First lets note that it is almost impossible to take a picture of the full image on a ball.  Balls just look better in person.

This design is the heraldry of my local barony, Cynnabar.

Again I’m using the prefelt technique.   However there is a small bit of needle felting here.   The only time I use it is when making balls, and then it is only used to tack the design to the ball until it can be more properly wet felted.

I made this batch of balls for my nephew last year.  I’ve made so many of these fun little things.  The wool is wound tightly into a ball, a design is lightly needle felted on, then I tie the balls in nylon stocking and throw them in the washing machine.  They come out fuzzy and egg shaped, but I simply roll them into a round shape and trim off the fuzz.