Chunky Yarn Pumpkins

Happy Fall Y'all !

Here is a fun and easy craft to do for the season. 

I have had this fuzzy chunky orange yarn in my craft stash.

I just love the visual texture of it!

For the larger of the two pumpkins, 

I had saved real pumpkin stems to make the stuffed velvet pumpkins 

you may have seen around the web using them, but decided to use it for this. 

(I guess I could still make the velvet pumpkins; I have additional stems)

Anyway...

This pumpkin is a little top heavy as it is sits

on my unfinished faux mantel right now! :) 

Got to get to it!

I believe you basically start with a pom pom tutorial,
but here's some photos to show you what I did:

shoot... I can't remember how many times around I wrapped the clipboard. 50? 

Slide it off the board, keeping loops together

and tie a knot with a separate piece of yarn

Trim of excess strings from tie and initial wrapping

and form loops into a round pumpkin shape!

Hot glue stem and you are done!

Thanks for visiting today!

Cute pedestal made by my friend Risa :)

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