BetterHomesAndGardensAustraliaDecember2015_

WRAP IT WITH
RUDOLPH
Gather your supplies
Stiff card and compass or
pompom maker; blue yarn;
Vliesofix or tacky craft glue;
brown felt; sewing thread
and needle; black beads;
red felt ball; 3mm ribbon

Here’s how
STEP 1 Using pompom
maker or two 6cm circles
of stiff card with a 2cm

opening, make a blue yarn

pompom (see Pompom

diagram). Fuse or glue 2

layers of brown felt together.

Using a photocopier, enlarge

Antler template. Using

template, cut 2 antlers from

brown felt. Stitch antlers

in place with needle and

thread. Stitch bead eyes in

place. Cut back off felt ball

so it sits flat. Stitch in place.

Stitch ribbon hanging loop

between antlers.

Pompom diagram

STEP 1–3 Use the

measurements specified

above to trace and cut 2

circles from stiff cardboard

with holes cut in the centre.

Hold the circles together.

Using a long length of yarn

threaded through a yarn

needle, wind yarn around

the ring. Keep adding

lengths of yarn until the ring

is covered and the centre

hole is completely filled.

STEP 4–6 Place the point

of sharp scissors between

the 2 circles of cardboard

and cut around, snipping

through a few strands of

yarn at a time. Slip a 30cm

length of a double strand

of yarn or stranded

embroidery thread between

the circles and tie firmly in

a knot. Pull away the rings.

Fluff out the yarn. Trim into

a neat sphere.

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