How to Make Lots of Felt Beads and Felt Balls Fast!

How to felt beads fast. In this free tutorial, we show you a fun and easy way to wet felt beads faster than felting one by one. This is great for beginners and adults can use this for teaching in groups or kids as well.
Excerpted from our weekly live show called WOOLY WEDNESDAY
SUPPLIES AVAILABLE AT www.livingfelt.com
A great fiber for this project is our Short fiber Merino Goody Bag:
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[@user-ui8wq9iw3i]

Very cute. You are such a great teacher!

[@julias6688]

BEST CAT TOYS EVER!

[@joankloiber2656]

I've learned several ways to felt balls. This is by far the very best and easiest way to felt balls. Thanks

[@LivingFelt]

We are so glad you found it useful and easy, Joan! :) Thank you for your kind feedback!

[@jenfem2901]

¡¡¡You Rock!!! You are a really practic person, I love that. Your students are very lucky to have you. :). And it's great you make a tutorials, casuse everyone has access to your tecniques and experience, like me. Thanks a lot

[@merrymac5460]

I make felted wool beads in much the same way to do micro-embroidery on them. Usually, I tack the ball shape together with needlefelting and finish with wet felting. I roll them between my hands. I'm going to try out your bowl suggestion. It looks way more efficient. ❤

[@DonnaMundinger]

Looks like loads of fun and very easy to do. I can think of lots of ideas for these. Thanks so much!

[@dottywus40]

Recently was gifted some wool for felting but I haven't done any in years. Want to make earrings with small felted balls but not sure how to put a hole in a strongly felted ball. Googled & found your video and loved it! Your method looks really easy. Thanks.

[@joelcoon7249]

This is such an efficient way to create a lot of felt balls at once. Thanks so much!

[@LivingFelt]

Our pleasure, Joel! Glad you found it helpful!

[@howbout-it3520]

Amazingly helpful tutorial! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Very well done 😎😁✌️

[@LovinLife-pv7op]

Wow, that was a fast 20 minute video! Very interesting, thank you.

[@LivingFelt]

Thanks so much! We appreciate the feedback :)

[@ShoshiPlatypus]

This is great. I am planning to make some fancy fringing for a scarf and need a lot of balls. Can't wait to try! Thanks for sharing.

[@LivingFelt]

our pleasure, Shoshi! Have fun!! :)

[@wondercrafthouse]

Great tutorial. I always wanted to make felt ball. They are so cute. They make a great embellishment. But I don't have woolen roving. I tried with woolen yarn. It came out somewhat good . I wanna make a video on that for my channel. I hope it will turn out good. Your tips are lot helpful to me. Thanks 😊 👍🏻

[@rossmeryromero6385]

Thanks You for share your knowledge. Greetings from Peru.

[@8841vannesapena]

Thank you for this video! I have finally mastered the felt balls!

[@dizzydevi8019]

I envy you guys for all the wool you have.... I always watch and wish that I had that much to use ...

[@LivingFelt]

Awe...we don't keep it all :) We are happy to ship it to our friends...where ever you are!

[@fatninanimates87]

Thank you soooo much MY CAT LIKE NEEDLE FELTED THINGS ESPECIALLY BALLS AND I'M TOO TIRED TO DO IT BUT THIS SAVED ME THANK YOU SOOOO MUCHHH

[@pamelaself1361]

Hello I just found you I'm just starting crafting and this is interesting

[@tracyhaskell6799]

Fantastic tutorial!!! Thank you

[@LivingFelt]

Thank you, Tracy! :)

[@francesdmackay]

Lovely tutorial, just in time as I need some for Christmas packaging but in the uk they are not so easy to get hold of and I have a goodly selection of wool felt tops. Thanks

[@LivingFelt]

So nice! We hope you have fun!

[@jhonjofre1032]

Ppp

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

another way is to put enough wool into a double side tea strainer and it into hot soapy water and shake a few times and it will make a perfect ball and no wet hands.

[@LivingFelt]

Yes! Wecshare this technique also..great for making a few beads and great for kids :)

[@wondercrafthouse]

That's a great idea.😊

[@lucylobo5702]

This is great, thanks. I wondered why my felt ball has a line gap on it - any tips?

[@FatimaMensenPotter]

Great technique. Must try :)

[@minit3139]

That is a lot of work! They arent very expensive to buy already made

[@heksedansd.2919]

Very good video, now I'm gonna start making my own beads!!🙂 Thank you!!!❤🙂(Would have been nice if you lifted the camera a little bit up🙂)

[@GanusjaFarmerJohn]

I LOVE your videos. I wonder if someone used a salad spinner.

[@lisettebatista8774]

can you make felt balls out of acrylic yarn? I used to crochet a lot and I have lots of acrylic yarn. Can I brush it out and make them that way?

[@KateFisher85]

Do you know approximately the weight of the wool it takes to make one ball? I’m looking at getting a set of a bunch of colors with 5g per color, and I’m hoping to make at least several balls of each color.

[@eileentaylor9756]

I have a long-haired very floofy cat: when I de-shed him I get so much fur that I started rolling it into balls, but I have never used soap. What does the soap actually do, and is it possible to get it fully washed out? I don't like using wool felted balls because my other cat chews them, I don't know how safe the dyes are, and they can come apart. The "hairballs" don't seem to, though. Both cats absolutely LOVE batting them around and chasing them--because they are so lightweight they go really fast and far.

[@GuyG.KTalesOfAnimals]

I wonder if you could do this in the washing machine with the right soap

[@Amynx55]

Using a light fiber on the dark square would make it much more visible.

[@Sanajoon_metals]

Why is the plastic bubble wrap helpful? One time I put cat hair in a plastic bag to save for felting one day, and my cat got ahold of the bag and gnawed on it for a while. I guess she got the clump wet too. It became very firmly wet felted together, I couldn't use it at all anymore.

[@frans3474]

How about putting the beads in the cake mixer with dough hook? Maybe it might work... worth experimenting? ❣️🌹

[@LivingFelt]

Give it a go! You do need them to bounce around a bit

[@judypanushka7061]

THANKS for the ideas I'm going to do it....in the past, I heard there is a technique to make felted balls in old panty hose tied in between the throw 'em into a hot was cycle any one else know about this? ?

[@LivingFelt]

That is for large balls, like dryer balls. We have a very old tutorial for that....back before we made videos...so it is just a few steps. www.livingfelt.com/freefeltingpatterns/FeltingBallsWashingMachine.html My dog was still a puppy then, so I used this technique to make dog toys...now he is a 16yr old grandpa :)

[@Lilyastacio]

Hi, I like your work. Where I can find that felt material. I am new in this. I want to learn. Thanks

[@LivingFelt]

Hi Lily, thank you for your note :) The wool we used to make the beads is here: feltingsupplies.livingfelt.com/Short-Fiber-Merino-Batts-19-microns_c_120.html

[@RoseThistleArtworks]

Did you say you are "white nailing it here" when you were rolling that first bead? I listened a couple of times and did not understand what you said.

[@LivingFelt]

RoseThistleArtworks haha... yes.. meaning I am pressing hard enough to turn my nail beds white...

[@RoseThistleArtworks]

Ah! Ok! Kind of like white knuckling it, which I learned during pilot lessons because I was squeezing the yoke so tight in stress. ha ha Thank you. That makes sense.

[@GypsyWays]

What is vinegar soak ... & can we fast dry them in a dryer? ...

[@nowake4294]

How do you determine how much soap you need?

[@LivingFelt]

Your water should feel "slick", not going for suds, just a nice, slick solution. Have fun!

[@amira1044]

Hi sister good morning I am making this felt ball I am from Nepal where are you from

[@ommtcdonnagroom9221]

If I want to use beads as a fringe for a scarf, what is the process?

[@valerie-og4ui]

I’d like a tutorial regarding “repairs” aka oh crap moments in the middle of a project

[@PaigeBryant]

where do you buy your roving wool?

[@LivingFelt]

We supply it... www.livingfelt.com ;)

[@helenfraser7949]

You made it look so easy to roll the wool but I have an unravelling ball every time

[@halis70]

Where’s a good place to find wool like that? I always have a hard time trying to find it!

[@LivingFelt]

Well, you can get it from us! :) feltingsupplies.livingfelt.com/Short-Fiber-Merino-Batts_c_120.html

[@MiraX871]

Can we use soft felt pieces for this?

[@CMS1371]

I love this tutorial but it would be helpful to not have people talking while she's shaking the felt balls. Or the opposite: not shaking the balls while people are talking. :-) Same difference - just a little hard to hear. Also, it would be helpful if you repeat the questions the off camera ladies are asking. Thank you for sharing your expertise.

[@TheSeaglassfinder]

Wonder if a salad spinner would work 🙂

[@LivingFelt]

Give it a go!

[@minit3139]

That is definitely not a salad spinner