Felt Style: 35 Fashionable Accessories To Create and Wear

 From a flirtatious flower evening bag to a subtly colored and textured stole, a colorful striped satchel to some striking contemporary jewelry, this book is full of felted accessories that will delight and inspire. The three methods of felting -- wet fiber felting, dry felting, and felted knitting -- are all covered with step-by-step techniques and each project has further steps showing you exactly how to make it.

Felting-or boiling a knit item so it shrinks and the fibers mesh together--yields amazingly durable, beautiful pieces with unusual textures. It's the perfect technique for beginners because many mistakes just disappear during the washing process. With this new entry in the popular Vogue: Knitting on the Go series, knitters can get in on this increasingly popular technique and make more than 20 stylish projects. An introduction explains all the knitting basics and felting fundamentals, from yarn selection to blocking and finishing the final product, and there's a wide variety of great things to create.

Knitting Never Felt Better: The Definitive Guide to Fabulous Felting

 Nicky Epstein offers the best guide to felting. Using ten chic garments and more than 150 stunning sample swatches as examples, she covers the top techniques for turning wool yarn into vibrant and dense textures. Before and after shots show how different fabrics react to the process, and there are patterns, stitches, and techniques for lace, mosaics, cables, plaids, checks, and quilting.