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How to wet felt Easter eggs in 5 minutes – This project makes small quail size felted eggs. Good for a beginner felters of all ages.
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Time required: 5 minutes
Supplies needed:
Small quantities of wool roving, both natural white and dyed colours
(Merino wool top works best)
Small bits of wool yarn
1 bowl of hot water
Dish detergent
1 bowl of cold water
Fill a bowl with hot tap water and a bit of dish detergent.
Fill a second bowl with cold tap water.
Take a small piece of white wool roving and form it into a ball shape.
Take another bit of coloured wool roving or wool yarn and wrap it around the formed ball.
Dip the ball of wool into the bowl of hot soapy tap water.
Rub the wool roving in the palm of your hand, forming a ball shape.
Continue to rub it vigorously and continue to dip it in the hot soapy water.
The wool will start to harden and form a ball shape.
When it starts to harden, dip it in the cold water and continue to roll it between the palms of your hands.
Alternate between dipping the wool ball in the hot water and cold water, squeezing out excess water.
When the wool ball has become quite hard (about 3-4 minutes of rolling)
Pinch and shape the ball into an egg shape.
Continue to roll in your hands and dip into the cold and hot water
until you are happy with the consistency of the hardened felt.
How to Make Felted Easter Eggs
I created this ‘how to’ video using my new Sony HDR-CX190E camcorder.
Sony HDR-CX190 High Definition Handycam 5.3 MP Camcorder with 25x Optical Zoom (2012 Model)
And edited with Serif Movie Plus.
Serif MoviePlus X5
The music for this video was kindly supplied by Moby
MobyGratis.com
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