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).
- 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.
- 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.
- Add more glue around the swirl and continue to add yarn until it fills the space in which you placed it.
- 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.
Have a great week!
I love the look of these! Swirls of yarn?! How clever are you? Great job!
Thanks so much for joining the party over at Mighty Crafty!
-Amberly!
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.
This is such a great idea! I love how this pumpkin turned out π
Thank you!
What a unique idea! That’s a cute pumpkin!
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This turned out amazing!
Thank you!
That is so pretty and WOW you must really have patience!
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.
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 havenβt already, I hope youβll visit “One Creative Weekend” on OneCreativeMommy.com today (or any time Fri-Wed) and link up!
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.
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.
Thank you! I would love to see yours if you do make some, so please let me know. Glad I could provide some inspiration! Enjoy!
This is gorgeous! I really like the little bit of orange showing through with the text of the yarn at the forefront. Great job.
Thank you so much! The bit of orange is growing on me…
This is so cute! Love it! I may just have to make this! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I would love to see it if you make one…would be fun to see more and how we each put our own twist on them!
That is the cutest thing! Thank you for sharing. Visiting from 36th Ave. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. https://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/09/make-it-pretty-monday-week-16.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Thank you!
So cute! I love yarn! Visiting from Somewhat Simple.
I love yarn, too! I can be a bit addictive all the things that it can do! Thanks for stopping by.
Love that- such great texture!
Thank you!
Love that- such great texture!
I love the look of this! I never thought to make rosettes with yarn before. Thanks for the inspiration!
Awww, your welcome! Thanks for taking a look.
such a cool idea!
saw you At The Picket Fence
and had to stop by
thanks for sharing!
alison
Thanks!
Your pumpkin is lovely! What a great idea!
Thank you!
Love the way this looks! Great idea!
Thank you!
First time here and I am in love with this! Cant wait to look around.
Aww… thank you! I hope you enjoyed your vist to my blog.
This is such a cool idea! I love it! I’d like to invite you to share it at my party, Twirl & Take a Bow at http://www.houseontheway.com. I think it would make a great addition!
Leslie
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Thank you so much!
You have such clever ideas!! So smart and easy for the fall decor!!
Ohhh, Thank you! I don’t feel very clever, but I appreciate your sweet comments.
This is so clever and cute!A must do!
-Nikki
Come by for a visit sometime! ncmrsdye.blogspot.com
Thank you, that is very sweet of you to say.
CUTE!
https://welivedhappilyeverafter.blogspot.com
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Such a cute idea!! I love it.
Thank you!
This is amazing! So unique and pretty. I hope you will link this up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party if you haven’t already.
https://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2012/09/2012-wickedly-creative-halloween-ideas.html
Thank you so much!
Great idea! Looks beautiful!
Thank you!
What a cute and creative idea for a pumpkin! I would love for you to come link up to my Get Social Sunday party and show off your awesome blog! https://alivedinhome.blogspot.com/2012/09/get-social-sunday_30.html
Thank you!
This is really adorable! I keep spotting it at the linkies and don’t know why it’s taken me so long to drop in and say wow!
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Linda
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it.
Love it! Will be featuring this little cutie tomorrow!
Take care,
Trish
Awww… Thank you!
I love the rosettes made from yarn, looks simple enough for me to do. π I’ve never done any of the other rosettes.
I would have painted the pumpkin. π
great job!!
gail
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.
SUPER CUTE! I’m loving this look!!! Featuring you!!! XO, Aimee
Thank you and Thank you so much for the feature! Have a great weekend.
This is quite the project, and super cool! Thanks for linking up on ‘Or so she says…’, hope to see you again tomorrow. http://www.oneshetwoshe.com
Thank you so much and thanks for your great link party as well!
Oh my goodness – love the lightness and whimsy of this project! Loved and pinned. Thank you for sharing this at MightyCrafty Mondays…
Thank you!
Love this! I just pinned it!
Thank you!
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.
Thanks so much for both the feature and for letting me know you were featuring me. I really appreciate both! Enjoy your night.
This is a really great idea. Pinned for next year. I enjoy the odd texture of this pumpkin. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
This is adorable KC! (although I hear you about the glue gun… I am forever burning myself too!!) What a simple and cute project for Fall. Thanks so much for linking it up to our Inspiration Galore Project Party last week. You are one of my Features tomorrow over at http://www.recreateddesigns.com. Have a lovely Fall weekend!
Thanks!
I love this pumpkin idea. The swirls are perfect. Great idea.
Thanks for sharing at Turn it Up Tuesday,
Bev
Thank you!