To make the knitter's bauble, for hanging on a Christmas tree, you will need the following supplies: a Styrofoam ball, enough yarn to cover the ball, white school glue, two skewers, two beads to fit perfectly on the ends of each skewer and wire for the hanger.
Apply white school in modest amount to the surface of the Styrofoam ball while you wrap it to cover with the yarn. Too much glue makes a mess that will ruin this project if you are not cautious.
While you are waiting for parts of the wrap to dry a bit, cut the skewers down to 5 1/2 inches if you are making a medium sized bauble. Cut these pretend knitting needles longer or shorter depending upon the scale and size of the ball you are wrapping for the ornament.
Glue small beads to each flat end of your knitting needles.
Wrap the knitting needles in a cross position while working the yarn around these, just as they would appear if doing it with real needles inside of a ball of yarn.
Shape a hanger from wire, dab the end of it with glue and then push it deep inside the Styrofoam ball to hang.
Apply white school in modest amount to the surface of the Styrofoam ball while you wrap it to cover with the yarn. Too much glue makes a mess that will ruin this project if you are not cautious.
While you are waiting for parts of the wrap to dry a bit, cut the skewers down to 5 1/2 inches if you are making a medium sized bauble. Cut these pretend knitting needles longer or shorter depending upon the scale and size of the ball you are wrapping for the ornament.
Glue small beads to each flat end of your knitting needles.
Wrap the knitting needles in a cross position while working the yarn around these, just as they would appear if doing it with real needles inside of a ball of yarn.
Shape a hanger from wire, dab the end of it with glue and then push it deep inside the Styrofoam ball to hang.
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| Left, see the yarn covered bauble hanging. Right, here to see the hook detail. |
The key to making these knitting balls for the tree is to limit the amount of yarn used to cover the bauble's surface so that the ornament won't get to heavy for the branches of a Christmas tree. And also, if you are a frugal knitter, you may only want to use the amount of yarn necessary for these festive trims so that there will be enough left-over for the next textile project!
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