Use Yarn Scraps to Make Cute Wreath Ornaments

Even if you aren’t knitting gifts for everyone on your list (and I’m here to tell you that way lies craziness) it’s still fun to give a little homemade something with your gifts. Whether it’s making candied pecans or your favorite fudge, giving everyone a knit washcloth with a friend’s handmade soap, or making ornaments to decorate gift bags, making a little something to give your friends shows you care more than just getting everything from the store.

These little yarn-wrapped mason jar lid ornaments are a sweet addition to a gift or a way to decorate a gift bag with something that becomes part of the gift.

Domestically Blissful made hers a bunch of different ways with lots of tiny embellishments. Some of them just have yarn wrapped and glued down, while she made one with finger-knit fabric. You could also knit a little long skinny rectangle and sew it around the jar lid if you wanted.

Or try my version, which is like knitting I-cord around a plastic ring. It’s a little fiddly at first but also kind of fun and you can make a stack of ornaments in an afternoon.

Do you craft with yarn to make Christmas tree ornaments? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Blissfully Domestic.]

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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