soap on a rope -- or something

We had a little bit of money left in the gas envelope

when September ended.

Now

a die-hard Dave Ramsey fan would dutifully transfer that money

either to

a) debt

OR

b) next month's gas envelope.

a) We have no debt.     b) It was my birthday

so I spent it. 

I've seen felted soaps on the world wide web before

and it's been on my very long list of 'things to do someday'

but when I saw Ginny's tutorial in Rhythm of the Home

(I have no clue what steps I took that led me there...)

I knew

now was the time.

It was much less expensive to buy un-dyed wool roving

which was perfect, 'cause I wanted to dye some with koolaid.

We'd had so much fun dyeing playsilks for Lily's 2nd birthday;

I knew we'd find something else to dye someday.

Seriously

if you've never dyed something with koolaid

you gotta try it!
Lime koolaid is the coolest!

I probably should have found a tute specifically for dyeing wool

though - 'cause it began to felt just from the dyeing process

which - for our soap was fine - 

but it might not be okay for other uses.

Lex' was serious about her soap!

I love the mouths!

uh-oh!

whew! rescued

Felting soap was really very simple

but Jeremiah thought it 'got old after awhile'.

Lily wasn't overly enthusiastic about finishing the felting process either.

Josiah is pretty excited to use his soap

but I think he could take -or- leave the making of it.

Brandon and I want to make more
which is good, 'cause we've got a good bit of roving left.