FELTMAKER'S LIST FAQ

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*FELTMAKER'S LINKS =   Organizations       How to Make Felt      Felt History       
*Pat Spark's FAQ Subject Areas
* Feltmaker's List FAQ Subject Areas (Compiled posts from the feltmakers list.)
* 9th Annual Feltmakers List and NAFN Holiday Ornament Exchange, information.

FELTMAKER'S LINKS

LINKS TO SITES WITH FELTING ORGANIZATIONS INFORMATION:

LINKS TO SITES WITH "HOW TO MAKE FELT" INFORMATION:

Feltmakers List. To subscribe to this list, email to majordomo@peak.org and in the body of the message write: subscribe feltmakers Felting Books (Felt books written by Pat Spark and others which are available for purchase from Fine Fibers Press.)
International Feltmakers' Association. Felt Dog Kit from Margaret Peel, Australia.
North American Felters' Network.  
NAFN
subscription information and also more links to other non-felt, but fiber related organizations.
Felting Llama from Brian and Jane Pinkerton's page.
North American Felters' Network.
Online Calendar
Handweaver's Guild of America pages on The Feltmaking Process  and How to Measure Percentage of Shrinkage (written by Shelby Cefaratti)
Northeast Feltmakers Guild  is a guild that meets in the Northeast of the USA.  Felted Baby Booties by Ellen Allan on HGTV site. (See also Pat Spark's page on making baby booties.)
Norwegian Feltmakers Guild web site. (In Norwegian.) Terri Pike teaches feltmaking through online video tutorials.
Danish Feltmakers Guild web site. (In Danish) How to Make Felt Gleason's Fine Woolens' Page. (Making a small, flat sheet of felt and sewing it into a felt mouse.)
Finnish Feltmakers Association (Filtti) web site. (In English as well as Finnish.) Sue Pearl's page on making a flat sheet of felt.
Spinners' and Weavers' Housecleaning Pages (Link to Fleece Suppliers) Jill Gully's web page with instructions for many felt projects as well as pictures of her work and information on the merino fleece she sells.
Web page on the Australian Yurt Project. Sue Pufpaff's felting books and kits.
Victorian Feltmakers (Australian Group) Web page with information on ordering felt kits by Anne Vickrey.
Canberra Region Feltmakers (Australian Group) Jane Dunnewold's page on how to make felt beads.
Scottish Feltmakers (Scottish Members of IFA)  
Back to Index Kathy Hays is doing some online teaching, making needle felted dolls.
FeltWEST, Feltmakers of Western Australia.  
LINKS TO SITES WITH FELT HISTORY AND TRADITIONAL FELT Make a needle felted lady bug at Mielke's Farm web site. (Andrea Melke's site)
History of traditional feltmaking from Textile Historian Richard Wright. Making felt from the All Fiber Arts web site by Päivi Suomi.
More on the history of Central Asian feltmaking.  
Kyrgyz Feltmaking information. Using Alpaca for needle felting web site by Debby McCandless.
Mongolian information on gers (yurts). .
Making felt in Mongolia.  
Information on traditional felt of the Middle-East.  
Video of making a felt carpet in Iran. Pictures of carpets.  
Turkish feltmaking from Mehmet Girgic's workshop.  

LINKS TO FELT ARTIST'S SITES
 

 

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Pat Spark's FAQ Subject Areas

GENERAL INFORMATION

"HOW TO" NOTES

Bootie Felting: 3-D FELTING WITH A CARDBOARD RESIST, INSTRUCTIONS BY PAT SPARK. (Sample used, making a pair of baby booties)
PAT SPARK'S CHART OF GOOD FELTING WOOLS Boot Pattern: MAKE A PATTERN FOR A PAIR OF FELT BOOTS, INSTRUCTIONS BY PAT SPARK.
PAT SPARK'S LIST OF FELTING BOOKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN USA (IN ENGLISH) Bubble Wrap Felting: MAKING FLAT SHEETS OF FELT USING BUBBLE WRAP , INSTRUCTIONS BY PAT SPARK.
PAT SPARK'S THOUGHTS ON FELTING AND FULLING Edges/Seams: Some Seams And Edges Used in Felt Garments Instructions by Pat Spark.
PAT SPARK'S OVERVIEW OF FULLING METHODS Hat on a Ball: PAT SPARK'S EXPERIMENTS WITH HAT ON A BALL.
PAT SPARK'S THOUGHTS ON WHY WOOL FELTS Laminated Felt: MAKING A LAMINATED FELT SCARF, INSTRUCTIONS BY PAT SPARK.
EARLY THOUGHTS ON LAMINATED FELT
  Pre-Felts, Half Felts, Soft Felts:  ADDING PRE-FELTS TO A BACKGROUND INSTRUCTIONS BY PAT SPARK.
Needle Felting Bibliography

Silk Paper: PAT SPARK'S SILK PAPER NOTES

  Testing Fleece: TESTING YOUR FLEECE FOR ITS FELTING ABILITY BY PAT SPARK.

PICTURES OF STUDENT WORK FROM PAT'S WORKSHOPS

SOURCES FOR FELTING MATERIALS
Also, check the Housecleaning Web Page for other sources.
UK wool, spinning supplier's list.
Canadian wool, spinning supplier's list.
Fleece vendors from the knitter's list.
STUDENT'S WORK FROM PRE-FELT INLAY WORKSHOP
STUDENT'S WORK FROM FELT RUG WORKSHOP
STUDENT'S WORK FROM WATERCOLOR INLAY WORKSHOP

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Feltmaker's List FAQ Subject Areas (Compiled posts from the feltmakers list.)
(Alphabetically by Area Title)
BOOTH DESIGN IDEAS. PROTECTING THE FELTMAKER'S HANDS
ACHIEVING FLESH COLOR IN FELT DOLLS LABELS, NAME TAGS FOR FELT ITEMS
  MAKING FELTING SOAP
DYEING WOOL FLEECE AND FELT MOTHPROOFING WOOL FIBER AND FELT
  PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR FELT
FELTING HINTS FROM THE FELT - MAKER'S LIST  Including favorite tools. USING A SANDER TO AID THE FELTING STAGE
FELTING NEEDLES AND THEIR USES SILK PAPER FOR FELTMAKING
Deb Meinke's page on making silk paper.
Karen Selk's Silk Fusion version of silk paper.
FELTING AROUND A BAR OF SOAP SLIPPER AND BOOT SOLES
   
FELT TENTS/YURTS/GERS STIFFENING FELT
FIBER PREPARATION FOR FELTMAKING
(Including information on choosing a drum carder.)
TEACHING FELT MAKING
IMAGES FROM THE FELTMAKERS' LIST. THIN FLEXIBLE FELT  FOR GARMENTS, BLANKETS (COBWEB, LAMINATED, NUNO, ETC.)  
MAKING FELT BALLS. USING A WASHING MACHINE TO AID IN THE FULLING STAGE
  FELT MADE WITH WATER SOLUBLE PAPER.
MAKING A HAT ON A BALL SUE BOWEN'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING A FELT FLOWER CHAIN AND RING. (WITH PHOTO)
LABELS AND TAGS FOR FELT WORK

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Patricia Spark
Copyright 1998
Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014