While scrolling through my Tiktok feed, I came across a video containing these absolutely adorable winter hats made of yarn! As soon as I saw them, I knew I needed to have them hanging somewhere in my home to make SOME area a little more festive. Today, I am going to show you a step by step tutorial on how I made my garland and what materials you will need if you, too want to make one!
Materials you’ll need:
- Yarn
- Twine
- Empty toilet paper rolls
- Cotton balls
- Scissors
- Something (a book, small box, etc.) to wind the yarn around in ored to cut your equal strands. I used a box that use to contain thank you cards.
- Large eye threading needle (I used a bobby pin because I don’t own a needle and it worked great!)
- Optional: Beads
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- You’ll need to prep a few items before beginning the assembly, so first, take your yarn and your box and wrap the yarn around the box tons of times. When you start to think you won’t be able to cut through the strands, stop and cut.
- Next you’ll want to prep your toilet paper rolls by cutting them into thin strips (as seen above).
- To attach your yarn strands to the roll, fold the string in half and loop it around the roll, feeding the two ends back through itself. This knot is called the larkshead knot and looks like this. →
- Do this repeatedly until you have made it all the way around the roll. Grab all of the loose ends of string and feed them through the roll.
- Stick 1 cotton ball in the mouth of what will soon be your hat, then tie the ends with another pieces of string and trim the tips to imitate a pom-pom!
- To sting them , you’ll need your needle (or in my case, a bobby pin…) and to tie the twine around it.
- Remove the cotton ball so youll be able to get the needle in and out easily and replace the cotton ball after the hat is completely on. If you use a bobby pin, this could be tedious and you’ll need to be careful because the clip can snag your yarn and undo your hat. Be patient and move slow!)
- Move the hats down the twine to make sure you can fit them all on there and add beads wherever you would like them.
- When you’ve finished stringing your hats and beads, cut the end still connected to the ball of twine and tie both ends in a double knot.
- Hang where all can enjoy it for the holiday season!
I go so lucky because I already had all the items I needed to make this lying around my house so it didn’t cost me a cent and I had so much fun making this. I had considered hanging it on our tree but I already made a 12 foot beaded garland and dried oranges for it and didn’t feel like a thirs garland woul look right, so I honestly had NO idea where I planned to hang it until I was sitting in my bed stringing the hats, but my last minute decision to attach them to our head board with added greenery turned out really cute and I’m so happy with the way it looks. If I wanted to go all out, I could even add some twinkle lights left over from my wedding that are sitting in my basement!
I really wanted to link my Christmas throw pillow, but I can’t find a link anywhere. It’s from Target and had emerald green tassles on the corners that I didn’t like and cut off.
Macrame pillows
Duvet cover
Beads
Thanks so much for reading! I hope some of you try to make this!
x Abigail
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