Wet felting and dying wool with kool aid
Hannah and I felted today. We worked on dolls too, but after being clingy and needy (I think she's working on her eye teeth again) we switched to a task that's more conducive to babywearing. So, Babe up on my back and swaying, bouncing, and singing, 'we' made felted jingle balls today. (Instructions are here from this past summer)
We didn't have any blue or purple roving, so we 'cooked some up'
Directions: Add splash of lemon juice in water to change the pH, a dab of cake frosting dye (non toxic!), and heat til almost boiling, add the natural roving and allow to sit for 10-15 minutes. Rinse until water runs clear
Our green felted wool ball after wet felting, before drying. Then we'll needle felt it a bit to firm it up.
All of them drying and waiting for needle felting
An experiment I had done a while back. I was going for a sunflower felt bead... it didn't really work. (here's an example on etsy of sorta what I was going for)
The finished jingle balls :) Fun! They're being sold at Green Bean Boutique
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3 comments:
ooooh fun! I like the purple one :)
I actually have some undyed roving that I may have to try this with. I've dyed roving before with tea to use as skin color and that worked well. I've never tried frosting dyes, only kool aid. I just got some silk blanks to dye as a gift for my niece...maybe I'll try out the frosting dyes on those and throw a little roving in as well.
Big fun!
We're getting on a bit of a felting jag over here. FINALLY getting around to trying the Felt Dogs book and roving bought for Christmas...
Fun!
Emilie, the roving is fun. I hadn't thought of using tea to dye it, but that's a good idea too.
Tara, I've heard about that felt dogs book from Craftster, I've never seen it though. Post your doggies when they're done!
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