FELT STYLE: 35 Fashionable Accessories to Create and Wear, by Chrissie Day

Felting is an exiting and inspiring craft that lets you turn loose wool fibers and simple knitting into stylish, fashionable felted items. 'Felt Style' is packed with 35 projects on clothing and accessories that you'll love making and adore wearing. From elegant bags to cozy slippers, contemporary jewelry to stylish scarves, these attractive, soft-textured felt projects are bursting with rich color and modern appeal.

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HANDMADE FELT BOOK

Another wonderfully illustrated Japanese felting book. Text is Japanese but with the numerous step-by-step photographs and illustrations, you really dont need words. Plenty of bags, hats, book covers, tea cozies, coasters, and so much more. Techeniques include both wet felting and needle felting. 88 pages, softcover.

FAST FUN & EASY NEEDLE FELTING: 8 Techniques & Projects—Creative Results in Minutes, by Lynne Farris

Creative Wool Accents are the Latest Way to Play!

FELTMAKING and WOOL MAGIC: Contemporary Techniques and Beautiful Projects, by Jorie Johnson

After studying textile design in both the USA and Finland, author Jorie Johnson was introduced to the felt making process in 1977 when she was first taught Scandinavian felt boot-making. She was immediately struck by felt’s amazing properties and possibilities. Through this book, Felt Making and Wool Magic, you will see that Jorie’s approach to felt making is clearly creative as well as effective. The book covers in detail, basic step by step felt making techniques, then goes on to present a series of projects from simple jewelry to beautiful vests.

Felt Frenzy: 26 Projects for all Forms of FELTING, by Heather Brack and Shannon Okey

This is not your ordinary felting book! Felt Frenzy explores all the major techniques of felt making, from knit-and-shrink to wet felting, needlefelting, and “recycled felting”—turning salvaged wool sweaters into useful felt pieces—plus ways to combine techniques for creative and unique results.

Designed with the absolute beginner in mind, Felt Frenzy is packed with 26 projects and photographs of more than 50 before-and-after felted yarn combinations so readers can easily customize patterns with substitutions of their choice.

Handspinner's Handbook, by Bette Hochberg

Here's a very clear, practical manual on spinning all types of fibers on a "flax" wheel. All aspects of spinning are considered and the "long draw" method emphasized, parts and care of the wheel are discussed, breeds of sheep, other natural animal and vegetable fibers, man-made fibers, carding, drum carding, blending fibers, plying, skeining, and stumbling blocks are covered. The presentation is easy to follow.

The Yarn Book, by Penny Walsh

Yarn is the basic unit of textile construction and every fabric, except felt is made with it. The properties of yarn — its ply, tensility, strength, weight, elasticity, and resistance to heat, water, shrinkage — are what give each yarn its unique characteristics. By manipulating these properties, an astonishing array of fabric types can be produced, creating any number of textures and appearances. By focusing on these varieties, Penny Walsh is able to closely examine the composition and construction of different yarns and explore their many uses.

Spin to Knit, by Shannon Okey

Do you want to knit with something other than commercial yarns? Dare to be different — become a full-fledged fiber fanatic with Spin to Knit, the essential guide for knitters wanting to learn to make their own yarn! Urban spinner Shannon Okey, author if KnitGrrl, teaches the basic tools you need to get started spinning. . .

Freeform: Serendipitous Design Techniques for Knitting & Crochet 2nd Edition - available now

Including tips on Finding the Right Yarns, Choosing Your Colours, Fabrication, Patterns and Hints for Successful Knitting & Crochet

Please note: If you already have the 1st edition of this book, the 2nd Edition includes the same text, however it is updated with a fresh design and beautiful new photographs.

Contemporary Tapestry by Harriet Tidball