We admit that we have wanted to try a felting project forever now! This seems like the perfect catalyst to begin a new crafting obsession! This wonderful and straight forward tutorial from Dans le Townhouse should make you feel inspired, too!
Basically, felting a ball is super simple. Start with a wool roving and tear it apart like
you would cotton candy. Add a bit of dish soap, a bit of water,
roughly shape it into a ball and then start rolling it between your
palms like you would a piece of clay. Rinse it in hot water, then cold,
to "shock" the fibres into felting (you continue doing this throughout
the rolling process). It will feel like it won't work, then it will
start to felt. Trust me. Add increasing pressure as your felt ball
becomes firmer and when it is nice and firm, set it aside to dry for a
day or two. Remember your finished ball will be smaller and denser than
the rough ball you created when the roving was dry. Once my beads were
dry, I simply strung them with some heavy duty beading thread and the
sharpest needle I could find. You can fuss with a clasp or just tie a knot and slip it over your head.
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| Wool Roving |
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| Wool roving pulled apart and ready to shape |
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| How NOT to create a felted ball - squoosh too hard in the beginning |
Lay out the beads as you work to get a sense of the pattern.
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