Making a two-snowball body
Separate roving by gently pulling apart along fibres; do not cut.
Arrange enough 15 to 18 cm (6- to 7-in) lengths of roving, side by side, to make bunch about 10 cm (4 in) in diameter, then grasp centre, as if holding bunch of flowers, in nonworking hand. Working around protruding top ends, felt top together into loose dome; turn roving bunch, other ends up, and repeat. Holding at 1 end, work from end to end along side, turning roving, to form loose sausage-shaped body.
Tip: To felt roving and form shape, hold loose roving in your nonworking hand and, taking care not to prick that hand, repeatedly jab needle into roving, “woodpecker” style, bending your needle hand at wrist. The early form should be about 25 per cent larger than your desired finished size.
