Yarn Letter For Fall

I thought about doing a moss covered L to go in the center of the burlap wreath I am making, then decided that might be more appropriate for spring. So I picked out a multicolored fall looking yarn while wandering around Joann’s.

I didn’t read any tutorials, since I didn’t think this would be especially difficult. I just grabbed my hot glue gun and went to town.

I started right there, hot gluing the end piece down, and gluing all the way around for the strings in this direction. I wanted to do a layer in this direction first so that the ends would be covered once I started wrapping it. That probably makes no sense, so just check out the photos.

There’s how the first step ended up. I thought about just cutting little strips to place on the two ends, but decided this would look less sloppy in the end. And probably result in less burns on my fingers. I just glued down long stretches at a time, using a large paperclip to smoosh the yarn into the glue. I used a paperclip because it happened to be out on the bar right behind me. Anything else would work just as well, a pen, a popsicle stick, a toothpick…just whatever you have laying around.

Here is the start of the second step. I glued the end, and then glued all the way around the first two wraps to hold everything in place. Then I just wrapped the yarn around the letter a bunch of times, and squished it together every so often to avoid gaps. The bend in the L was pretty tricky, I just tried to cover as much as I could, sometimes gluing pieces in place as a guide for the next round of strings.

And here is the finished product. I really like how it came out, and love the yarn that I chose!

You can see here that the part around the bend of the L is a bit sparse, but I was doing this while both kids were awake so I didn’t have the patience or ability to concentrate enough to make it perfect. But I don’t plan on staring directly at it long enough to think about it, so I am OK with that. However, if it bothers you, feel free to take more time getting yours just right should you decide to make one!