A simple way to make mallets.Most companies that make hand wrapped mallets use the same technique.
Step 1: The dowels should be cut to about 14 to 17 inches.
Make sure they are cut to the same size.
Step 2: Stick one end of the scissors into the hole in the ball knob, twisting it to shave the inside until it's large enough to fit into it.
Step 3: Make sure the ball knob is at least half an inch in diameter.
Take it out, put some wood glue in the hole, and push it back in.Glue can be put around the base of the ball knob.
Step 4: Wrap rubber bands around a mallet.
Extra rebound and a bigger mallet are required.Not very necessary.
Step 5: There is a clove hitch around the bottom of the rubber core.
Extra yarn should be left for stitching the bottom.
Step 6: Wrap the mallet around the shaft and over the core.
Imagine the mallet core as a globe with the north pole at the top and the south pole in the middle.The yarn should be used to outline a "Prime Meridian" of the "globe".Not the equator.
Step 7: In the next step, turn the shaft around and make a parallel "prime meridian" to the one you made in the previous step.
There should be an X on the mallet from the top.
Step 8: Follow the last two steps to make another X.
The first X should have been a 45 degree turn.The lines should intersect at the middle from above.A pizza pie with 8 slices.
Step 9: There should be a small nipple at the top of the mallet.
Wrap the mallet slightly off center.When coming over hook the yarn tightly around the nipple.
Step 10: Count the number of times you wrapped it.
The first 4 wraps made the "pizza looking pattern" or "overlapping X's pattern".The mallet can be used with yarn, core, and amount of wraps.Try to hear the sound you want.It might fall apart, so be careful.
Step 11: There should be a hole at the top of the wraps.
Cut the yarn after leaving about 3 inches of slack.The end of the yarn should be put into the needle.
Step 12: Attach the mallet to the needle.
To do this, think of a donut.Imagine wrapping a donut.Pull from the bottom through the middle.If you use a thick enough yarn, this technique might fill the hole.
Step 13: This pattern should be repeated tightly.
When there is no more slack, cut the yarn and put the remaining slack in the hole at the top.
Step 14: Stitch a bottom ring with 3 inches of slack left in the beginning, using the same "donut" stitching technique.
Restitch it quickly if the mallet loosens from the bottom.The mallet might break if the slack gets too long.
Step 15: Make an identical second mallet by repeating the steps before this.
Wrap the yarn the same number of times.
Step 16: If you use a mallet in a 4 grip, smooth out the bottom of the dowels by sanding them down to the exact same length.