Product Description

Say hello to your new best pals. These felted friends hail from Japan—homeland of all things cute. Inside this book, you'll find over 25 translated patterns that combine the appeal of authentic Japanese content with the ease of English instruction. Cheerful photographs, step-by-step directions, and helpful how-to illustrations make it easy to whip up both water- and needle-felted projects. There's no knitting involved; simply treat raw wool fibers with either a felting needle or water and detergent to create these little creatures. Cute and cuddly, they're also useful! An elephant cozy warms a teakettle; a whimsical bird mobile adorns a nursery; wee mouse pincushions hold your needles; while piglets, giraffes, zebras, or sheep carry all your gear in handy totes and pouches. Practice with these projects and then adapt the techniques to design your own personal stable of felted friends.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #166372 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

Customer Reviews

Lot of felting without needles
I was excited to purchase this book, since I recently invested in the supplies necessary for needle felting. The cover of the book suggested that the projects inside would appeal to me. The book was ultimately disappointing, because other than the dogs on the cover and a few other projects most of the content requires wet felting rather than needle felting. Although some of the projects such as the bird coin purse look great, I don't have the materials necessary for wet felting.

This book would not be good for beginners because the instructions are vague, and consist mostly of patterns and dimensions. Little guidance is given on how to construct and attach basic shapes.

If you enjoy both needle and wet felting this would be a good choice for you. If you are only interested in needle felting then do not buy this book - choose one that is devoted solely to needle felting.

Nice Pictures-Weak Instructions
I was drawn in to buying this book based off of the cover photo which was exactly the type of work I wanted to learn to make. The description states, "step-by-step directions, and helpful how-to illustrations make it easy". However the instructions for most of these creations only had four steps and a few illustrations. The illustrations would tell you what size diameter you should make the body and head, but gives you no idea about what quantity of wool to start with or what specific techniques to use. The photos are adorable to look at, but as a "how to book" falls extremely short.

fuzzy felted friends is wonderful
This book from Japan is a wonderful book if you want to get started in needle felting. It has detailed instructions to go along with the many colored pictures showing the item you would like to create. The author also has little notes about her fuzzy friends and why she has created them making this a personal experience as well as fun and easy. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to get started in needle felting. Not only is it about cute fuzzy animals but she also includes some everyday items such as pillows, pouches, and a rabbit shaped plate just to name a few.