by Harlan (Author)

Needle Felting - to the Point is a straightforward guide to needle felting and how it works. This book is an easy to understand, detailed step by step, photo enhanced guide to needle felting for beginners and advanced felters. It teaches you the skills that are needed to create your own needle felted objects with confidence. You will learn proper needling techniques and how to make simple three dimensional shapes and flat forms. You will learn how these simple shapes and forms are the building blocks for complex projects. You will learn the importance and control of firmness, how to card and blend fibers, surface decoration, creation of hollow objects, sculpting the fiber, furring and much more Numerous delightful projects are used to illustrate the skills necessary to let your own creativity free. Learn what you really need to know to needle felt well by following along as Harlan creates a pear, an artichoke, a sheep pin cushion, a cart, a hollow egg, a squash box, a face and a dragon. This is not your typical project book Harlan's aim is to provide you with the necessary skills to successfully make your own projects, not merely copy hers.