Felt Balls

I mentioned my felt ball obsession earlier this week.

As promised, here are the felt balls I encountered in Portland in June, 2011.

Oh, wait. Those are macaroons from Pearl Bakery 

Necklace with trapped felt balls by Denise Smitherman seen at The Whole 9 Yards 

Decoration on Adrienne's sweater

Oh, sorry, more round food. Olive eaten at Nines Hotel

There were felt balls lurking on the shelves of a stationary shop (eluded capture, but seared in my memory) and a bunch at the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Where I got this felt ring:

I sketched it, I got so excited:

Along with writing down ISBN numbers of felting books that I found at Powell's.

I saved the best for last. The largest felt balls I have yet to see discovered at Una:

Now I want to go back to Portland! 
I was there only two weeks ago, but not long enough to examine the current state of the felt ball invasion.