Coloured felt balls

Easy felt balls

We went to our local yarn store to get some organic merino which just happens to be a fair drive (10 minutes or so - that is not very local to me) and we came across a store I have only heard about. The boys  were entranced and in wonderment over the wooden toys and felt and other creations. The Friendship Tree.
My eldest son was so happy to see 3 felt balls for $1. So I gave the boys a $1 each to buy them. They were so excited. I told them we could make them at home. Silly me, thought there would be nothing to it but it was harder than I thought.

 The kids with their roving.

The pink one is a bought one, the purple by my girl. She did well.

Later on, my eldest boy and I tried again with varied results.

Spud stamping

The kids had wanted to paint but the paintbrushes went missing. I decided to cut up some potatoes. I meant for them to stamp with them but they initially moved them around the paper.  Meanwhile my daughter was using tissue to paint with acrylics on canvas.

J was very curious to see what the kids were doing so I tried getting a hand print and foot print.- the latter didn't work out so great but the hand print is great.

Some colours

Losing inspiration for knit and crochet so have been on the look out for other ways to be creative. I have been colouring wool and experimenting. If I use vinegar I have washed the wool with wool wash because its upleasant to me to work with otherwise. A couple colours lost their vibrancy and I am not sure why. The yellow is my favourite from these lots.