Today I added some glitz to the stocking I made a few days ago. I thought a pom-pom would look fabulous on the hanger-loop. And of course I wanted to personalize it with my nieces' name. That way Santa know's it's her's! I didn't want to go too overboard, so I left it at that.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
- Yarn
- Scissors
- Cardboard
- Pencil
- Glitter glue
Directions:
Use a round cup that is around 3.5 inches in diameter, and trace four circles onto a piece of cardboard. In the center of two of the circles draw a smaller circle, then draw two lines about 1/4 inch apart coming down from the inner circle to the outer circle. Cut out all four larger circles. Now take the two circles you drew the smaller circles on, and cut out the smaller circles including the notch you made in the outer doughnut. Place one of the doughnuts down with the cut-out facing you. Cut a piece of yarn about 12 inches long, place the piece of yarn on top of the doughnut going around the inner circles, with the two ends coming down where the notch is. Then place the other doughnut on top of the first doughnut, sandwiching the yarn in-between.
Now start wrapping yarn around both pieces of cardboard. I started in the center with the end on outside edge coming down the front, then wrapping around the backing. Continue wrapping to the right, when you reach the end go back over the right, then down the left. When you reach the bottom of the left side come back up to the center, and end here with the tale on the outside edge.
Next place the whole thing down and with one hand hold the piece down, then run the scissors between the two pieces of cardboard at the top edge cutting the yarn. Once you've cut all the way around tie the 12 in. length of yarn tight, make as many knots as you feel necessary. Remove the cardboard doughnuts.
Take the two cardboard circles you haven't used yet, and sandwich the yarn between the two. Pin the cardboard in place with your largest needle in the center. Trim any of the strings that seem too long.
Remove the cardboard, and then fluff up the pom-pom. I used the tail to tie the pom-pom onto the stocking.
After all that hard work I played around on a piece of scrap fabric that matched the stocking. I used my favorite tool - glitter glue, and tested the way the different glitter looked on the fabric, and with the font I used looked. I picked my favorite look (with some help from my husband and mom), and wrote out Annabel's name on the stocking.
