Simply Felt: 20 Easy and Elegant Designs in Wool

The fundamentals of felting including choosing fibers and colors, making flat felt and boiling felt, and stitching felt are demonstrated in 20 beautiful projects in a range of contemporary colors in this beginner's guide. Projects include a cloche hat, a child's jacket, slippers, delicate scarves, square and inlayed throw pillows, and a long-lasting rug. Each project is presented with simple step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and alternative samples and suggestions that help felters to create their own designs. Felters can bring this highly handcrafted style into their wardrobes and home decor with these simple and beautiful pieces.

Margaret Docherty is a fiber artist who teaches felt making, rug making, and vegetable dyeing. Jayne Emerson is an embroidery and textile designer whose designs sell to a wide range of internationally renowned fashion houses, including Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, and Louis Vuitton. She is the designer and cofounder of the UK fashion label Salvage Salvage.