How To Make A Ceramic Yarn Bowl

I went to an estate sale in my neighborhood and found a lot of cool stuff and picked up a few wooden bowls.

How to make a ceramic yarn bowl.

You might need it to dilute the glue a tiny bit just so you can spread it on the yarn. This is your first sc. This will come in handy in the end of the first round. The weight of the bowl allows the ball of yarn to roll around inside without getting tangled.

Plastic wrap or any kind of reused plastic sheet even an old zipper bag or produce baggie. Remember to grab the short end of the yarn between the rope and inside the single crochet stitches. Aug 29 2020 explore heather loriss scott s board yarn bowl followed by 848 people on pinterest. See more ideas about yarn yarn bowl crochet patterns.

In this simple step by step tutorial we demonstrate how to make a yarn bowl from a thrifted or purchased wooden bowl. Yarn over and pull through. Wood magazine s brian simmons tak. For the yarn bowls i make i use 2 lb 4 oz.

Tape optional to keep the plastic wrap in place. Materials you ll need to make your yarn bowl. The swoop the yarn feeds through should be smooth so that the yarn doesn t catch. Wooden bowl 6 to 7 in diameter this beautiful 6 acacia wood bowl is the perfect size if you can t find one at your local thrift store.

Gritty clay will make it hard to have a lovely smooth surface. When you pull the yarn it acts as a guide and feeds the length of yarn gently without snagging. Push with your fingers to form a circle. Making a diy yarn bowl.

Yarn 100 cotton. You thread the string of working yarn through there. Most yarn bowls have a bowl shape with a swirled section cut in one side. Diy wooden yarn bowl.

Learn to turn a yarn bowl and save a knitter from knots. The walls of my pieces are generally about 1 4 and i like to make my yarn bowls fairly robust so that they don t tip or move easily when the end user tugs on the yarn. Too much and your bowl won t stick together. A bit of time at the lathe yields a beautiful and functional gift.