Winding small balls of acrylic yarn...
...(for dense centers)...
...and wrapping them with multiple, thin layers of wool...
...from a batt.
Adding decorative embellishments...
...like lengths of dyed tussah silk...
...bits of brightly colored roving...
...windings of highly textured yarn...
...or snippets of pre-felt (made with silk paper)...
...for a bit of shimmer.
Two of the fully wrapped dryer balls...
...awaiting wet-felting.
Next time: a bright yarn spiral...
...and all of my completed dryer balls.
2 comments:
I'm intrigued. I had the impression that acrylic wouldn't felt all that well, being a synthetic. Although, deep within the centre of the balls, maybe it doesn't matter anyway. I really want to know what happens next!
Rachel--You're absolutely right...it won't felt at all...but it does form a hard, interior core that makes the rest of the felting go more easily. :)
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