Balls and Soaps

I took practice golf balls (the ones that look like little Whiffle balls), used a Dremel tool to make one hole slightly larger, and inserted several tiny jingle bells.  I then wrapped them in fiber, dipped them into warm soapy water, rolled them around a bit in my hands then placed them into an old nylon stocking.  Tying a cord around the stocking between the balls keeps the balls separate.  After a short cycle in the washer, the balls were felted.  I attached cord to make a hanging loop.  The soaps were interesting, I used hostess soaps that were several years old, wrapped them in fiber and, after a quick dip on warm water, started to rub the fiber to encourage felting.  I felt like it was a race to get the fiber to shrink before the soap dissolved requiring the wool to shrink more!