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Felted wool ball

Felting is so easy and everyone can do it!

In this video we show how to make a small ball. Wind the yarn around two fingers, after a couple rounds, remove yarn from fingers and continue winding around the yarn until you have a ball. Keep winding the yarn around and around until you have the size on the ball you want.
Place the ball in a thin stocking and put it in the washing machine with a detergent without enzymes and optical bleach. Wash at 40 C/104F with normal spin but no pre-wash. At subsequent wash, wash the ball at regular wool program.

Make many balls and put them together to a felted garland!

To see other felted patters, eg. felted slippers, see: DROPS 150-24 or click on one of the picture to the left.

Patterns using this technique

DROPS Extra 0-1530

DROPS Extra 0-1530
DROPS Extra 0-1382

DROPS Extra 0-1382
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Country flag Ingrid wrote:

Hei! Kan man bruke en strømpe av bomull når man tover? På forhånd, takk!

12.09.2023 - 21:49

DROPS Design :

Hei Ingrid. Tenker du på en bomullsokk å legge "ullballen" i? Har ikke prøvd det, men man kan jo fint prøve med en veldig tynn bomullsokk :) mvh DROPS Design

18.09.2023 - 09:25

Country flag Ines Xam-mar Alonso wrote:

Qué sistema tendría que seguir para fieltrar un vestido de punto? En cuánto he de calcular que la lana encogerá? Gracias

03.11.2015 - 10:38

DROPS Design :

Hola Ines, te recomendamos leer el apartado siguiente: https://www.garnstudio.com/lesson.php?id=31&cid=23

21.11.2015 - 18:33

Analia Gatica wrote:

Muy buen video y fácil de hacer!!!!! gracias!

20.06.2015 - 18:08

Country flag Ille wrote:

Great way to use all leftover yarns!

20.02.2014 - 15:19

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