[Regia-NA] felted wool balls

[Douglas Sunlin]

I believe the idea is to demonstrate the process of making felt, rather than 
to make something useful with it. A fabric art tailor-made for children's 
attention spans. Though one could make innersoles for shoes...

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>From: Tate William T Jr SSgt 352 OSS/SCSC <william.tate@mildenhall.af.mil>
>Reply-To: list-regia-na@lig.net
>To: list-regia-na@lig.net
>Subject: RE: [Regia-NA] felted wool balls
>Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 07:54:07 -0000
>
>Nancy Spies passed some info to me once about making balls.
>
>If you aren't planning on doing this on-site and for a little less messy 
>and
>less strenuous method...
>
>Follow the other "recipes" to get a shape.  Then take the proto-balls and 
>an
>old pair of pantyhose and insert a ball down to the toe and knot-off, 
>repeat
>with other balls up through the leg.  Throw the entire thing into the 
>washer
>and run through a regular cycle, with soap, and the results are pretty
>compact balls once dried.
>
>They are great for period kids toys.
>
>Bill/Leifr
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Charlotte Mayhew [mailto:CRMayhew@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 6:28 PM
>To: list-regia-na@lig.net
>Subject: [Regia-NA] felted wool balls
>
>
>Just wondering if anyone can tell me how to make felted wool balls as a
>children's activity?
>Or refer me to a source that can tell me how to do so?
>
>Thanks very much!
>
>--charlotte mayhew
>



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