Check out these adorable yarn-wrapped letters by Ciao Mama. They inspired us to try out our own version.
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Rather than use the fancy 3D letters, we just grabbed some cardboard out of the recycling bin to cut out our letters. HINT: a little notch cut into the cardboard is a great place to secure your yarn or thread when you're getting started!
We used Colorplay single-ply wool in a variety of warm tones (red, orange, yellow, and fuchsia). Our shelves have the whole rainbow for your yarn-wrapping pleasure. When you want to change colors? Just tie a little knot and then wrap over the knot and yarn ends to hide them.
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| It's a wrap! |
And then we just couldn't stop, so we pulled out some nearly-empty spools of machine embroidery thread and tried wrapping some of our antique wood bobbins. You can use a paintbrush or sponge to dab some glue onto the surface of the wood to hold your thread in place. A little piece of tape works pretty well, too -- and you can wrap the thread over the tape to hide it.
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| Fancy! |
Now we're looking around the store for more things to wrap in thread, yarn, wooly worms, fabric strips... any suggestions?
