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Yarn Scrap Wreath & Angel – 12 Ornaments of Christmas

December 21, 2015 Leave a Comment

Instructions for how to make two ornaments with yarn scraps: an adorable angel and a holiday wreath! Click for the tutorials.

Ornaments 9 and 10 in our 12 ornaments of Christmas series come together so fast, which is a good thing since the big day is nearly upon us! This funky wreath and adorable tassel angel are super fun to make, and they’re both great ways to make use of scrap yarn.

How to make a scrap yarn wreath ornament

Supplies
cardboard
scissors
Lion Brand Bonbons in Beach – 1 mini skein in green, plus some red (you can also work with scraps)
glue

Instructions for how to make two ornaments with yarn scraps: an adorable angel and a holiday wreath! Click for the tutorials.

Directions

Cut a donut shape out of some scrap cardboard, and cut a rectangle that is about 40% taller than the diameter of your donut cutout. Wrap your green yarn around the rectangular piece of cardboard as shown, creating a piece of yarn that’s twice the height of your rectangle. Cut several pieces of yarn to this length, and attach them to the cardboard donut using a cow hitch knot.

Instructions for how to make two ornaments with yarn scraps: an adorable angel and a holiday wreath! Click for the tutorials.

Keep adding pieces of yarn to the donut until it’s fully covered and no cardboard is peeking through between the strands of yarn. Finally, make a faux bow for your wreath with red yarn and glue that to the center bottom of your wreath. To finish and add a hanger to your ornament, you can glue some ribbon to the center back once your bow has fully dried.

Instructions for how to make two ornaments with yarn scraps: an adorable angel and a holiday wreath! Click for the tutorials.

How to make a scrap yarn angel ornament

Supplies
one 2-3 inch piece of white pipe cleaner
scissors
cardboard
Lion Brand Bonbons in Beach – 1 mini skein in white, plus some yellow (you can also work with scraps)
black permanent marker
glue
wooden bead or ball, approx. 1 cm in size
waxed paper/silicon craft mat (optional)

Instructions for how to make two ornaments with yarn scraps: an adorable angel and a holiday wreath! Click for the tutorials.

Directions

Cut a tall rectangle out of a piece of cardboard. You can make it any size you want, but for reference, mine is about 3/4 inch wide by 3 inches tall. Wrap white yarn around the cardboard several times. Cut all of the yarn at one end, being careful to hold the uncut end together. Fold the yarn in half around the pipe cleaner, and wrap some additional white yarn around the yarn on the pipe cleaner – just below the pipe cleaner. This will form a tassel that functions as your angel’s body/dress, and the pipe cleaners will be her arms.

Instructions for how to make two ornaments with yarn scraps: an adorable angel and a holiday wreath! Click for the tutorials.

For this next step you might want to use waxed paper or a silicon craft mat, but it’s totally optional. Make your angel a head by gluing small scraps of yellow yarn (or whatever color you prefer) to the wooden bead, creating a bob style haircut. After the hair dries, glue the head to the body with a generous amount of glue. To finish your ornament, wait one final time for the glue to cry completely, then draw a little face on her using permanent marker before gluing some yarn to her back to function as a hanger.

Instructions for how to make two ornaments with yarn scraps: an adorable angel and a holiday wreath! Click for the tutorials.

Finally! Even these two aren’t knit or crochet ornaments, I’d still love to see your takes on them! You can share using #handsoccupiedhohoho on Instagram and Twitter.

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Heidi Gustad is a craft book author, designer & creator specializing in yarn crafts like knitting, crochet, latch hook & macramé. Her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now.

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When I was a librarian, we would use these hanging bags to circulate books with audiobook CDs. They came to mind when I wanted to develop a filing cabinet-like system for my differently-sized WIPs. To fit in my studio closet, a standard bedroom closet, they just needed custom hangers. 🤙🏻 
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HOW TO MAKE THE HANGERS
1. Carefully cut approx. a 9” (23 cm) length of flexible 3 mm aluminum wire.
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3. Bend the other end into a hook shape, perpendicular to the circle shape you just created. 
4. Hang like a hanger in a closet, as shown. 
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