More toys!

Ta-da! I finally took a pictures of the finished felted balls.

I was in the mood for something simple and remembered the pattern for Baby's First Ball from the Knitting For Baby book by Melanie Falick and Kristin Nicholas. It was garter stitch. It was knit back and forth on straight needles. It was easy-- just what I wanted!

The colors of wool I had on hand weren't tops for baby toys but whatever! It worked. I finished the knitting in about 2 days while watching TV. The side seams (before felting) even went well!! I ran into some trouble post-felting though. Grr...

The small holes left in the tops through which to stuff the ball GREW with felting. Which makes perfect sense but did not make me happy when it came to finishing these. Especially when the helpful instructions simply say "seam closed." Sheesh. So I did some creative needlework and ended up with a bit of a lumpy mess.

Yet again I stand by the fact that this baby won't care about perfection!! Thank goodness :)