Easter is coming up fast and I wanted to add some new decorations to the mix this year. I did some wet felting experiments that involved felting roving around plastic eggs wrapped with duct tape (to kept the wool from slipping off the plastic). I lightly felted the wool around the eggs by hand, then [...]

We’re working on a wet felted Easter project today at the CraftSanity headquarters. This is our first wet felted project since investing in a front loader washing machine, so it’s all very experimental. My goal is to successfully complete the project without busting the machine.  Have any of you done any wet felting with wool [...]

When I decided to shed the security of a steady day job last summer, I knew my craft budget was going to take a serious hit. I thought I’d be bummed about not being able to spend at will, but it turns out that I’m having a blast crafting with my stash and filling in [...]

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There’s still time to make yourself a needle felted lapel pin like the one I made today on Take Five & Company. Here’s what you need to do to make your own.

Today my Grand Rapids Press art & craft column is about Sierra Cole, a fiber artist I mentioned in a previous post. Here’s a preview to get you started… Sierra Cole might be the fastest knitter I’ve ever met. Her metal needles moved with near-lightning speed as we chatted about how she landed a great [...]

Doesn’t this yarn look fabulous? It ranked high among the crafty eye candy for sale at Renegade this past weekend. It was fun to chat briefly with Liz Maly, the talented maker of this lovely hand-dyed yarn and other fabulous Felt Cafe goods. Check out the super cute, felted baby booties. This photo kind of [...]

I spotted this fabulous rug made from felted wool sweaters while reporting an upcoming craft column. I’m not going to spill the beans about my featured artist before my column is published, but you can buy the pattern for the design to the left here. I haven’t had time to try it out yet, but [...]

Don’t these felt coasters look fabulous all piled up together? I had a great time snapping photos of Cara Redeker-Theile’s colorful creations when I stopped by her Holland, Mich. home recently to interview her for my weekly art and craft column that runs every Sunday in The Grand Rapids Press. If you’d like to know [...]

I just paged through an advance copy of “Interweave Felt” magazine, a special issue from “Interweave Knits,” and found some lovely projects inside. The magazine features great projects for all skill levels ranging from easy felted beads (LOVE those.) and cookie cutter needle-felted shapes (LOVE those, too.) to a more complex needle felted lily beret [...]