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Felt Beads

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Felt beads

A couple of years ago I thought I would have a go at making felt beads, how hard could that be? Well disappointingly it proved to be more tricky than I anticipated and I failed miserably. Recently my friend Sue gave me what I can only call a couple of 'master classes' in felt bead making. It became clear where I had gone wrong, with my initial beading attempt, I was too quick to form a 'ball' and it separated. The secret is to take the initial forming of the 'ball' slowly then gather momentum.

Merino wool tops/roving
Warm soapy water
Rolling the wool to make a bead
Layering the wool for the 'swiss roll' beads
Rolled felt sausage!
Felt sausage cut into sections to make beads
Sausage ends!
Swirly felt beads
Flat felt bead
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