Tutorial: How to Make a Felted Holiday Garland

A guest postal service past Jenna Thompson of Small Bird Handcrafted Jewelry.

I beloved handmade Christmas decorations, merely I hardly had any that were made past my own hands"¦until now"¦

I think I meant to make this felted garland last year"¦merely I never got around to information technology. (Thats a familiar tune around here this time of yr.)  It was not *quite* as quick and easy every bit I had hoped, but thats probably due, in part, to my perfectionism rearing its ugly head halfway through this thing. Thats non to say that it was difficult, past any means. I just added some extra steps.

I used about one.five oz. wool roving in several colors, and got about 48 balls out of it. I needed two pairs of stockings to tie up the roving, and used the washing machine technique for felting. The problem was that wherever the stocking gathered between knots, it created a crease in the felted ball. I wound up with 48 little brightly colored"¦fannies (which you can sort of see in the bowl in the photo beneath). Ahem. So I hauledmy fanny to the craft store and bought some needle felting tools. Id just tried needle felting one time, at a sheep and wool festival, simply that piffling demo provided me with all the knowledge I needed for this project i.eastward., stabstabstabstabstabstabstab"¦

I arranged the various felted balls in a perfectly random pattern (I know, I have a problem), and used a natural, twine-colored worsted weight yarn to string them. I love the handmade touch on they add to my curtain.

Nigh Jenna: Jenna is the designer and crafter behind Small Bird Jewelry . When she's not making jewelry, she'south probably knitting, sewing, or doing home improvement projects. Get shop updates by post-obit smallbirdshop on Twitter at this link .

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