Project: Initial Your Front Door

We have a certain habit of putting the first letter of our last name everywhere. Last summer Cordelia and I built a W out of rocks in our garden. There was the W on our Christmas tree...and well the glitter W that currently hangs in our guest room. So, in continuing with our theme I decided that we needed to let our neighbors know the first letter of our last name, by proudly hanging it from our front door. You could easily adapt this process to fit your own name.



You will need:

• One letter-form. I used a thick cardboard W that was on sale for $1 at our local craft shop.
• Yarn in the color of your choosing. Great opportunity to use up leftover yarn.

Directions:

• Hold your letter of choice.
  
• Start wrapping, you could start rapping too---but probably best to keep that to yourself.
• When you get to tricky parts just do a little creative wrapping.I found that the bottom of the W was most difficult for me so I went over it both vertically and horizontally with my wrapping.
• When you are done tie it off and tuck the yarn into the folds.
  
• You can tie a little loop of yarn for hanging or use an S hook if you'd prefer.
• Hang your letter from a wreath hanger, nail, your doorknob, wherever you choose.
• Optional: You could embellish this project with buttons, pins, etc. to make it more personalized.
  

Project: Wreath Enhancement

I was at the store a few days ago and I spotted a solid looking synthetic wreath. The wreath was mighty plain, but at $2.99 who could resist? So I brought it home and decided to jazz it up a bit.



So I grabbed a few different colors of yarn, a small rectangle of paperboard and a pair of scissors for pom pom making. I wrapped the yarn around the width of the paperboard and then tied it off with another piece of yarn (see pic).



Then I flipped the paperboard over and clipped through the yarn.



The bundle of yarn will look like this. Fluff it up to create a pom pom.



Repeat with several different colors. Tie onto your wreath and then admire your work.