must have books, videos and dvd's

The Art of Feltmaking Anyone seeking fun and creative projects for kids will love this easy and inexpensive craft. With a supply of unspun wool, and a bowl of hot, soapy water, readers are on their way with step-by-step instructions for projects ranging from bracelets and puppets, to masks, stuffed animals and wall hangings. ISBN 0-8230-0262-4 1997, 200 color illus., 144 pages, flexi-back cover. $24.95 Felting By Hand In its sixth printing, this popular book gives step-by-step instructions for making slippers, mittens, hats, boots, vests and other items. An extensive appendix lists sources of carded wool especially for felting. ISBN 0-9619053-5-2 1987, 104 pages, paperback. $14.95 Feltmaking Projects for Children: Reviving An Ancient Craft Revised in 2002, this teacher's lesson plan booklet gives plenty of ideas for introducing Feltmaking to children, in school, at camp, play groups or any place you have children together. This colorful volume is sure to stir your creativity. 1990, revised 2002. $14.95 Needle Felting Art Techniques and Projects is an introduction to an exciting new method of creating fiber art. All you need is some wool fiber, a foam work surface, and a felting needle to create flat or three-dimensional works of art. The book is designed to guide the beginner through simple projects, but it also has useful information for the experienced needle felter. The five specific projects increase with difficulty as you work through the book. If you haven't tried needle felting yet, you will surely find plenty of opportunities to express your creativity. $17.95 Videos Feltmaking By Hand: The Basic Process with Anne Einset Vickrey Learn the basics for successful Feltmaking using the Scandinavian Feltmaking technique. You will be given step-by-step instructions for completing a felt hat and lots of inspiration for many other projects. 1991, 51 minutes. $29.95 VHS DVD Choose VHS or DVD... Feltmaking: Garments and Surface Design Techniques with Anne Einset Vickrey In this advanced tape, you will learn a variety of surface design methods. The process of making a large seamless felted garment is explained in detail from making a pattern to layering batts, felting the wool and finishing. 1991, 94 minutes $34.95
FELT MAKING KITS:
felt necklace kits:

felt Kits

Nature Kit Butterfly and Caterpillar Makes a 5-inch butterfly and a 6-inch caterpillar. Kit includes 4 colors of wool fleece, black beads to sew or glue on for eyes, pipe cleaner, butterfly pattern and detailed instructions. $9.99 Baby Animals These precious little animals, crafted from soft lamb's wool, can be used as ornaments, pins or for play. The kit makes a white lamb, a yellow duckling and a pink piglet. $13.99 Kittens One of our most popular kits, these playful kittens will warm your heart! Make the felt for the kittens' bodies then sew or glue the pieces together. Stitch eyes and whiskers with a sewing thread and needle or paint them on with gel pen or fine point permanent markers. The kit makes three adorable kittens, white, black and orange. $13.99 Felt Flowers These felt flowers make a delightful spring or summer bouquet! Make a corsage, place them on your hat or arrange a bouquet. Makes 8-10 flowers. $11.99 Treasure Pouch Make a secret place to keep your most precious belongings. Decorate the Treasure Pouch with felt beads and a yarn cord. Felting the seamless pouch takes 30 to 60 minutes. The finished pouch is about 5 inches tall. $13.99 Heart Necklace Just the thing to wear to a Valentine's Party, or for a handmade gift for a special person. Each kit has materials for one necklace. $11.99 Bunny Necklace A soft felt bunny necklace makes a great gift for someone who is "wild" about bunnies! A great seasonal gift too. Each kit has materials for one necklace. $11.99 Duckling Necklace Our "ducklings-out-of-water" necklace is a fun project for children of all ages. Ducklings may be glued or sewn together. Each kit has materials for one necklace. $11.99 Rainbow Heart Necklace One of our most popular necklace kits, the colorful heart is made in a poly bag using soap and water. Each kit has materials for one necklace. $11.99 Flower Necklace Everyday is springtime with our colorful felt flower necklace! Flowers are made using a small measuring cup as a mold. Each kit has materials for one necklace. $11.99 Medicine Pouch Necklace A place to keep your birth stone or lucky crystal! Make a soft wool felt pouch for yourself and one for a friend. Each kit has materials for two necklaces. $12.99 Flower Fairies One of our most popular kits, these flower fairies can be used for ornaments, pins or play. Embellish with glitter fiber and make a flower hat for each fairy. Three hair colors, and three fairy colors (blue, pink and yellow) makes three dolls. $13.99 Felting Kit - Includes Book! The Felting Kit contains what you need to get started at Feltmaking: four ounces of wool, a small washboard and the book Felting By Hand. There is enough wool in the kit to make a pair of slippers or a hat. $30.95
Felted Doll Kits-Angels, Families, Forest Folk, Fairies and more!

   

Little Felt Friends, poseable felt dolls kit.
Makes three 6-inch dolls with colorful clothing that is felted on to the figure. Includes detailed instructions, wool fleece in skin color and six clothing colors, ribbon, yarn, chenille stems, small poly bags. $13.99     
  
    
Felt Doll Kit, eight-inch poseable doll
Makes an 8-inch doll with colorful clothing that is felted on to the figure. Includes detailed instructions, wool fleece in skin color and clothing colors, wool in hair color, ribbon, yarn, chenille stems.   $13.99     
  
Angel
Make ethereal angels for ornaments, pins or play. Angels are embellished with glitter fiber and ribbon. Three hair colors. Makes three angels.  $13.99     
  
Flower Fairies
One of our most popular kits, these flower fairies can be used for ornaments, pins or play. Embellish with glitter fiber and make a flower hat for each fairy. Three hair colors, and three fairy colors (blue, pink and yellow) makes three dolls.  $13.99     
  
  
Forest Folk
Follow easy instructions to make leprechauns, gnomes and other forest folk for ornaments, pins or play. Kit includes green felt and pinecone felt along with wool fleece to makes three dolls.
  $13.99     
  
My Family Pin
Wear your family on your lapel...or on your hat! Make dolls representing your family or close friends, and then arrange them for a pin. Kit comes in choice of three skin tones. Makes 5-6 dolls. Item #023   flesh skin tone   $13.99     
Item #024   tan skin tone   $13.99     
Item #025  brown skin tone   $13.99     
 
Little Felt People Kit
(Winner of a 1999 Parents Choice Gold Award)
This Award Winning Kit uses a simple technique to create ethnically diverse Little Felt People. The kit contains 100% lambs wool in three skin colors and five hair colors, plus five colors of wool for clothing. The kit makes 12 to 15 dolls, each about 3 inches tall.  $13.99     
 Guardian Angel Mobile
Use a simple technique to make ethnically diverse Guardian Angels. The kit contains materials to make ethereal angels wrapped with fleece and gold glitter fiber. You will also learn how to make flat felt for stars and angel wings. The kit has enough material for three mobiles.  $14.95   
  
Ornament Kits 

Our ornament kits will teach you more feltmaking techniques. Learn to make a flat piece of felt or use the Scandinavian feltmaking technique to make a seamless pouch.

Shooting Stars
Make glittery shooting stars! Design and make your own felt, then cut star shapes from the felt; glue two stars together adding a little stuffing. Add ribbons to make a shooting star. Makes three 3 1/2" tall stars or more smaller stars.$13.99   

Star Wands
Make three wishes with these sparkling star wands. Make one for yourself and another for a friend. Design and make your own felt, then assemble the wands using ribbons, yarn, glitter pipe cleaners and a small wooden dowel. 
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  Our first feltmaking kits were the Rainbow Jewelry Kits shown below. I brought the craft project to my son's class of 2 and 3 year olds at Parent's Nursery School in Palo Alto, California. The children enjoyed making the beads so much that I decided to make up a kit. 
Our Rainbow Jewelry Kit has 4 colorful designs to choose from, but you can use your creativity to design your own unique necklace. Each kit has enough wool and yarn to make 5 necklaces.

Necklace and Bracelet: primary colors $12.99     
   
 Three Necklaces: pink, turquoise, 
rust-orange, emerald, plum, yellow $12.99     
 
 Necklace with Purple Bear: red, 
yellow, green, plum $12.99     
 
 Necklace with Pink Bear: pink, red, orange, yellow, emerald, turquoise, magenta $12.99     
     
 Rainbow Heart Necklace
One of our most popular necklace kits, the colorful heart is made in a poly bag using soap and water. Each kit has materials for one necklace.  $11.99      
 
   Flower Necklace
Everyday is springtime with our colorful felt flower necklace! Flowers are made using a small measuring cup as a mold. Each kit has materials for one necklace.  $11.99     
 
  
        
 Sealife Kits 
Angel Fish
Makes three, 5-inch, multicolored angelfish. Kit includes 5 colors of wool fleece, black beads to sew or glue on for fish eyes, angelfish pattern and detailed instructions.$9.99     
 
  Starfish and Wolf Eel 
Makes a 6-inch starfish, and an 8- inch eel. Kit includes 4 colors of wool fleece, gold beads to sew or glue on for the eel's eyes, and pipe cleaners to form the wool around and detailed instructions. $9.99
     
Needle Felting Kits 
  
 Introduction to Needle Felting Kit 
Learn the basics of needle felting as you are guided through making four needle felted projects - includes three-dimensional animals and building a face. Kit contains: 8 felting needles in the Variety Pack (See needle felting supplies), foam work surface, carded fleece, wool yarn, cotton batting & detailed instructions. Recommended for ages 10 and up with adult guidance.   $26.95     
  
Introduction To Feltmaking Kit
Would you like to make a pair of slippers or a hat! This introductory kit will get you started. Includes wool roving in natural and dyed colors, wool yarn, plastic mesh for patterns, soap and a tapestry needle, the book, Felting By Hand and a small washboard. 
     
 

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Ball Kits
Felt is believed to be the first manmade fabric. Our Felt Ball Kits are a popular project for teaching school-aged boys and girls, ages 8 and up, about this primitive craft. We offer four different kits.
								
Felt Balls
									Working the wool with your hands it takes 15 to 20 minutes to make a 100% wool felt ball and all you need is a bowl of soapy water! Makes three, 2-1/2 inch diameter, multicolored balls.
	
Large Felt Ball  $7.99 
Contains clean, carded white wool along with two colors of dyed wool. Makes one 3" diameter ball or several smaller balls.
  		
Earth Balls	$13.99     						
Use emerald and azure wool on the outside of the ball to look like the earth. Makes three balls.

Ribbon Balls     $13.99     
A safe, natural toy. After the ball is finished and has dried, ribbons are threaded through the middle and knotted on each side of the ball. Makes two balls.
								

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