Felting by Elvira Lopez Del Prado Rivas is published by Schiffer Publishing and has a copyright date of 2013. It retails for $29.99 in the US and is a 144 page hardcopy book. The five chapters in this book cover a huge amount of information related to felting starting with its properties, exactly what is felt; where wool come from and different types of wool; felting techniques, both wet and dry; ways to work with felt; and then projects. A good chunk of this book (the first 45 pages) deals with methods and techniques, while the rest of the book is dedicated to projects. One nice touch is that there is an entire projects chapter for children’s projects, which I thought was nice to see.

This book is generous with color photos, especially in the projects section, and I counted 31 projects in total. I love the idea of felting, but I have to admit that many of the project were, for me, a little rustic for my personal taste. Of course, some might argue that this is part of what makes hand-made felt to wonderful. Two projects that I thought looked more finished were the purse and slippers. I really liked both of these, and I could see the slippers project as becoming amazing gifts that are very functional and beautiful as well.

Another part that I really liked in this book is the “Process” chapter. While you may not want to necessarily process your own wool from the sheep to prepare it to creating felt, I like knowing about it and felt it was a good addition to the book. In fact, this really has all the information you need from tools to techniques to how-to projects to make your own felt and turn it into something functional or decorative or both.