Not Your Mama's Felting: The Cool and Creative Way to Get it Together
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 bead necklace, needle vases, and more
- Tips to customize each design
- Basic knitting and crocheting instructions so that even non-needleworkers can make all of the projects
Does the smell of wet sheep turn you on? Long to escape to your own private yurt? With Not Your Mama's Felting, you'll be a felt-loving material girl in no time.
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Book details
- Author
- Amy Swenson
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 223
- Formats
- Paperback
- Series
- Not Your Mama's
- Subjects
- Crafts & Hobbies › Needlework
- Topics
- needle felting · wet felting · knitting · crochet · wool fiber · dyeing · DIY fashion
- ISBN-13
- 9780470095188
About the author
AMY SWENSON is a knitting and crochet designer and software engineer whose original pattern label, IndiKnits, was carried in over 100 shops across North America. Her recent books include Sensual Crochet, Not Your Mama’s Felting: The Cool and Creative Way to Get it Together and Not Your Mama’s Crochet: The Cool and Creative Way to Join the Chain Gang.
Swenson co-owned and operated Make One Yarn Studio in Calgary, where she developed patterns designed to fit and flatter through contemporary stylings rooted in traditional stitch patterns, including cabling and lace.
When she’s not writing, Swenson continues to work as a software engineer alongside her design practice. Much of her pattern work draws on traditional techniques reframed for a contemporary sensibility.