Felting a camera sheath

Step 6 Finishing touches

Now for decorating! I had an idea of some sort of vine pattern with leaves (can you tell I'm really making this up as I go along? =D) and I discovered that I cold make sort of yarn strings by rolling the wool between my hands. Then just put the string on the felt and use the needle to fasten it, all in all the pattern took something like two hours. I also needed a way of closing the lid and the lovely lady in the yarn shop suggested that I'd make one or more mushroom-shaped nubbins and holes to put them through. This was rather straightforward, just take a lump of wool and start poking it with the needle until it's properly fastened and tight. Be careful not to make the base too wide. Now if I can only get the idea that they look like nipples out of my head... =P