We took our felted wool eggs and made treasure bags from them.
Make a tiny snip about 1/2 inch down from the top of the felted egg.
Slip your scissor tip inside, then snip and carefully cut the top of the egg off.
Push the egg form out and ta-da- you have a little pouch.
Cut two 15" long pieces of #5 Perle cotton.
Thread the needle with one piece but don't tie a knot at the end.
Insert
the needle in one side and leaving a 5 inch tail at the start, stitch a
simple running stitch around the bag about 1/4 inch down from the top.
Once
you've stitched all the way around the bag, remove the needle, trim the strings to about 4" long and
knot the ends of the strings together to make one handle.
Thread
the needle again with the second string and repeat the running stitch,
starting the stitching on the OPPOSITE side of the bag. Trim and tie off.
You will have two handles, one on either side of your bag.
Treasure!
Materials:
Wool roving
Wood eggs or (plastic eggs with electrical tape around the seam)
Knee Highs or cut Nylon legs
Wire twist ties
Pull off 3 sections of wool roving (available at some Joann’s, some Michaels and yarn stores).
Spread the roving pieces into 4”x4” sections.
Wrap the wool around the egg, crossing the 3 layers perpendicular on top of each other.
Add any little designs- small tufts of wool or strands (could even use wool yarn).
Insert the egg into nylon leg or knee high, twist a wire (bread or trash) tie to shut the nylon; insert the next egg in the same nylon and twist tie - do a whole row- like sausages!
Throw the eggs in their nylon casing into the washer; wash on hot and then dry completely in the dryer.
I did NOT have a problem with eggs in the dryer- I ran them through with a load of towels but don' t do it if you think it might hurt your dryer (- i.e. I'm not responsible if your dryer breaks for any reason, okay?)
Remove the eggs from the nylon- it’s normal for some fibers to get stuck in the nylon- just gently pull free.
If the wool is too loose or there are too many fibers sticking off, make the wool covering even tighter by re-felting the egg.
Re-wet the wool covered egg with hot water and ¼ teaspoon dish soap, rub for several minutes, rinse very well with cold water and allow to dry.
