Hiya guys! Hope you are all having a great day!
Sorry for not managing to get my post
done for publishing last Monday…however it is up now and hopefully you will enjoy
it!
So this week, I thought that I would add
to a previous DIY post: ‘What you can do
with leftover bits ‘n’ bobs’. I had been meaning to make this at the time,
but I ran out of material. #craftyproblems!
Well, I managed to get my supplies and
make this wee project! So what I made
was…a dream catcher!
It’s such an easy and fun DIY, as it you
can design it any way you like and decorate it with bits and bobs you have
lying around, like old jewellery/ribbons or string…and the usual feathers and
beads associated with dream catchers.
So, other than that, all that was needed
was:
· A round frame –
can be anything, depending on the size of dream catcher you want to make.
· Yarn – in any
colour you want
·
Bits ‘n’bobs –
feathers, beads, chains, string etc.
·
Glue
· Scissors
Steps:
1.
For the round
frame for my dream catcher I used a 25cm embroidery hoop, which I got from a
haberdashery store for under a fiver (£5).
I split
the embroidery hoop into the two separate parts (basically loosening the outer
hoop and taking the two hoops apart). I decided
to only use the inside of the hoop for my DIY, so I would end up with two
hoops…and could make two dream catchers!!
2. I then chose the
yarn I wanted for the inside of the dream catcher, the netting webby part, and
cut a length to use.
I didn’t
measure the length I needed as I wasn’t sure. But, if you end up with too short a piece then
you can always attach extra to the end of the material by tying a square knot
so the two pieces won’t come apart!
3.
The next step was
to attach the yarn to the frame. I did
this with a square knot.
Once
attached to the frame, I wound the yarn around the frame and created several
loops by single knotting the yarn on the frame (see picture below)
You can
put as many or as little around the frame as you like. What to remember is that the more you put
around the frame, the smaller the loops are going to be when you get to the
centre (which I found out the hard way!).
So,
the key is to make the loops loose and not to put a lot around the frame!
4.
When that’s all
completed, the next step is to put the yarn though all these loops and just go
round and round until you get to the centre!
Make sure
to tighten slightly as you go around. That
way you can see how the netting will look when completed.
5.
After the inside
of the frame was finished, I went on to do the extra details of the dream
catcher.
I
started off by covering the wooden frame with white yarn, and I did this by
winding it tightly, leaving no gaps, and using glue to keep the yarn in place.
6.
Once that was
done, it was onto the dream catcher details. I decided to use green yarn, along with the
pink and white, to create the strings.
I wanted
to do something extra with the yarn (as it would get all tangly since it is
very thin yarn) so I made a crochet chain to create a thicker string of detail.
Another
way to create the plaited look is just to do a regular plait!
But, you can always just use thicker material, and
just leave it as is, if you don’t want to worry about the strings getting
tangled.
7.
Lastly, to finish
off the details I decided to add some old earrings to some of the strings and
to the frame.
And that was it! Pretty easy!
This was how my dream catcher turned
out.
It’s quite a cool creative wee DIY as
you can make it to suit your own style and décor of your bedroom!
Anyway guys, I hope you enjoyed this
post! Thank you SO SO much for reading!!
Have a fabulous day and as always, take care!!
Lin xxx
