[.uk] Felt Frenzy: 26 Projects for All Forms of Felting (ISBN 1596680091)

Love this book:
i just love this book. i have bought many, many books on this subject and this is by far the best. it covers 4 kinds of felting; felting knitted and crocheted items, wet felting, needle felting and recycled felting. i've been felting for a while - mainly knit/crochet felting and needle felting. but i am now going to try the other two methods after reading this book. one thing that i really liked is a full color page of swatches showing non-wool 'fancy yarns' felted with wool yarns. wow! what a time saver to be able to see what they look like w/o doing the swatches myself. also, the yarns used are not the obscure yarns you sometimes see in books like this. they are mainly Knit Picks (my personal fav), Crystal Palace, Cascade and Lion Brand. many of them are yarns that i wouldn't have thought of using as a 'drag-a-long' for felting. there are 40 swatch images in all. there are also some tips about knitted felting vs crocheted felting that i didn't know and that will be very helpful in my future projects. there is a bag in there that i am going to get to work on right away. it's called The Bag of Many Pockets and it's genius. can't wait to see how it comes out. i would recommend this to those whe are brand new to felting and also those with experience. i have bought at least 10 books on felting and this immediately became my favorite. oh, it is also beautifully photographed - all color photos for every item and for the instructions. did i say that i love this book?

Great designs that you actually want to make.:
I own several felting books and other than Nicky Epsteins for reference, this book is the best I have found for actual projects and techniques. It is very well written, the projects are accesible such that you want to make them and can see the finished project being used by youself and friends. This book covers many felting types and gives great directions for knitting and wet felting and nuno felt. They also give lots of tips and ideas throughout the book to change a pattern or make decoration to personalize your project. Great book!!!

Great felting Instructions:
This book gave great instructions for various methods of felting. I was a little disappointed in the projects.

Loved this book:
This book is the ultimate, beautiful pics, well written instructions, very easy to follow and great reading

Great instructions, hit-or-miss patterns:
I try not to go crazy buying books, so I wanted to make sure to invest in a good one on felting techniques. I saw this one in a store and really liked how it described various methods for felting, with clear explanations of why things turn out the way they do. I also liked how it talked about felted knit vs. crocheted fabric. I didn't buy it right away, but looked around at other felting books to see if they held as much promise for a beginner. Although there were pretty projects in most books, I thought none of them compared in instruction to Felt Frenzy, so I finally ordered it. Some of the patterns look great, and some yield a finished product that looks a little ridiculous to me (old-fashioned, or just messy), but the key thing is that it gives the reader the skills to do whatever they might want to do with felting. I've already used this book for random instructions many times, and I'm sure I'll continue to do so. Recommended, especially for beginners.