Why not make a bouquet of woven wool flowers as a birthday or Mother’s Day present?
What you’ll need:
Cardboard
Wool, yarn, string, embroidery thread, thin ribbon or raffia
Lollipop sticks
Garden sticks
Coloured paper or card
Bowl, mug or plate to draw around
Pencil
Scissors (optional craft knife to cut circles from cardboard: adult use only)
Sticky tape
What to do:
Draw around a template and cut out circles from the cardboard.
Cut small incisions around the circle’s edge at regular intervals.
Choose your yarn.
Start off by taping a bit of wool at the back of the circle and start winding wool around the circle’s edge, making sure the wool goes through a cut each time.
If changing wool colour secure ends at the back with tape.
Once finished, add a lollipop or garden stick to the back along with a paper leaf and ta da! Woven wool flower is finished!
Cut a circle out of cardboard using a bowl as a template.
Cut small incisions around the circle’s edge, like a clock face, at regular intervals. The spaces between the cuts will determine the patterns.
Wool and yarn.
Start off by taping a bit of wool at the back of the circle and start winding wool around the circle’s edge, making sure the wool goes through a cut.
Experiment to see what patterns emerge and use different coloured yarn to create different designs.
Stick a lollipop stick on the back and add a paper or card leaf to finish off the flower.
For bigger flower circles use a garden stick as a stem and add more paper leaves.
