Jun
4
Winter Garden Shibori Scarf
June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment
Enjoy this excellent pictorial tutorial on applying the Shibori technique to recycled wool sweaters. This is a lovely scarf that is eco friendly and fun to make. Betz combines the ancient technique of felting with today’s cast-away sweaters to create what she calls “felted wool, artfully stitched”.
You can see her work, including other tutorials [...]
May
13
Free Felting Tutorials
May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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I located several felting tutorials off of the Owning Alpaca site. I am picturing a few example projects for you, but you should really check out Owning Alpaca.com and look at all of their interesting articles about Alpaca and felting.
The Slow and Steady Turtle is a project that a teacher did with her students [...]
Mar
3
Kay Petal’s Felt Alive
March 3, 2008 | 9 Comments
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Kay Petal is a sculptural needle felt artist from Alaska. She specializes in soft-sculpted lifelike dolls - Felt Alive Wool Sculptures. She has a delightful YouTube blog with videos that are very entertaining and educational in the art of needle felting. Her videos are just great and everyone should go take a look. Kay [...]
Feb
25
Felting Tutorial Video Part 1 and Part 2
February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments
I find that watching a video on a felting project is one of the best ways of learning this craft. You can pause or rewind if you miss something.  So get yourself a cup or glass of your favorite beverage, relax and learn.  Marysusan Noll West Sayville, NY, United States I located this video on [...]
Feb
19
Leisure Arts
February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment
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I am fairly sure I have not visited Leisure Arts before, but sometimes the entire internet becomes a gigantic blur when you search for a particular art form? This information filled site covers many different crafts along with felting. They offer free tutorials on many crafts in the PFD format to print out.  [...]
Feb
16
HOW TO - Knit and Felt a Squid
February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
I found this adorable little sea creature on “CraftZineâ€. As I followed the link, I ended up on the “Fiber Fool†site where the instructions are. This again led me to the Island of “Misfit Patterns†where the original “Naughty Squiddy†was created! This also is a great site offering many free patterns with tutorials. [...]
Feb
6
Martha Stewart.com Felting Tutorials & Cookies
February 6, 2008 | 3 Comments
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I thought it would be fun to cover one site and see some of their felting ideas. All of the projects have tutorials and some have videos insructions. So lets visit Marth Stewart.com - Felted Balls - Felt Fortune Cookies - Felted Sewing Book - Felted Coasters - Good Thing: Heart-Felted ScarfNeedle-Felted Chicks -  Needle Felted Toadstools - Needle-Felted Sweaters
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Jan
26
Romantic Heart Wool Valentine
January 26, 2008 | 1 Comment
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These adorable hearts pincushions are on Better Homes & Garden. The larger romantic heart is made from no-fray felted wool makes this appliqué project quick to stitch. Tag-Along hearts Pincushions Perfect for tying onto a sewing basket, these tiny pincushions are great gifts for all your crafting buddies.Both patterns for both are free and you [...]
Jan
23
Felting Tutorial by Rebecca Hillman
January 23, 2008 | 2 Comments
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Update! I received a email from Rebecca updating us that she now is blogging on Sally’s Garden and she about to start writing for http://www.irishartsblog.com/ which is to be launched next week.  I just looked at the blog and it looks very exciting and we wish her good luck with her new adventure.
Rebecca lives in a rural [...]
Jan
16
Myriads of Felted Mushrooms
January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
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The Kathryn Ivy site has produced a wondrous place for us knitters/felters.  They offer us free patterns and also sell their own designer knitting patterns.  I certainly fell in love with their mushrooms and the way they have them displayed. Creative is the word that comes into my mind when I look at their art.  [...]

Linda Lanese is your CraftGossip Felting Editor. 