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May

24

Nicky Epstein’s Fabulous Felted Bags: 15 Bags to Knit and Felt

May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
  
Nicky’s new book, Fabulous Felted Bags, is a treasure chest of delightful bags to knit and felt.  She pulled out all the stops when she designed the hand bags presented in this book.  The bags range from the traditional to the fun-fun one of a kind bags that only you will carry when you knit [...]

May

5

Nordic Felted Knits

May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments

     
I find this book “Nordic Felted Knits” to be charming with Gerd Fjellanger’s originally stunning designs and techniques.  I have search for some information on Gerd, but everything on her site is in Norwegian and it is in flash and Google cannot translate flash.  Gerd does tell a little about herself in the [...]

Apr

14

Felt It! Stitch It! Fabulous!: Creative Wearables from Flea Market Finds

April 14, 2008 | 4 Comments

I found this delicious book on Amazon and wanted to share it with you all.   We have all ruined wools by putting them into the washer, but now we do it for effect.  I am going to purchase this book because I think it would be fun to see what can be made from recycled [...]

Mar

14

Books on Using Felting Machine

March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

 
I have never done machine felting, but it looks as if it would be fun.  The only drawback I can think of is that you have to sit in front of a machine rather than sitting in front of the TV.  But, I am referring to small needle felted projects.  I found two books on [...]

Mar

9

Nordic Felted Knits

March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

I love finding books that I have not covered here on Craft Gossip and I located “Nordic Felted Knits” on Buy.com.  I just love the cover purse the form and color is so unique. I could not find any reviews just a description of the contents as follows;  With patterns for felters of all levels [...]

Mar

6

Better Homes and Gardens Felt & Wool for All Seasons

March 6, 2008 | 2 Comments

I found this book on felting and thought I would introduce it to you.  This book appears to offer many different felting techniques.  If anyone owns this book, please share a little about it with us. It is available on Amazon and there are no reviews yet. Better Homes and Gardens A great how-to book [...]

Feb

27

Crochet to felt

February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment

 
For those of you that enjoy crochet, here are two new books on Crocheting to felt.  I have never been into crochet much until I began felting it.  It is much faster and the results are very impressive.  The first book; “The Color Book of Felted Crochet” is a preorder at Amazon.com.  The second book [...]

Feb

13

Stylish Handbag and Accessory Patterns to Knit and Felt

February 13, 2008 | 5 Comments

Darlene BruceHip projects for knitters who want to take it to the next level
I have not read Stylish Handbag and Accessory Patterns to Knit and Felt but the reviews on Amazon praise this book.  Right after I post this article I am going to Amazon to purchase this book, available for shipping now and preorder another, [...]

Feb

4

Interweave Press

February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
 
Since I joined Craft Gossip as the Felting Editor, one of the perks has been finding phenomenal sites and blog covering crafting and artists.  One of these sites is Interweave Press.  They offer books and magazines on beading, crochet, fiber art, jewelry, knitting, mixed media needlework, and quilting, spinning and weaving.   As you can see [...]

Feb

1

I (Heart) Felt, pre-release (Book Review) The Winner is!

February 1, 2008 | 42 Comments

Barb Keith with her amusing entry!
LuLu!!!!!
I’m a freakishly, fervent, female, felting fanatic and will forever felt fibers. My fondness for felting formed from feeling felted footwear one fine Friday in my favorite, fancy fiber shop. My fascination for fleecy fabrications will forever fill my fingers and fulfill my fantasies.
It would be phenomenal if you felt [...]

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