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Review: This small, spiral bound craft book offers a clear cut introduction to the art of felting, from which delightful dolls, needlebooks and decorated eggs and can be created. The book comes with several felting needles (safely ensconced in plastic scabbards in the back), instructions with line drawings for several projects and a couple of pages of resources for wool and other information to help foster the learning process. One whole page is taken up by cautioning the felter to be careful of the very sharp needles, even encouraging the reader to update her tetanus shot! Ayala Talpau gets quite poetic with her thanks ("gratitudes" to "All the elves & faeries, trolls & nature spirits, mermaids & centaurs") and in a note to the reader, ("Dear one, we have become like friends, yes?"). The Felting Needle, with drawings, notes and explanations, is like a letter to a sister rather than an academic craft book. 10 small photographs on end pages.

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Review: f you have a basic idoea of how felt is made from wol (all the fussy wet stuff to do, and a dash of uncertainty), then these new projects from the major proponent of this newly adopted technique will inspire your first forays. A special industrial felting needle and some dyed wool is the start, some practice from the workbook, and then your own real felted soft sculptures for your own projects.

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Review: I had never heard of needle felting before reading this book and I was skeptical of the craft at first. After reading this book however, I see it now as a fiber art capable of whimsical dolls and sculptures, and also lovely works of art. Imagination is the only limit to what you can create. As an admitted novice, I felt this book gave useful information as to the tools, and how to choose an appropriate felting needle. The two methods for creating felt are also explained. The five projects begin with the very simple and progress into three dimensional objects.

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NEW FELT
by Birgitte Krag Hansen