I am behind on updates. Earlier I posted about making felted shaker balls. We ended up wet felting 3 more balls in plain core wool. Once they were dry I spent the next few weeks working on needle felting them when I had a spare moment. The girls loved to watch the balls come alive slowly with color, with Sophie asking several times, “Is it done? I can have now?” before one ball was even finished. :)

Before…



….and after….





The gray and blue ball on the far left, got wet felted, then needle felted – then wet felted AGAIN – on account that it got caught out in the rain. I had loosely felted this one, so I decided to throw it into the dryer with our clothes to see just how the felt would contract. And the results were quite nice – a very durable felted ball.





All 4 finished balls, they get a lot of play in our home. In fact at the moment, I am not sure where they are! :)

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