform it into a unique and stylish accessory. * Let's Knit * Feb 10 There are 26 projects inside this useful book, which explores the four main techniques of felt making available to you at home. These include: knit-and-shrink, needle felting, wet felting and recycled felting (turning salvaged sweaters into useful pieces). It was written with the absolute beginner in mind, so this would be a good starter book for you if you've never tried felting before. The authors, Heather and Shannon, both show you how you can combine different techniques to create totally unique pieces, from bags and flowers to shoes and even a skirt. Felt Frenzy also contains over 50 before-and-after photographs of felted yarn combinations, to help you substitute the yarns in any of the patterns with a favourite yarn of your choice. * Knit Today *

This is not your ordinary felting book! Felt Frenzy explores all the major techniques of felt making, from knit-and-shrink to wet felting, needlefelting, and "recycled felting" - turning salvaged wool sweaters into useful felt pieces - plus ways to combine techniques for creative and unique results. Designed with the absolute beginner in mind, Felt Frenzy is packed with 27 projects and photographs of more than 50 before-and-after felted yarn combinations so readers can easily customize patterns with substitutions of their choice. You'll find instructions for the ever-popular felted bag, but it doesn't stop there - learn to make felted flowers, hats, jackets, scarves, wool sneakers, even a nuno felted skirt. As an added bonus, you'll find "design ideas" scattered throughout the book to give your projects an extra creative boost; these suggestions help integrate felt into other fiber arts, from embroidery to shibori. Learn all about fiber types, tools for getting started, and the four major techniques needed to create the projects in the book. Armed with plenty of information and the authors' can-do spirit, any crafter can add felting to her repretoire with Felt Frenzy!