Needle Felted Acorn Napkin Rings
by
Lynn @ Nourish and Nestle
(IC: blogger)
I took a basic needle-felting class at our local yarn/knit store several years ago and made a Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I haven’t done anything with needle-felting since taking that class, though I still have all the needle-felting paraphernalia. Lately I’ve been noticing all sorts of fantastic needle-felted Christmas ornaments on Pinterest and have put them on my craft bucket list…maybe for this Christmas…we’ll see. In any event, in planning my Thanksgiving table, the idea of working in needle-felted acorns became part of the equation, along with my fringed linen tablecloth and napkins. I wasn’t sure how I would use them…maybe I’d make a whole bunch and fill some glass jars or maybe I’d scatter them across the table. In any event, I needed to get a bunch made and then I’d figure that out what to do with them after I made them.
It occurred to me that the acorns would look cool attached to a branch on my table. I noodled a way to attach a wire to the acorns and then I could attach the wire to a branch. I wanted a brown florist wire, which I didn’t find at my local craft store, so I went on to Amazon. When I searched brown florist wire, not only what I was looking for popped up, but also a brown rustic wire!
Once again…crafting kismet! I figured I could attach my acorns to this branchy looking wire and make some great looking napkin rings! Well maybe not ‘rings’ so much as napkin ‘wraps’.
Here’s What You Will Need to Make Needle-Felted Acorn Napkin Rings/Wraps:
Cut your florist wire into 3-4 inch segments and set them aside.
You’ll do the same thing on the bottom, just not making it so flat. You’ll go around the sides of the bottom, pushing in the fibers as opposed to primarily coming down from the top.
I made 3 wired acorns for each napkin ring. Once you have your stash of wired acorns, it’s time to attach them to your rustic wire. I cut my wire about 1 foot long and added a dab of clear drying glue to each end to prevent the fiber from unraveling.
I merely wrapped the acorns about 3-3.5″ in from one end
So that’s that…acorn napkin rings for your fall or Thanksgiving table.
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Published November 10th, 2015 6:31 AM
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Megan Karetny on Nov 12, 2015Cute :)
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Lynn @ Nourish and Nestle on Nov 12, 2015Thanks Megan! Appreciate you visiting and commenting.
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