I would not pay someone to make me a felt pet, but I would love to learn how to do it myself.

Nah. I could make at least one of these every night when I groom my black smoke Persian dude. All I have to do is remove the hair from the comb, give it a roll or two between my palms and glue on a set of round copper-colored eyes and it's Mini Oliver!

meh. the dogs look very good but the cats don't look realistic, and I'm a cat owner.

They are super cute, but I wouldn't pay $120.

I've thought about it before. Someone I know got some much less cuter felt versions of her cat (they didn't even stand up like these!) for $50. I wanted to do it but I just couldn't justify spending money on something to take a picture of. That's all it would be: a photo op. The rest of the time it would be resigned to sit somewhere, and I don't do knick-knackery.

Cant afford it but would like it!

hmm. gotta go with no. i thought i was a bit weird for having a picture of my pups on my work desk!

my cat didnt even cost me 120 bucks, so no to that.

Very cute but am not sure I'd pay to have it done!

Not sure either I would rather donate that 120 to a local animal rescue.

These would make a great gift for someone who has just lost an especially beloved pet. They're *adorable*, but too pricey.

expensive but cute

They are cute, but I wouldn't pay $120 for one.

I just got one as a gift from a woman in Holland!!! We love it

Pricey, but they're absolutely adorable!

Dear Friend,

The inter-net is rather new over here in the Middle-East, and I found your site when I ran a search for 'felt+ideas+toys+for+pets'.

And so having discovered your site, and seeing the creative -and humane - work you do, plus the things I see surrounding it (such as 4 things to do before doggy's bathtime)really made me quite happy.

I am mom to many cats, and a puppy plus. So I am ALWAYS looking for new patterns for my sweaters, and new ideas for toys for my babies.

We do felting over here too, sometimes from the hair remains of Angorian Rabbits, who are just absolutely delightful. They grow an average of 12 inches extra hair every month, and so do wish for it to be cut a bit, so that they may enjoy the warm Meditteranean weather more (with global warming, we almost have no 'real' winters as we used to do). Felting has been around for some 3 thousand years over here, and so we naturally have innumerable patterns, way too many for me to even make mention of here.

And now come my first questions to you and your beloved readers:

Do you bask your hair - or yarn - first in goats milk for 48 hours before beginning the process?

And then while getting the hairs (or yarn, or how ever you all call it, I just don't know)settled in, do you use a wooden spoon made out of mawn wood, or do you use something else?

I would be most delighted to hear from both you and your readership about this matter.

Also, I would love to exchange patterns (mine are quite way too aged, but still, maybe some of your readers might find them interesting), ideas, new things and just everything really!

I am so delighted to have discovered you all on the internet, this is absolutely wonderful - to be able to communicate so quickly and everything I mean!

I do hope to hear from you all, and to exchange ideas and experience.

Love,

Lara

larailayda@yahoo.com