Yarn Wreath

I saw a couple of yarn wreaths on Pinterest and I knew I had to try it!

So here's the basic idea (then I'll break it down): wrap a foam wreath base in yarn, add felt flowers, and tie a ribbon at the top. And this is what you get:

Materials:

• 1 foam wreath base (make sure it is round, there are some options with hard edges)
• 1 skein of yarn
• Ribbon (for hanging the wreath... I only used about 18 inches of ribbon)
• 3-4 sheets of felt (you pick the colors! I bought way too many sheets... Fortunately they were only about 30 cents a piece.)
• Straight Pins
• Craft Glue (I used a combination of Elmer's Glue All and Liquid Stitch)
• Buttons (optional... I kind of wish that I had left the one button off of mine)

Directions:

Get your yarn ready for wrapping by tying a knot in the end. Then, insert a straight pin through the knot. Place a dot of glue on the foam base and then insert the pin. (Sorry I forgot to take a picture of this.) Then start wrapping the yarn around the base, like this:

I put a little line of glue on the back side of the wreath to keep the yarn from unwinding. Also note that you can see the foam base peeking out from between the strands of yarn. I figured out after this picture that you need to scrunch the yarn together as you go to make sure that the strands are wound tightly together.

Here's a picture of the fully covered base. I secured the end of the yarn the same way that I began (knot, pin,  glue).

See the pin? (On the back side of course!)

Next, I started working on the felt flowers.

Most of the instructions will tell you to use glue to create the flowers. I sewed mine because I wanted them to be really well constructed since the wreath is going to be banging around on my front door. No need to be super precise with your sewing... I mostly used really messy whip stitches. Attach the flowers to the wreath with glue and more straight pins (I used 2-3 pins per flower).

Here are some more flowers. These are the websites I used to help figure out how to make the flowers.

• White Flowers
• Bigger Center Flowers
• Spiral Flowers

I did some modifications just based on how I wanted my flowers to look (i.e. more/less petals, round vs. pointed, etc.) Then I just kept going until I was satisfied with the way the flowers looked.

Finally I tied my sheer white ribbon to the top and then tied the ribbon to my wreath hook.

Here's a close-up on the finished flowers.

I hope you will find this to be helpful!