What better way to spend a cold, blustery day than in the studio, crafting, [and wrangling a busy baby]!
Today's Crafty Friday project is a simple, cute, yarnament [yarn ornament]. The idea started with these:
If you have a little one, you might recognize these as lids to baby food pouches such as these:
I've always liked the bright colors and interesting design of these lids, and thought they would be great for future craft projects, so I saved them...all of them.
[Hello, my name is Vanessa, and I'm a craft supply hoarder.]
For today's craft, though, the color and design don't really matter. But, I'm upcycling, which is always a good thing.
I've been wanting to create yarn covered ball ornaments for a while now, but Styrofoam balls are expensive, and I'm cheap, and I have about 75 of these plastic lids, so I decided to use them as the base.
To start, I threaded the yarn through the opening and tied a knot, making sure I left a few inches of yarn at the end, like so:
Next, I started wrapping the lid with the yarn, leaving the extra string exposed:
Because these are plastic, the thread tends to slide off easily unless I held it down with my thumb as I wrapped. You can also secure it with a bit of glue periodically. I kept wrapping until the lid was completely covered. Just a note, I used the same color lid as the yarn I was wrapping it with, so if there were gaps, they were less noticeable. Once the lid was completely covered, I knotted the end with the excess yarn from the beginning knot:
Then, I made a loop, secured it with another knot, and cut off any excess strings:
Finally, I glued a button to the center of the ornament:
I continued with the steps above and made a variety of ornaments:
Once the tree was decorated, I showed my sweet Gus, who absolutely loved...
his dresser knobs.
Oh well, I like the yarnaments.
Happy crafting!
xo
nessa dee
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