Recently I made some new juggling balls:
I filled them with a mixture of organically grown, dried Provençal lavender and nontoxic synthetic fibers (half & half).
It turned out that this mixture works very well:
the balls fly high and well, have a bit of weight, but are still light enough, and they don't roll that far away on the ground when I missed them - which of course happens very swiftly and often.
And I really like that fragrance of lavender!
Plus I experimented a bit with the right measurements for the balls.
I want them to be not too big so that I can easily hold two in one hand.
So below can be seen the template I used for my balls with an edge length of 2,8 cm / 1,1", 12 of these five-sided figures are needed for one ball.
My bag easily holds my three balls, the piece of fabric is 62 x 25 cm/ 24,4" x 9,8", my drawstring is crocheted with a cotton and wool ribbon thread, about 72 cm/28,7" long, also:
I appliquéd a small, quilted patchwork-motif.
