DIY Inspiration: Yarn and Weaves

Hello friends,

Hope you are having a wonderful mid-2016! While most of you are probably basking in the summer sun, we here in the southern hemisphere have the onslaught of winter upon us, which on the bright side, brings plenty on indoor time for me and my hot chocolate!

I have been really into yarn crafts for a long time now and lately, although they have been around for a while, I'm loving the plethora of colorful and fun woven wall decor that has been going around on inspo boards everywhere. (Maybe its the winter talking, I don't know ) Say what they may, I think they're here to stay! Some of the weaves seem great for summer too! 

Check out these gorgeous weaves from across the internet that are calling out to me right now :)

Aah the colors! 

-JE

DIY : Yarn Tassles

As you all probably know, I've been obsessed with tassels and fringes lately (See here). While there are many, many ways I want to get tassel-fied, it seems like making one's mind is so not an easy job when one is crazy about something (Read: Aztec tattooed fish). Therefore, a wise man once said "one step at a time", and I thought, "Why not".

So, will start with just making the tassels for now. Will think about where to put them later. "The House of Crap" (as my family puts it) did spit out some old yarn that was never used. Btw, I'm so going to lose that name by the end of this year! More on that later.

Here's what you'll need to make your own tassels:

• A thin cardboard box/piece about the size of tassel you're going for
• Yarn, proportionate to the number of tassels you want

                                        

That's all, really!

Here's how you can do it:
Step 1: Wrap the yarn in loops around the box to obtained the desired thickness. Around 40 loops give a medium thick tassel.

Step 2: From the remaining yarn, snip off a foot and fold in half.

Step 3: Slide the folded end under the wrapped yarn and push to the top of the wrapped section.

Step 4: Make a tight double knot and cut the folded end of the foot-long piece of yarn.

Step 5: Slide out the non-knotted end of the wrapped yarn and cut it in half.

Step 6: Fold the two ends of yarn over and insert another foot-long piece folded in half behind it.

Step 7: Make another double knot.

                                                   

Step 8: Wrap the ends of the knotted piece around the neck of the tassel and tuck.

Step 9: With a sharp scissor, even out the bottom of the tassel.

There they are! Hell-o summer!