Girl Gone Wild

I've gone gaga over bobbles. That's right- bobbles. These aren't just any bobbles, they are magically- felted-Dharma-meets fashion creations! I originally thought of making felted beads about two years ago in order to put my spin on the Mala bracelet. It was one of those many ideas that I've kept buried away in a notebook somewhere. The moment that reignited this idea was while driving home from my meditation group, and I thought about how cool it would be to make my own Mala. So.... 5 bracelets later and some very raw hands, here's one of my creations.

I started making little balls out of roving and then felting them, but then soon discovered that knitting them made a much nicer shaped ball, and they felt so much faster than the roving....literally less than a minute! Oh joy, I can knit them instead! Yes, a girl gone wild indeed.