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You are here: Home / Holidays / Christmas / Holiday Felted Wool Garland | Tutorial

Holiday Felted Wool Garland | Tutorial

23 · Nov 27, 2011 · 30 Comments

I hope everyone had a fabulous Holiday!  Mine was filled with food and family and it was lovely. I missed Friday Flair and all your amazing talents and can't wait to see what you've whipped up later this week!

Today, I have an oldie, but a goodie.  We posted this tutorial for how to make a felted wool garland back in September at According to Kelly and I thought I would post it again today just in case you missed it. This is one of my all time favorites!!

There's a lot of buntings and garlands going on in the party world right now, and I thought I would share with all of you how to make a garland out of wool! It's a little more unconventional than your traditional paper garland, and it will definitely last a whole lot longer than paper will (I don't know about your kids, but a paper garland wouldn't last long in my house). Best of all, it's easy and fast!

You'll need:
Wool roving (merino is best)*
Scissors
hand soap
Water… hot and cold
Heavy duty string or twine
A needle for threading the balls onto the string
*You can find wool roving at most any craft store that also sells fabric.

To start, you'll want to take your roving out of the package and cut off the appropriate amount for the size ball you want. 

Roving typically comes in long lengths, so for small felt balls, like the one I'm doing in this tutorial, you'll cut off about 2-2.5 inches. 

Turn on your hot water. You'll want the water to be as hot as you can stand. Take the felt and hold it in your fingers. Squirt a small amount (no larger than the size of a dime) of hand soap in your palm and start to lightly roll the wool around in your palms, coating it with the soap.

Pass your hands through the hot water and continue to roll the wool into a ball. As the ball starts to slip and slide in your palms, pass your hands through the water again to get rid of the excess soap.

Press more and more firmly on the ball as you roll, you'll want to get it as tight as possible! Keep repeating this process of rolling and washing. When the ball has gotten as small as it will get, turn your water to cold and continue to roll the ball under cold water for a few seconds. This shocks the fibers into shrinking as much as possible. Do one last turn of the tap over to hot water and roll the ball again, then one last turn in the cold water.

Set your ball out to dry and start on the next!

Once you have all the felt balls made that you want, thread your needle with a heavy duty string or twine. Thread the balls through and position them how you want. The balls will stay in place, so there's no need to knot them at either end of the ball.

Use your garland to decorate a table, add as a bunting to a cake or cupcake, dress up a gift, whatever! This fun little garland has so many great possibilities!

I'm sooo excited for this week!  I have all kinds of fun Christmas projects to share so make sure to check in each day for another little goodie for the season.

 

 

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  1. Julie M. ~ The Little Red Shop says

    November 27, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    They look super sweet!

    Happy decorating,

    : )

    Julie M.

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  2. Michelle says

    November 27, 2011 at 7:06 pm

    Love it! Can’t wait to try it out. So simple, yet so sweet and yes, different from the paper garland. Thank you for sharing, love all you do!

    Reply
  3. Shirley L says

    November 27, 2011 at 7:22 pm

    Thank you, I have always wanted to know how to make these felted wool balls.

    Reply
  4. evelyn says

    November 27, 2011 at 7:32 pm

    wow so so beautiful! your projects r always so cute 🙂

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  5. bubble936 says

    November 27, 2011 at 7:52 pm

    very cute…

    Reply
  6. Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. says

    November 28, 2011 at 5:48 am

    Very cute and a great tutorial!

    Reply
  7. SheilaG says

    November 28, 2011 at 7:23 am

    These are so cute! Lots of possibilities for adding them to projects! 🙂

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  8. Diane @ home sweet homemade says

    November 28, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    completely adorable – a perfectly merry seasonal garland! thank you for sharing the directions 🙂

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  9. Shannon at madiganmade says

    December 1, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    I love the reds and grays together! These are so pretty!

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  10. Funkytime says

    December 1, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    The garland ist beautiful, great color choice!

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  11. Deepa says

    December 7, 2011 at 11:52 pm

    wow ! awesome idea !! 🙂

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  12. Erin Hall {i can craft that} says

    December 8, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    Great tutorial. love your garland must keep my eyes open for supplies and try this.

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  13. Jackie Paulson says

    December 9, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    http://postadaychallenge2011.com/2011/12/09/weekly-photo-challenge-celebration/#respond
    I love this idea…on my blog I posted my new photo’s of my craft flowers and more!

    Reply
  14. sweetsugarbelle says

    December 10, 2011 at 7:53 am

    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I love this too!!!

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  15. Britni says

    August 23, 2012 at 12:36 am

    I love this, Heather! I am definitely trying it this Christmas and I can’t wait! I have it pinned so I won’t forget. You picked such beautiful colors too. I featured this over on my blog {hope that’s okay!} 🙂 http://www.hubbymademe.com/10-needle-felting-projects/

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  16. Michelle Endicott says

    November 15, 2012 at 9:27 am

    Where do you recommend purchasing the Wool roving merino? Do you have a favorite website or a store?

    Reply
  17. Dipendra says

    August 13, 2014 at 11:27 am

    Hi
    Very nice post. We are manufacture and supplier of handmade felt products from Nepal. We wholesale felt balls,felt ball rugs,felt ball garland,felt shoes and slipper and many more from Nepal. Please visit at http://www.feltballrugsnepal.com

    Reply

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