Juggling balls have been a minor obsession over the last
couple of years. I have sewn them, knit them, crocheted them, filled balloons
with sand, slit open ball pit balls and turned them into juggling balls. They
have been stuffed with sand, wood pellets, BBs. ball bearings, ground up walnut
shells and even water. They have been cube shaped, pyramids and now sort of
round. As for the round we have tried all kinds of ways to make them round. We
have tried six pieces, ten pieces and even one horrible experience making them
like a mini soccer balls. The closest on the round we have gotten to is making them
like a baseballs. Odd how the one sport I like to watch turns our to know the
easiest way to make a round juggling ball.
Tonight I am going to bed after making one ball that is the
closest we have ever gotten. A millet filled baseball shaped juggling ball. It
is still not perfect but it closer than I have gotten thus far. The newly
minted ball is sitting in bed with me as I type this before I turn in. I locked
all the cats out of my bedroom so they will not play with it. In the morning I
will stuff two waiting shells with millet and sew them up. If all goes as
planned I think this will be as good as we can make them without industrial
sewing machines.
I would like to thank the members of my clown troupe and the
Masters of Flying Object Juggling Club at CMU. Their feed back and testing has
been invaluable. Also none of them have tried to have me committed for my
obsession and have been down right polite about it.
When all is said and done it looks as if these balls will
cost around 2 dollars a set to make. That is not bad. Heck it down right
affordable when you consider most juggling balls are ten dollars or more a
ball. As I look at the finished ball on the pillow next to me I realize two
things. First my quest to make the best juggling ball I can make may be at an
end. Second I need a girl friend.
Thank you all for you time, help and understanding. Now I
wonder if I can make a decent juggling club.
