Lucky's Crafts: How to Make a Argyle Yarn Valentine's Day Wreath

I am pretty upset that I have to wait until Monday to pick up my new car; they just got it into the lot today and by the time I would of got there after work all the insurance and registration places would have been closed. :( I am a little disappointed, but since Ricky and I are going to Canmore for the night on Saturday I can keep my mind busy and not think about my car. To help keep me distracted tonight I decided to make a Valentines Day wreath for my office door (to replace the Christmas one still hanging there). My inspiration was a picture of a argyle yarn wreath on pinterest, but unfortunately the link to the website was broken. It looked pretty easy to make so I just winged it and it came out pretty awesome. My only problem is that it is kind of plain looking, but I'm still debating on how to glam it up a bit.

Supplies you will need:

Wreath: I used a 14" wreath I got from Michaels for $9.99.
Yarn: I bought 268 Yds of True Grey yarn made by Loops & Threads; I didn't even use half of the "ball" of yarn for the wreath. I bought the yarn at Michaels for $5.99.
Felt: You only need one sheet of red and one sheet of pink felt for the wreath. I got my felt at Michaels for $.49 each.
Ribbon
Hot glue gun and glue
Scissors
Pen or marker

Step 1: Tape the end of the yarn onto the wreath; this will be the start of where you are going to wrap the yarn around the wreath.

Step 2: Start wrapping the yarn around the wreath going over the area you taped to reinforce it. It doesn't have to be perfect you can wrap it around the wreath many times as shown in picture 1 and then tighten it and align it by pushing it carefully towards the other area you completed (picture 2). I found that this was the easiest way to get a lot of it done fast.

Step 3: The finished wreath will look like the above pictures; you can slip knot, glue and/or tape (I did all three because i'm a little obsessive) the end of the yarn, but don't cut it because you will be using it to wrap around the hearts. Remember that this part is the back of you wreath.

Step 4: Cut a heart template for tracing out of paper, I just folded a paper in half then cut the heart pattern, but you can always print one off the internet too. Once you have your template trace a bunch of hearts onto your felt and cut them out. Do the same for the red hearts on the red felt, using the same heart template you created. :)

Step 5: Now place the hearts on the wreath the way you like them and hot glue them to make sure they stayed put. (Excuse my chipped polish in the picture, I slammed my thumb in a dresser drawer)

Step 6: Then you are going to take the yarn that you secured on the back of the wreath and begin to wrap it around the hearts; You want the yarn to go across the middle of the heart.

Step 7: Once you have gone around the wreath a complete time, it is time to do the same thing the other way around the wreath. So you are basically making a "X" over the hearts creating the argyle pattern. When you have completely gone around the wreath again, glue the end on the back of the wreath with the hot glue gun and cut the yarn so it isn't attached the ball anymore.