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1. 

   

   Fill a bowl with some water and a drop of washing-up liquid or a small amount of liquid soap. (I used 'Christmas' scented washing-up liquid and it left the beads with a really nice smell).
   
   Have a thin stick or skewer at the ready.

2. 

   

   Pull off a long, thin strand of wool tops.




3. 

   

   Wrap the wool tops around the skewer, wrapping tightly as you go.

4. 

   

   As you wrap, try to keep the yarn in as tight a ball shape as possible.




5. 

   

   Dip the bead in to the warm water for a second.

6. 

   

   Slip the bead off the skewer and in to the palm of your hand. Roll it round and round in the palm of your hand until it begins to felt.

7. 

   

   When the bead had shrunk to the desired size, rinse it in clean water and set aside to dry.

8. 

   

   Next up, pick a selection of seed beads and thread a needle with a colour of thread that matches the beads.

9. 

   

   Carefully stitch the seed beads on to the bead, stitching from one side through to the opposite side, until the bead is covered. Cut off any loose thread and you're beads are ready to turn in to awesome jewelry!

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kermit

04 Mar 08:15

Really cool! I've allways wanted to know how to felt. And my mum as well, so now I can tell here :)

Chelsea K.

04 Mar 16:25

I love them but I've never seen that stuff before:(

Moxie D.

04 Mar 18:58

I was wondering how this was done :) Great looking beads as well!

northernstar

04 Mar 22:12

These are so great Cat, love felting :)

mlc1803 m.

04 Mar 22:29

cute beads cat! thanks for posting im gonna make a bunch of these pink and yellow wohoo!:)

Alessandra S.

05 Mar 02:31

oh, its also known as roving here in the u.s. and i found some at my local a.c. moore for cheaps. ;] 'wool roving'

ʎǝɔɐɹƃ

07 Mar 20:33

This is so sweet-bit off the point but at my old school I made a bag out of felt--So cutee xx

Stephanie N.

08 Mar 07:11

super cute!

Eve S.

14 Aug 13:59

thats awesome!

Cat Morley

14 Aug 16:08

Post your versions guys, I'd love to see them.

Luv my life

16 May 14:36

Wow nice!! Never thought of wool beads!

Luv my life

16 May 14:36

Wow nice!! Never thought of wool beads!

Serpentira

05 Nov 01:54

Awesome- I'll definitely have to make some now! I had to laugh though, seeing this. I bought this rainbow dyed 'ball' of unspun wool this summer thinking I could make some felted beads... and then ended up with some sketches of how they might look with seed beads sewn to them, which was something I hadn't seen done before. Guess this just goes to prove that when you think you've come up with a great idea, chances are someone else has already done it!

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Cat Morley »
March 04, 2008 03:42

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