How To Wet Felt A Ball With Wool Roving - Basic shapes in wet felting
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How do you felt a ball?
Felting a ball with wool batts is different from felting it with wool tops. Watch this video and the next one to see the difference.
This might seem very basic, but the basic shapes are extremely important in learning how to wet felt. Mastering these is the key for being good at the more advanced techniques.
This is what you can learn from this video:
• The step-by-step process to make a ball with wool tops
• How to correctly cut a wool top
• How to get really thing layers for good results
• How to know the final size of the ball after shrinkage
• How much water and soap to use
• What's the "bounce test"
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Thank you so much for the amazing video! 😊
you're very welcome!
Very clear instructions. Thank you
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the fantastic video, Vanda! Hands down, your video on making felt balls is the best one I've seen.....very clear instructions and explanations of things. The results of the first step were FAR BETTER than other videos I saw on this process! Love the "bounce test", too! Thank you and keep on sharing! :)
Thank you so much for your feedback! Happy to know it was useful!
Thank you. This was very helpful and so nicely presented and informative. 😊
Thank you Diann! Happy to know it was helpful. If you're interested in learning more about wet felting, the free resources on my website may be interesting to you (vandafsousa.mykajabi.com/free-resources) :)
@@VandaFSousa Thank you!
Very nice videos, lots of information! Thank you!
Thank you Sophie! Glad you enjoyed it
Great video and extremely helpful! Thank you so much
Hello Lisa! You're very welcome. Thank you for your comment.
Hi! Can't wait to try this :). At the end you talk about rinsing. How you typically do that? Thank you!
Hi Rebecca! I normally wash my felted objects under running water and make sure I've squeezed all the soap out. In the end (especially if it's a bigger piece) you can also immerse the felt in water with vinegar to completely neutralize the soap.
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Thank you for your video…near the end of this video the instructions are to rinse assuming that we must squeeze out the excess soap?
Not the excess soap, but ALL the soap
Thank you for responding 🙂
Loooove it!! Thank you ♥
Thank you Claudia! Happy to know you've enjoyed it
I'm going to make a felt ball Rug!!
Great! Do share some photos when it's done!
How do you clean it? Would it be possible to infuse scent in the cleaning process?
Hi! Any wool that has been wet felted is washable. That's one of the big advantages of this technique. Wash it as you would wash a wool sweater: with cold or lukewarm water and a mild soap. I don't exactly know what you mean, but you could perfume it like you do with any textile. Just watch what you use to avoid staining.
Isn't vinegar used to wash away the original soap from felting process?!
@@aleksandradedic4153 vinegar is added to the last water you use to rinse. It doesn't exactly wash away the soap. For that you should rinse well with clear water. Vinegar is supposed to neutralize the soap's pH.
Hey Vanda, I need to make wet felt cubes - any tips? Really appreciate your videos, thanks!
Hey! I'd need more information about your project. For example: Should your cubes be hollow or solid? If they're hollow, how will you fill them? How big should they be?
But keep in mind it's not easy to achieve straight corners (like in a cube) with wool. And the smaller the cube should be, the harder it is to get straight corners.
If you make a felt ball, can you keep adding wool to it to make it bigger?
Sure! That's exactly how you make a bigger ball, by adding more wool to it. Just keep in mind that it's better to add gradually to get good results.
How many balls can we make out of 3gram wool roving??