It takes balls!!!

Literally it takes a lot of balls to keep this business going. I have wool stashed everywhere.

My latest investment was a kitchen dresser with glass doors on the front to keep my collection nice and clean. Also I love all the colours and textures and believe they should be on display and not packed away in some dreary corner.

I plan on emptying it all out in the near future and painting the dresser to make my wool collection even more of a feature in our home.

And no matter how many balls of wool you have, you are constantly buying as some colours have more use than others and popularity can vary. Like for instance I went through about 30 balls of neon yellow wool when Minion mania took over last year. It was not a colour I had ever imagined buying in bulk.

I try work ahead of time especially for school time and then Christmas Markets, usually starting a stock of hats in August to be decorated later in the year.

Ive also accumulated a lot of embellishments such as ribbons and buttons.

Bombing it

I have most definitely passed my love of all things wool and outdoors onto my daughter Isobel. This evening we were "bombing it" aka yarnbombing our tepee.

I used 10 6ft bamboo canes and some left over balls of wool. I pressed them into the ground to make sure they keep the shape and tied them at the top with wool to keep secure.  I also used a smaller stock to make the doorway shape and to mark where Isobel wasn't to pull the wool through.

Then I let imagination and Isobel free and the result is super.  The possibilities are endless, we could leave it as is, we could cover with an old curtain and turn it into a shelter or perhaps plant some peas or nasturtiums to grow up along our weave. 

So for less than five euro we built a home and had a few hours fun.