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Felted Bowls

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I did not make these, but my friend Trisha did.  Aren’t they beautiful?  She knits and then felts them.  She has about 100 more of these — not kidding.  I would say that she needs an Etsy shop, don’t you think?  My daughter helped me choose these colors to match a drawing that she made and I think they are lovely together.  Now, if my children would just stop wearing these bowls on their heads.

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Trisha also inspired my six-year-old to try knitting again.  She didn’t get too far today, but did do a row on her own.  We say “Needle Under.  Throw the yarn.  Pull it through.  Slip it off.  Tug (gently).”  I guess that I use the English method, although from what I gather it is less efficient.  Oh well.

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Needle Felted Eggs

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Made some needle felted eggs last week.  I’m hoping to make a yarn nest to go with them, but we’ll see how the week goes.  These would also be nice in different colors hanging from a flowering branch.  Don’t feel like making these?  Buy some here or here.  And I love, love this tutorial for some fancy felt eggs.

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Thrifted Holiday Trees

There are a million felted sweater projects out there, but I think it’s a great idea to save money and recycle wool sweaters.  I found some more sweaters on a thrifting excursion the other day, so I made these plump holiday trees.  They are about 7″ tall and each has 32 felted sweater circles.

Supplies:

  • felted wool sweaters (washed and dried 100% wool sweaters)
  • scissors
  • pins
  • wire
  • wire cutters
  • bead or star for the tree top

Instructions (for one tree):

Step 1: Print out the templates below and cut out paper circles.

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Step 2: Pin paper circles to the sweaters and cut two of each size.  It helps to cut out a square from the sweater and work with that, rather than trying to cut from the whole sweater.

Step 3: Bend the wire at the bottom and begin slipping sweater circles onto the wire, beginning with the largest first.  It helps to find the center by folding the circle in half, then half again.

Step 4:  Wrap a bead or star at the top and bend the wire around.  Snip.

If you make one of these, I’d love to see a photo in the Make it Monday Flickr group.  Thanks!

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Felt Acorns

Here are some little needle felted acorns that I made.  I first saw this idea over at Betz White and have since seen lots on Etsy.  I had trouble getting the tips to be properly pointed, but these will likely just be tossed around our house anyway.  Maybe we’ll come up with an acorn game.  I collected a large bag of acorns and acorn tops in North Carolina a few weeks ago, so you might be seeing more acorn projects later this week.

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Needle Felted Pumpkin

I am totally geared up for Fall and especially Halloween. So I have made quite a few of these little needle felted pumpkins in the past couple of days. I thought I’d make a quick tutorial, though this is certainly not an original idea and I am definitely a novice! My photo tutorial is posted over at Flickr.

Needle felting is pretty addictive, and it’s great if you’re an election junkie like me and need to sit in front of the television to listen to the talking heads. Just don’t poke yourself with a needle.