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You’ve been a felt maker for some years now, but …

  • you feel like you’ve reached a plateau, and you don’t know how to develop your work further;
  • you wan...
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21 favorite books from my wet felting library Oct 25, 2024

In over two decades as a felt maker, I’ve been slowly collecting books on felting, to grow my knowledge, get inspiration or just know more about the pioneers of this beautiful art form. My felting library now has over 50 books, some of which I've been sharing with you on my blog and social media cha...

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Wet felting with local wool Oct 20, 2024

When we start wet felting, there is so much to learn about the many techniques that fit under this wider umbrella, that this alone can be enough for felt makers to focus on, without ever taking a deep dive into the attributes of the fibers from different sheep breeds.

So, often it’s people who have...

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Book recommendation ā€œKleidung Filzenā€ Oct 06, 2024

As you know, garments are among the most difficult items to felt. Correctly calculating the shrinkage rate for such big pieces and guaranteeing the clothes will fit the wearer aren’t easy tasks and require precise work.

So, every felt maker realizes it takes a lot of expertise (and I’d even say som...

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Book recommendation ā€œThe Fleece & Fiber Sourcebookā€ Sep 15, 2024

If you were among the people who read last week’s post about the book ā€œSchafwolle verarbeitenā€ and thought: ā€œYa, looks great, Vanda. But what will I do with a book in German?ā€, I’ve got you covered.

I’ve just received another book on wool I had ordered recently. This time in English. And I can assu...

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Book recommendation ā€œSchafwolle verarbeitenā€ Sep 07, 2024

I love experimenting, but I must admit that in one area of wet felting I’ve been pretty conservative. In over 20 years of felt making, I have only worked with wool from 2 breeds: Merino and Bergschaf.

So, both for my own growth, as well as to help my students with their questions, I’ve been having ...

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"How I Felt" - a must have wet felting book Dec 08, 2023

If you’ve been in my felting world for some time, you’ve heard me talking about this book for sure. It’s one of my absolute favorites in my collection.

If you’ve just recently discovered my blog, and you’re as obsessed about felting books as I am, there’s still time to add it to your Christmas pres...

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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 😊

It’s over 20 years old, it doesn’t have amazing photos and it has a l...

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