Product Description

Make beautiful bags, stylish sweaters, warm scarves and hats, soft slippers and more, then add embroidery and beads. These stylish garments and accessories show off the wonderful qualities of felted knitting, with many ideas for individual touches. This title is packed with patterns: more than 50 inspirational ideas! It includes an attractive and easy felting technique to enhance your knitting. It features great garments for young and old.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50539 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 76 pages

Review
Deliberately felting a knitted piece: you either love it or hate the idea. In the 80 pages of this A4 paperback with many full page colour photographs are 50 'inspirational ideas', ending with a quote from Knut Hamsun that 'A sitting man does not need honour, he needs warm stockings'. The book was first published in Norway in 2006 and specific Norwegian woollen yarns are specified for each piece. Since the tension is given (in stitches, but not rows) before and after felting, it should be possible to substitue wools that are more readily available in the UK. The ideas range from scarves and bags to numerous slippers, hats, mittens and on to cushions and pots via an angel and various garments. Each piece is knitted before being subjected to the friction and temperature changes that result in the wool fibres meshing into each other. Those who dislike felting their work might ask whether any of the designs really needs to be made in this way whereas those who love the idea of producing a dense blurred texture will find plenty of ways to use the results. --Slipknot, No 118, Dec 07

The author has included stylish patterns for garments and accessories demonstrating the tactile surfaces of felted knitting. She explains the best method of creating felted surfaces and looking after the items once completed. The best types of knitting wool for felting are explained and she goes on to show how to embellish her bags, hats and garments with attractive embroidery and beading. There is even a pattern for some elegant knitted slippers worked in garter stitch and catering for ladies sizes 4-6 and mens sizes 8-10, which would be great for wearing around the house on cold winter days. This book is packed with more than 50 patterns suitable for all age groups and the knitting skills are simple enough for a beginner to try. --Meg-Online

Customer Reviews

Yarn
Lovely pictures! A shame I cant find out where to buy the wool in the UK or any help with equivalent yarn. What a waste of money!