Tutorial: Felt beads

[lise]

Hi!
I originaly wrote this tutorial for the Sampler's website, but I thought some people here might be interested as well.
It's picture heavy though, so sorry for the folks on dial-up 

and here's a few picture of things I've done with felt beads:



Let me know what you think and please feel free to post pictures of your own felt jewelry!

Lise

[candycanechild]

Awesome tutorial! I'm going to try this one day, seeing how beautiful your creations are!

[kaipod]

Thank you so much for the tutorial! I saw these beads on a purse one time and I thought they were so neat.

-kaia

[olenka]

They are really great i will tray it some day, hopefully soon 
How did you mack beads in last bracelet (green one)??

[ewushka]

Those are so cool! Nice work.

Apart from the tute being awsome the beads are extremely nice looking and I have to try to make them with my daughter.

Wow.

We're in awe here.

Wow!

[icandostufftough]

those are pretty, you can probly get all kinds of colors of that stuff...but where do you get it?

[rabid.dustbunny]

Lise, your felt and your website are beautiful. I think you're very generous to post a tutorial for your beads, which I fell in love with at first sight!
Merci, t'es chouette!

[lise]

Thank you all!
A great source for wool roving is www.outbackfibers.c om They have the best colors IMO.
olenka, for the green bracelet, the beads are the same, except when I roll them between my palms, I don't try to make a perfectly round bead, so they come out a bit uneven, but that's how I like them
rabid.dustbunny , thanks for the comments on my website!  Are you a fellow Frenchie, or just good at the language?

[hayz]

i luv the raggedy green 1

[rabid.dustbunny]

Lise, I'm an honorary frenchie. My ex is french and my kids were born in Nantes and Paris (one each.) We lived in Nantes for 8 years. I'll be going back when my daughter graduates high school. I miss it terribly!
By the way, we had an excellent artisanal yarn shop in Nantes where you could buy this sort of wool. If I can remember the name of it I'll pass it on.