Since October is almost half over, I need to keep plugging
away with my Pumpkin-Palooza series. After all, we'll want to start working on
our Christmas projects pretty soon!
Today's first item turned out to be one of my favorite fall
projects. It's a variegated yarn-wrapped pumpkin.
I found this yummy yarn at the Michael's Craft Store in
Marquette. It's made by Loops & Threads - the same company that made the
yarn I used for my fall wreath.
The style is Country Loom™ Colorburst; the color is Chocolate.
It's a variegated yarn with brown, copper, gray and white.
I started with one of those orange foam pumpkins from Dollar
Tree, some glue sticks and my hot glue gun - used on the lowest setting. I
decided to work from the bottom up, so I simply began gluing and coiling the
yarn at the center.
I worked my way out from the center - then up the sides.
I took greater care in gluing each row closely to the
previous row as I did the sides and top, so the orange pumpkin didn't show
through. I stopped when I reached the stem. Since these foam pumpkins have very
short stems, I beefed it up a little with some cardboard attached with hot
glue.
Lastly, I wrapped the new cardboard stem with some copper
wire-edged ribbon I had on hand. That was it!
I love variegated yarn, but one never knows exactly where
the color will change when starting a project. I was delighted when it began
changing to brown about halfway up the pumpkin. This yarn has a marvelous sheen
to it.
And I love the texture this style of yarn gave to my
pumpkin.
I actually did the next project first. It's another
yarn-wrapped pumpkin with the same yarn, but this plastic Dollar Tree pumpkin
is smaller. I began by wrapping the tiny stem with my copper wire-edged ribbon.
I wasn't fussy about how the stem was wrapped at first, as I would adjust it
later.
My plan was to just get the ribbon on the stem and start the
yarn at the top on this one.
I applied a bead of hot glue and pressed the yarn onto it -
continuing around and around the plastic pumpkin - finishing this one at the
bottom.
After that, I adjusted the copper wire for my stem, and it
was finished.
I just attached a faux leaf with hot glue and tied a copper
ribbon to the stem.
Nothing much - just a little embellishment.
If you haven't yet tried making a yarn-wrapped pumpkin, give
it a try. It's a quick and easy project, and there are so many interesting
yarns available in the stores nowadays.
And I'm not finished yet. Pumpkin-Palooza 4 will be posted
next week.All is well in the Keweenaw.
Really cute. I love the texture!! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
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Jann
Very cute and creative. The yard is a lovely color. Thanks for sharing your creativity at DI&DI.
ReplyDeleteThe big yarn pumpkin looks like a curling stone. The yarn makes them lose that pumpkin look.
ReplyDeleteA curling stone! Great observation! I can see why you'd think that, but in reality you can see the ribs of the yarn pumpkin much more than is obvious from the photos.
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