{Tutorial} Yarn Wrapped Festive Wreath

Yarn Wreaths seem to be rather popular this year and being a lover of crafts I just had to have a go myself! Thankfully the only material I didn't have was a styrofoam wreath form and even better was that my local craft shop had some mini ones in stock. I had in my head I was going to make a big door-sized wreath, but actually was relieved to find a smaller wreath form as it was a quicker make!

Materials:
styrofoam ring form  - from The Windmill Craft Centre
yarn
felt - from The Dizzy Izzy Shop
buttons - I used one from the Christmas Pudding Mix from The Dizzy Izzy Shop
fabric glue or glue gun
thread
needle
ribbon


1. I used a little bit of sellotape to fix my yarn to the ring before wrapping it around the wreath. <- It's a lot quicker to write 'wrapping around the wreath' that it takes. This was why I was glad I was making a mini one! Once my ring form was covered I used a bit of glue to fix in place (fabric glue or a glue gun).

Yarn Wrapped Wreath - phew! Lengthy bit over!

2. To decorate I kept it simple, but you could add more and get creative with felt and various embellishments such as bells etc. Back to me - I drew two holly leaf shapes onto green felt and drew around a little button on red to create a berry. I then used fabric glue and fixed the leaves with the red berry in the centre.

Felt Holly and berry Embellishment

3. I added a red button for added detail and used a needle and thread to stitch this over the red felt circle.

4. I used glue to then fix my holly and berry in place.

5. I completed my wreath with some candy cane striped ribbon.

My finished Yarn Wrapped Christmas Wreath

I love how simple this project is and the possiblities and ideas are endless if you wanted to spend more time creating a really fabulous wreath. For those with more time you upscale to a larger wreath and add more detailed embellishment.

I think a set of 3 or more of these mini ones in complimentary colours and designs would look fab hung at different heights on a wall or perhaps a door.

If you have a go at making a yarn wreath, let me know - I love to hear when poeple have used an idea from my blog. You can leave a comment here or join me on twitter - I love a natter!

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