Sara's Texture Crafts Tutorials: How to roll a Felt Ball

[hannahhumangeography]

LOVE THIS! 

[TheUkeygirl]

Hi - I am a beginner - I have corriedale wool and I am finding that the balls crack a lot - any other tips, I have tried all sorts of different ways.

[SARASTEXTURECRAFTS]

@TheUkeygirl Try different soap levels, or slightly needle felt your basic shape before you start to wet felt. Corriedale is a great felting fibre, so with practise it should work lovely.

[MsSanriolover]

Where did you buys this stuff??

[SARASTEXTURECRAFTS]

@MsSanriolover at sarastexturecrafts [dot] com

[wannabeawallabe]

Hi, thanks for your video, now that explains a lot! I wanted to ask about how many 1-2cm balls you can make from 50g of wool? - I'm considering a bigger project, but didn't dare to yet^^

[SARASTEXTURECRAFTS]

@wannabeawallabe I think I used around 3cm of wool for this... the Merino I sell and used for this at Sara's Texture Crafts is on average approx. 380-410cm length per 100g. So that's a lot of felt balls!

[SARASTEXTURECRAFTS]

@zhemlja yes you can do... but you will need to keep replacing the water in the bowl... once you get the hang of it, this method is like the difference between having a shower, or taking a bath.

[SARASTEXTURECRAFTS]

@horkleycjdn sometimes cracks will happen... even to the best of us (I hide mine depending on the project with needle felting!) The key is practise and learning how the fibre likes to be rolled in your hands. You will find certain fibres like to be rolled a certain way. It's also good to check you don't have too much soap and enough water.

[SARASTEXTURECRAFTS]

@amourcasse I used Merino wool roving or tops... I stock this on my website it comes in plain natural, or a whole range of dyed colours.

[jazzmania1000]

Hi. Your video was very useful. I have just bought some of the wool fibre today. You made it look very simple and easy. I will defo give this a try. Hope you decide to post some more videos in the future. Thanks

[weimaranerfan]

Brilliant, thanks. Instructions were very clear, can't wait to start making some.

[amourcasse]

what was the fabric you used in the beginning to start the felt ball? and are there ways to create different colors?

[taylorchristine7]

This was the very best crafting tutorial I have ever watched on youtube. Thank you for the concise instructions. Lots of good information.

[pask54]

THANK YOU!

[millinerclaire]

Very useful, thanks I'll give it a go.

[Hunnibunnzie]

A thing of beauty!! I followed your instructions for my first ever attempt at felting, and as you predicted, the ball came out PERFECTLY. Great work. Thank you.

[07mojopin]

Some questions:

Can you squeeze the ball at all to get rid of the water?

Is it okay to pull little pieces of different colours and roll them in together?

[SARASTEXTURECRAFTS]

@07mojopin Yes, you can squeeze the ball, but you will need to reroll it to keep it's shape. You can add other colours into your ball also... would add a nice texture.

[37swanston]

I really liked your method of teaching - good, clear instructions and simple explanations of why you are doing particular things. Thanks a lot! Very inspiring.

[r3tkd2]

Very clear tutorial. Thank you.

[horkleycjdn]

Help!

I've done this now 3 times and each time, I get cracks in the ball. How do you do it without cracks?

[momionaire]

I just did this!! It wasnt hard thanks to your tutorial, I bought about 50 diffrent colors of roving from American Felt and Craft so I should be able to make a ton of these.

[ms13890]

thanks, this really helped

[RandomCrafts]

so good!

[swimmingABCs]

Thank you !~

[doreendelft]

thank you, that was very clear

[loveflower09]

Thank you for this video......it was most helpful!!!

[cardworkshop]

Great just great just what I had been looking for, words spoken are very clear so can follow the info

[zhemlja]

oh but so much water goes to waste! you could put some soapy water in a bowl and then work with that instead. ;-)

[PippinTX]

Well done! I really appreciate the clear instructions. Can't wait to try it.