more fun with wool

Definitely need more practice, but I had some fun with my new felting tool and made this cell phone holder from pieces of some old sweaters that I felted in my washing machine and then added the tree design with some leftover wool roving from my Lorelei project and the nifty punching tool.  I stitched on some wool felt leaves and added the bird charm at the last minute.  I had picked him up on sale at Michael’s some time ago and he was just sitting around looking for a place to belong.  I think he likes his little tree and he now has a home with one of my dearest friends as this project was a Christmas gift as well.

My old sweater collection has grown a lot as I collect the holey ones from our local Goodwill clearance center.  Making wool felt from them is so simple and a lot cheaper than buying it.