Fabulous Felt Hats
Dazzling Designs from Handmade Felt
by Chad Alice Hagen

Softcover, $9.95
ISBN 1-57990-542-0
Lark Books, 2005.
112 pages.

Publisher: "Internationally-known felt artist Chad Hagen shows just how simple, good-looking, and varied feltmaking can be, as she guides you through the basics of making more than a dozen spectacular hand-sculpted hats. Here are 15 patterns with endless variations, all in classic shapes, and transformed into unique fashion statements with fanciful touches and exquisite embellishments. Berets have 'wings,' snoods come with long tails just right for scrunching up, and caps feature soft felt spikes or long "dreadlocks" to tie in knots. Even the most traditional designs, such as pillboxes and brimmed hats, sport whimsical tiny safety pins or beads and buttons. For those who prefer not to start from scratch, there's even advice on jazzing up store-bought hats.

Ursula: " Awesome book! Great for beginners as well as those who already felt. After checking out Modes in Hats and Headdresses by R. Turner Wilcox (1945) from the library, Fabulous Felt Hats shows you how to make them."

Chad Alice Hagen's long-time exploration of hand-felted wool has yielded an impressive body of work and masterful skills- both of which she shares with people around the world. For years Chad has taught feltmaking to adults and children in the U.S., and England, and Holland. Her handfelted wool has been exhibited in throughout the U.S., and in Mexico, Japan, India, England, and Denmark.