Noni Progress

Here's my progress on my Noni bag, Bobbles, Bobbles, Everywhere. I've used Cascade 220 for the body, but I'm making my bobbles out of selected, feltable left-overs. I checked out the Noni Knitalong, hoping to learn if I really needed to make ALL those bobbles the pattern calls for (I think that's 12 each of 16 colors). I still don't know. I did read that several people wished they hadn't put their bobbles quite so close together, so I'm sort of "relaxing" my spacing. I also realized I like the "flow" of the bobbles on the pattern leaflet, so I'm trying to vary the depth of the bobbles around the edge of the bag. I'm guessing I'm half-way there. Anyone out there who has experience with this bag want to offer some advice?