DIY yarn wrapped hearts

I made these neutral color hearts to use for Valentine’s day decor. They turned out so cute, I wanted to share the process for DIY yarn wrapped hearts with you.

Obviously, you could use any color yarn for these. I just chose this neutral variegated yarn to fit my decor.
This particular yarn varies in color from ivory to a dark taupe. Some hearts turned out ivory, some were dark taupe and some had a variation of both.
Unfortunately, I lost the packaging for this yarn and haven’t been able to find the same one, but here is a similar yarn.

To make these yarn wrapped hearts, you will need a piece of paper (to make a pattern), a piece of cardboard or heavy cardstock, tape, scissors and yarn of your choice.

To begin, I folded a piece of paper in half and drew a shape of half of a heart, using the fold of the paper.

Next, I cut out the heart and traced it on to the cardboard. Then I cut out my heart shape.

Now it’s time to begin wrapping your heart. To keep the yarn secure, I taped the end of my yarn to the cardboard heart.
Then, you just start wrapping. Continue wrapping until you have completely covered the cardboard heart.

This is what your heart will look like when you are done. Cut the yarn, leaving a few inches to tie off.

To tie the yarn off, just loop it through itself and tie in a knot.

When you have tied your yarn in a knot, cut the remainder of the yarn off fairly short and tuck in the end.

The back of you heart will look like the photo above and the front will look like this…..

Next, you will want to make a loop for hanging, if you plan to hang your heart. I cut about a 10″ piece of yarn and folded it in half.

Pull the doubled piece of yarn through a piece of yarn at the top of your finished heart.

Pull the cut ends through the loop to secure. Then, make a knot in the yarn and tie off at whatever length you want your hanging loop to be.

And that’s it!! Super easy and quick Valentine’s day craft.

I made several and plan to hang them on a tree of Valentine’s decorations and also use a few at place settings paired with my book page tablerunner. These would also be cute strung side by side to create a garland or even just stacked in a bowl.

As I mentioned, I used neutral yarn because it fits my decor, but traditional pink, red and white ones would be so cute!!

I hope you enjoyed this DIY yarn wrapped heart tutorial and make some of your own. And as always, I would love to know if you do. I love hearing from you!

blessings,
michele

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