Yummy YARN Christmas Trees

by Julie@Cut Off in the Keweenaw

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If you're obsessed with texture, you may want to make a cone Christmas tree with some really big - super chunky - yarn! When my eyes first fell upon this yummy yarn at Michael's, I knew what I wanted to do with it.

For this project, I used foam cones in 3 different sizes and this wonderfully thick Bernat Blanket BIG yarn. (NOT Bernat Blanket yarn - but Bernat Blanket BIG yarn!)

Here's how the size compares to a Sharpie marker. See, I told you it was super chunky! The color name is Vintage - a creamy white. (It's about $10/skein at Michael's.)

I used my hot glue gun on the low setting to attach the yarn to the cone - starting at the bottom.

I glued and wound it tightly around the cone - making sure the foam didn't show through the rows.

I went all the way to the top - gluing as I went - and completely covered the top tip of the cone. Now for an ornament to top it off. I found these at Walmart.

They came with little gold threads through the loops for hanging. I clipped off the thread and attached the snowflake ornament to the top of my tree with a dab of hot glue - loop side down - pushing the loop of the ornament down into the yarn.

One tree down - two to go.

Three easy trees in no time flat - each with an ornament of a different color.

I could have used some metallic thread, sequins or thin ribbon for more embellishment, but I wanted this delicious yarn to be the star of the show. Sort of looks like frosting, doesn't it?

I'm completely crazy about the texture!

Just my kind of project:

I'm just starting to share my 2016 Christmas decor projects on my blog. More to come! (Update: You can see how I used the entire skein by clicking through the link I added to this post on my blog.)

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Lynne on Nov 27, 2016
How many skeins of yarn did you use?

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Nka2038017 on Nov 27, 2016
How many skein of yarn did you use

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Kay p. on Dec 17, 2016
Where did you buy the deer,or did you make it? If you made it,how? I love it.

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Bonnie Stopczynski on Jan 09, 2017
It would look better if you ran the yarn up & down instead of around

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- Julie@Cut Off in the Keweenaw on Jan 09, 2017
  I appreciate your thoughts, but that wouldn't work well with yarn this thick. It would have necessitated overlapping. The top of the cone would have become extremely bulky and the tree would have ended up looking like a cylinder rather than a cone.
  
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Vicki Hopkins Adkins on Oct 24, 2020

The trees are perfect! Love them! Great job!

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- Julie@Cut Off in the Keweenaw on Oct 24, 2020
  
  Thank you! Although they move around the house every Christmas, they're holding up perfectly!
  
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