Not your mama's felting: the cool and creative way to get it together

Introduction

Part 1. How to Felt

Chapter 1. Your Daily Dose of Fiber

Felt Happens

Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral: Which Felts?

How to Buy Wool for Felting

All About Yarn

Where Do I Find this Stuff, Anyway?

Getting Your Hands Wet

Chapter 2. Suds Party: Wet Felting

Wet Felting 101

Tools of the Trade: What You Need to Get Started

Setting up Your Work Area

Working with Roving

Felted Snakes and Cords

Balls and Beads

A Roller Coaster: Your First Flat Felt

Resist This!

Nuno Felting

Release Your Inner Artiste: Design for Wet Felting

Troubleshooting

Chapter 3. Poke, Poke, Poke: Needle Felting

Why It Works

Tools of the Trade: What You "Needle" to Get Started

Monogramtastic: Playing with Needles

Troubleshooting: When Good Felt Goes Bad

Endless Poking Possibilities

Chapter 4. Totally Full of It

What's Fulling? What's Felting?

Tools of the Trade: What You Need to Get Started

Mad Yarn Skillz

Fulling a Knitted Swatch

Crochet [Heart] Fulling Too

Size Matters: The Problem with Shrinkage

Recycled Felt: Even Bad Knits Get a Second Chance

Basic Sewing Tips for Working with Felt

Troubleshooting and Tips

Chapter 5. Dying to Dye

Why Dye?

Acid Dyes

Tools of the Trade: What You Need to Get Started

Safety First

Mixing Stock Solutions

Your First Acid Dye Trip: Single Color Dyeing

Hand-paint Heaven

Part 2. Patterns and Projects

Chapter 6. Never Too Many Bags

The Ultra-Simple One-Night Bag

I'm On The Case

Ah! Savasana! Yoga Mat Bag

Some Assembly Required

Holy Smokes! (A Holey Tote)

Chapter 7. Stuff to Wear

Bad Boy Hoodie: New Skool, Old Skool, No Skool

Menswear for You

Cropped Cardigan

Slocks

Don't Give The Mittens

"Junior" Varsity Jacket

Loopy Boa

Sideways Striped Scarf

Wild Thing Scarf

Scarf for the Subzero Urban Dweller

Featherweight Scarf

Swing Raglan

Chapter 8. Quick Gifts & Oddities

The Save-Your-Marriage Knitting Needle Roundup

Spring Is Sprung!

Chunky Bead Necklace

Fishin' for Kittens

Uber Chunky Felted Yarn

Moleskine Jacket

In Stitches Earrings

Chapter 9. Cozy Felt for Your Home

Felted Soapy Blue Balls

Get Off Your Felted Soap Box

Who Needs Flowers? Vases For Crafters

Rainbow Bridge Baby Blanket

Octopillow

Part 3. History and Resources

Chapter 10. A Brief History of Felt

See Jane. See Jane Felt

Legends and Heroes

Old, but Not Passe

Modern Applications for Wool Felt

Getting your Fill of Fulling

Felt in the Mainstream

Chapter 11. Happy Procrastinations: Cool Felting Resources On-Line and On-Land

Stash Enhancing Fun

Guilds, Festivals, and Courses

The Wonderful World of Fiber Arts

Felting Online

Chapter 12. Crocheting 101

Common Abbreviations

The Basic Stitches

Working in the Round vs. in Rows

Chapter 13. Knitting 101

Common Abbreviations & Definitions

The Basics

Advanced Techniques

Putting It All Together

Chapter 14. It's All About the Magic

Designer Bios

Index