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Swirly Wirly ~ Spiral Rosette Yarn Wrapped Pumpkin

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I knew I wanted to make a fall centerpiece. Recently I saw a blog post about making yarn wrapped pumpkins and gourds. Yarn Wrapped Gourds & Pumpkins from Two Shades of Pink. I loved the rosette yarn wrapped pumpkin she showed. Of course I pinned the post, but I had a mental image of the pumpkin and never went back to see the details of how she made her spiral rosettes. My method worked fine, but I looked later and saw her suggestions. They look like they would work well and not involve hot glue, which is always a plus in my book. You can see my method below and you can also click over to her blog to see her method.

Supplies:
Yarn
 
Two things I will tell you about this project. 1. Expect it to take you a while…it is not a fast project. 2. If it bothers you to have a different color peaking out from behind your yarn, either buy a white pumpkin or use a darker color yarn.
 
I started with a pumpkin from the craft store (of course it was bought with my 40% off coupon + my educator discount). I had yarn left over from other projects (shocking….I know).
 
  1. As you can see above, I just wound the yarn into a rosette. I was surprised that after the first turn or two, it actually would hold the swirl shape.
  2. Next up, put hot glue on the pumpkin a bit away from the nearest rosette and in about the size of the current swirl of yarn.
  3. Add more glue around the swirl and continue to add yarn until it fills the space in which you placed it.
  4. The way I did it, they won’t all come out to the be same size. I used small swirls to fill in the odd spaces.
 
I thought it might be helpful to see how I filled in a side of the pumpkin. Below is that progression.
As you can see I used a mix of different sized rosettes. Just figuring out what size I needed to fill in space as I went.
 
After about 2+ hours and a few burnt fingers (I really don’t like hot glue)…I had a pretty pumpkin ready for my fall centerpiece. The orange peaking through slightly bugs me and it’s not as ‘perfect’ as I pictured it would be, but overall, I think it is pretty.
 
You can see how this pumpkin features in my Halloween/Fall Centerpiece and in my Fall Centerpiece.
 
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    • K Coake says

      Thank you! Of course, I din’t come up with the idea, hopefully you saw the link to the creator of the idea. I just took the time to make one…Thanks so much for stopping by.

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    • K Coake says

      Thank you! It wasn’t too bad. I did break it up into a couple of sessions and of course watching some TV was a necessity, but I so rarely sit still and watch things anymore, it was actually kind of nice.

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  6. [email protected] says

    Wow! I’m glad you used a pumpkin that can be saved. That looks like a ton of work (but it was worth it). I just saw this on A Bowl Full of Lemons, and I love it! If you haven’t already, I hope you’ll visit “One Creative Weekend” on OneCreativeMommy.com today (or any time Fri-Wed) and link up!

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    • K Coake says

      Yes, I can’t see making this and not being able to save it, though the original idea came from someone who did all that work and it was on a real pumpkin. Thanks so much for the invite. I’ll head over as soon as I have a minute.

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  7. Jana@Transformations From the Heart says

    Oh, I like the orange showing through. I think your pumpkin is adorable! I’ve never seen any done with yarn. I think I might do the same, I went to Dollar Tree today and picked up some pumpkins, had planned on painting them but now I see yours and have about decided that I would like to do some like you. If I do, I’ll certainly link back to you for my inspiration.

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    • K Coake says

      Thanks so much! I think a painted pumpkin would be great, too…and it would save you 2 hours (or more) of your life. I love the look of this pumpkin, but it definitely took longer than I thought it would.

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  34. Carolyn says

    I have a special Halloween spotlight running today and I’ve featured your project.
    Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful creation at homework.

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