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Not Your Mama's Felting The Cool and Creative Way to Get It Together

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ISBN-10: 0470095180

ISBN-13: 9780470095188

Edition: 2007

Authors: Amy Swenson

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The art of felting, the process of working wool fibers together to form felt, is the ultimate in craft creativity because no two items turn out exactly alike. The first book to cover knitted or crocheted felting, needle felting, and wet felting, Not Your Mama's Felting will have you creating fashions, accessories, and gifts that will have your non-felting friends asking, "How did you do that?" Fun and funky, this guide includes: The essentials: all about fiber, the tools of the trade, wet felting, needle felting, fulling, and dyeing Patterns and step-by-step instructions for approximately thirty projects, including an assemble-your-own wallet kit, a bad-boy hoodie, a loopy boa, a chunky…    
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Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 4/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Introduction
How to Felt
Your Daily Dose of Fiber
Felt Happens
Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral: Which Felts?
How to Buy Wool for Felting
All About Yarn
Where Do I Find this Stuff, Anyway?
Getting Your Hands Wet
Suds Party: Wet Felting
Wet Felting 101
Tools of the Trade: What You Need to Get Started
Setting up Your Work Area
Working with Roving
Felted Snakes and Cords
Balls and Beads
A Roller Coaster: Your First Flat Felt
Resist This!
Nuno Felting
Release Your Inner Artiste: Design for Wet Felting
Troubleshooting
Poke, Poke, Poke: Needle Felting
Why It Works
Tools of the Trade: What You "Needle" to Get Started
Monogramtastic: Playing with Needles
Troubleshooting: When Good Felt Goes Bad
Endless Poking Possibilities
Totally Full of It
What's Fulling? What's Felting?
Tools of the Trade: What You Need to Get Started
Mad Yarn Skillz
Fulling a Knitted Swatch
Crochet [Heart] Fulling Too
Size Matters: The Problem with Shrinkage
Recycled Felt: Even Bad Knits Get a Second Chance
Basic Sewing Tips for Working with Felt
Troubleshooting and Tips
Dying to Dye
Why Dye?
Acid Dyes
Tools of the Trade: What You Need to Get Started
Safety First
Mixing Stock Solutions
Your First Acid Dye Trip: Single Color Dyeing
Hand-paint Heaven
Patterns and Projects
Never Too Many Bags
The Ultra-Simple One-Night Bag
I'm On The Case
Ah! Savasana! Yoga Mat Bag
Some Assembly Required
Holy Smokes! (A Holey Tote)
Stuff to Wear
Bad Boy Hoodie: New Skool, Old Skool, No Skool
Menswear for You
Cropped Cardigan
Slocks
Don't Give The Mittens
"Junior" Varsity Jacket
Loopy Boa
Sideways Striped Scarf
Wild Thing Scarf
Scarf for the Subzero Urban Dweller
Featherweight Scarf
Swing Raglan
Quick Gifts & Oddities
The Save-Your-Marriage Knitting Needle Roundup
Spring Is Sprung!
Chunky Bead Necklace
Fishin' for Kittens
Uber Chunky Felted Yarn
Moleskine Jacket
In Stitches Earrings
Cozy Felt for Your Home
Felted Soapy Blue Balls
Get Off Your Felted Soap Box
Who Needs Flowers? Vases For Crafters
Rainbow Bridge Baby Blanket
Octopillow
History and Resources
A Brief History of Felt
See Jane. See Jane Felt
Legends and Heroes
Old, but Not Passe
Modern Applications for Wool Felt
Getting your Fill of Fulling
Felt in the Mainstream
Happy Procrastinations: Cool Felting Resources On-Line and On-Land
Stash Enhancing Fun
Guilds, Festivals, and Courses
The Wonderful World of Fiber Arts
Felting Online
Crocheting 101
Common Abbreviations
The Basic Stitches
Working in the Round vs. in Rows
Knitting 101
Common Abbreviations & Definitions
The Basics
Advanced Techniques
Putting It All Together
It's All About the Magic
Designer Bios
Index