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Special price for a limited time

Mar 15, 2025

Today Iā€™m bringing you something special, the Baby Special Edition.

Usually, you can only get these classes separately.

Now, for a limited time, Iā€™m combining theĀ Sweet Baby Jacket & Daisy Baby Hat with theĀ Comfy Baby Booties & Tiny Baby Mittens in one package. In other words, you get 2 for the price of 1.

If youā€™re interested in felting baby items as gifts for family members, friends or to sell, thisĀ Baby Special Edition is for you.

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Wet felt your baby booties, mittens, jackets & hats!

Jul 12, 2024

Have you noticed the BABY classes are back?

Many of you have been asking to have the baby booties class separately. Youā€™ve also showed interest in having it available ā€œon demandā€, which is understandable, since babies grow fast šŸ˜Š

So, Iā€™ve listened to your requests and created two separate classes: ā€œComfy Baby Booties & Tiny Baby Mittensā€ and ā€œSweet Baby Jacket & Daisy baby Hatā€. Theyā€™re already available and can be purchased at any time.

Theyā€™re now in a DIY version, and the videos and PDFs are downloadable. Just click on the images below to be taken to the course information.

Whether youā€™re planning to enroll in the class or not, hereā€™s some information that may be useful for you.

As I reopened the baby courses to enrolment, it was brought to my attention that some of the designs are not compliant with the safety standards of many countries. I was very grateful for these contacts, since this is something I was previously unaware of.

I decided to do some internet research to un...

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"How I Felt" - a must have wet felting book

Dec 08, 2023

If youā€™ve been in my felting world for some time, youā€™ve heard me talking about this book for sure. Itā€™s one of my absolute favorites in my collection.

If youā€™ve just recently discovered my blog, and youā€™re as obsessed about felting books as I am, thereā€™s still time to add it to your Christmas presents wish list :)

Iā€™m talking about ā€œHow I Feltā€, a book about the work of the late Christine Birkle.

There are many felt makers I admire. But after over 20 years of looking at other artistsā€™ work, Christine Birkle is still number one for me.

She founded the label HUT UP in Berlin in the 90s and was an absolute pioneer of modern wet felting. She has created many of the designs that inspired much of what is currently around in our field.

I was extremely lucky to have come across her work in Berlin in the early 2000s and have spent many hours admiring her pieces live in her shop in Berlin.

Iā€™ve always been fascinated by Christineā€™s use of color and transparency, and the way she ma...

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Wet felting book review

Oct 21, 2023

"Filzen: Alte Tradition, Modernes Handwerk" (German version)

"Felt: New Directions for an Ancient Craft" (English version)

by Gunilla Paetau Sjƶberg

This might be the best book about wet felting I have. And I do have many šŸ˜Š

Itā€™s over 20 years old, it doesnā€™t have amazing photos and it has a lot of text. So, it might not be the first book to grab your attention when you look at my bookshelf.

I have it in German, but thereā€™s also an English version.

So then, what makes it so special?

I think itā€™s the most complete wet felting book Iā€™ve ever seen. I could call it a felting encyclopedia.

Letā€™s have a look inside, so that you can see what I mean.

It starts with an incredibly complete History of felt and it covers different felting traditions found in Europe and Asia: from hat making in Hungary and shepherd coats in Turkey, to the felt masks worn by the Vikings, and socks and shoes made in Sweden, Norway, and Finland.

It then dives into felting techniques from other cultures: ...

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The Felted Slippers Video Tutorial Is finally Out!

Apr 11, 2018

Iā€™ve finally finished writing, filming and editing the felted slippers video tutorial for you šŸ™‚

Itā€™s now available in my Etsy shop. Wanna know more? Check out the introduction video!

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Felt Slippers ā€“ Wet Felting Tutorial

Apr 04, 2018
 

Felt your own wool slippers without having to rely on the scattered information from the Internet any more. Hereā€™s a workshop thatā€™ll give you the step-by-step instructions, with all the details you need to wet felt adult slippers.

Sound good?

Iā€™ve had several requests to create a workshop on how to wet felt slippers for adults. Of course the possibilities are endless, be it in terms of how you shape the felt shoes or how you decorate them.

So, I gave it some thought, before I decided to produce a first workshop about slippers, because I wanted to give you the biggest benefit possible. I wanted to create a workshop that could give you the basics, so that you can develop your own creations from here.

And I ended up going back to the model I used to make and sell years ago. There are a couple of reasons for that:

  • They are colorful (at least, I make them colorful šŸ˜Š)
  • They can be worn by both men and women
  • The decoration I suggest is simple, so theyā€™re easy to customize
  • Thereā€™s no...
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Felt BABY BOOTIES Workshop - Now Available

Jan 12, 2017
 

How would you like to felt your own baby shoes? Because, not only are they completely customizable and made with your own hands, but theyā€™re also made from the biodegradable and renewable material that is wool.

If this sounds good to you, hereā€™s the chance to learn how to felt baby boots is three different sizes: newborn to 3 months, 3 to 6 months, and 6 to 9 months.

This is an intermediate level workshop, so you should have some experience and feel confident with the wool already.

Youā€™ll be felting around a resist, and the project should take you about 2 hours to complete.

Youā€™ll need the usual equipment to wet felt, plus a wool batt and a wool top in your preferred colors (around 50 grams each).

With this workshop youā€™ll get 7 downloadable high definition videos, and a PDF with the templates, all of which you can save onto your computer, and return back to any time you want.

Check out the introduction below, and, if you enjoy the video, please share with your friends!

P.S.: Th...

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