Monday, January 17, 2011

Rainbow Felt Mobile




My sister requested a rainbow felted ball mobile for her newborn a few years back. She had seen one on Etsy and wanted me to duplicate it. Not very hard at all, especially when you have (like I do) a large supply of roving. And, some grapevines for the wreath. I only just recently had a chance to take a picture of this mobile when I visited my sister this past weekend (I made this before I was blogging and taking pictures of *everything*). :-) I wish I could find the link on Etsy that I based this on, but it was so long ago and I couldn't find a product that resembles it.
To figure out how to make a felted ball, check out my first blogging post EVER.  I just colored the roving to make a soft rainbow palette. If you decide you'd like to imitate this, be sure that you attach the string tightly and keep the mobile way out of the babies reach. I would label this as a not-so-child-friendly-mobile.....it's beautiful to look at by not safe for playing with.


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12 comments:

  1. What a wonderful gift idea. I'll have to remember that for the next baby gift. Duh! I can felt now..and I am sick of knitting gifts for people who don't appreciate them.

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  2. Very cute idea. Lots of baby showers coming up. Thanks for the ideas.

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  3. Beautiful, I love the subtle shades!

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  4. Thanks for the comment! Love this :) I am going to start making some fun felt balls once Purl Studio gets back to me about a back ordered ball maker. I will def check out your first post.
    Adding your blog to my favs!

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  5. If you haven't already, I would love for you to come link up at my linky party and have the chance to be the Best of the Best for January!

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  6. It's beautiful! I really love the natural look you created as opposed to the all-plastic, neon-crazy mobiles at the store.

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  7. I just read your post about how to make a felted ball - it's quite a process!

    The mobile looks great :-)

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  8. Fun stuff! I love felted balls. :) I'd love for you to link up to my new linky party, Tute {Yourself} Tuesday!
    LittleEme.blogspot.com
    The linky will be open until this evening. :)

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