Beautiful!

I guess a pic of these in the tumble dryer will not be possible!    How does it not damage their shape? What do you use to make them harden?

To keep the shape I stuff them firmly with poly bags (not many so supermarket bags around now, there's a charge in Wales already, but binliners in various sizes are fine).

Heat and friction firms up the felt (not rock hard mind you) it's known as fulling - the Mongols would roll up the felt for yurts etc., tie behind a horse and gallop off around the steppe - much more fun than rubbing and beating like mad by hand.

In the UK and elsewhere water-powered fulling mills were used to firm up fabric by passing it under a series of hammers.

Waulking was used in the Highlands and Islands for firming tweed and kilt fabrics. A length was folded over, then someone would hold each side of the roll then lift in unison and bang it down on a solid table - singing to create the rhythm, hence Waulking Songs.

It's a matter of shocking the indivdual fibres of the wool so that they open and close their scales and bind together (bit like Rasta locks in hair).

Ooh me likes Very unusual

You learn something new everyday!! *giggles* Makes sense though...

I don't believe you, I think you got some strange foot fetish   :mwaha: :mwaha: