joanna beamon's Profile

I used a 24 inch beach ball and 1 skein of white mercerized cotton and 2-4 oz of regular all purpose school dry clear glue, I lowered the shower curtain rod to a comfortable level to stand and work and tied a piece of sting around the beach ball air nozzle to hold the ball in place. I put a skein of mercerized cotton yarn with the end of the yarn tied on a colored paper clip (so you can find it) in a resealable plastic gallon storage bag, stuffed that bag inside of another bag, poured two bottles of craft glue ($.99 cents each) into the bag on top of the yarn, added 1/2 bottle of water to each bottle, shook it up and poured it in, closed the bag and squeezed and kneaded the diluted glue through the yarn, no mess at all . I opened the bag and easily found the end (it was tied on a red paper clip), cut away the clip with scissors and I just wound the yarn around the ball. By it hanging it was so easy, I finished wrapping the entire skein in about 15-20 minutes and the glue dripped back into the bag which I let lay on the bathtub floor. I pulled out what I needed to work with at the time and it unwound in the plastic bag. When I finished I pushed the top of the yarn away from the air nozzle into a circle at the top to leave room for the swag light fixture to fit in. After it dries, I will let the air out of the ball, and remove it through the hole I created. It was so easy and fun, and I am going to reuse the beach ball for the next one, I am thinking a hot pink mercerized cotton yarn for the next one (my granddaughter wants one for her room. So instead of paying $90 or up to $1500 I can make my own for under $25.00. And this way leaves no thin film between the strings!!!