Dani wanted me to teach her to crochet. Again. But I opted for yoyos instead of doing the hook and purl thing. She's gone totally yoyo.
So before I take a break from bloggyLand next week, and before I go Pompei on every dirty rotten crevice of my house with Bam and Vinegar for our Christmas Break Inaugural Clean House Celebration, I thought I'd share how to make a yoyo. For some good bonding crafty fun with your supertween:
Use a fabric glue stick. You don't have to use the glue, but it makes it easier for little hands not to have to fold as they sew.
Use a wide straight stitch all the way around your fabric circle. I double my thread so I can pull it tight without the thread breaking.
I hold the tight yoyo on the table with my thumb as I tie the knots, so it doesn't loosen up.
Happy yoyo. And happy clean holiday toilets.
Time to Celebrate.
10 comments:
Love the tutorial... what a great idea for an ornament!
Oh Bliss, I can't tell you how badly I want a yoyo quilt. So it will get all old and worn and look like my Grandma's.
Some day.
Those are really cute and a yoyo quilt would be to die for... but what I really want for Christmas is a clean house too. And for somebody else to clean my toilets.
lol... I so luv u Cally! Hope you had a good cleaning day with yummy chocolate chip cookies to top it off! ;-) oh... & thanks for lettin' me stop in... was totally fun! Luv ya!
I'm so craft-dumb. I got lost on the long stitch part. Perhaps i could get a private tutoring session? I'll trade you a sandwich?
katie...deal, deal, and deal.
oh man- great tutorial!
ahh, the smell of vinegar...the sign of job well done!
I thought those [thingys] were cute. Now I know what they are called and how to make one.
Thank you so much for sharing.
ToOdLeS.ShEiLa
Love the tutorial. My tweener will love making these!!
Cute tutorial! I made a yoyo garland this year....well, it's almost long enough. Ran out of red fabric. That's ok it'll be fun to work on for next year.
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