DIY yarn crafts are a craft enthusiast’s happy place! Whether you’re just getting started on a new hobby, looking to make your crafting dreams come true, or both, our list of DIY, easy-to-follow yarn craft tutorials will teach you everything you need to know!
Today, we’re walking you through THIRTEEN Yarn Crafts that are so simple to create with step-by-step pictures included!
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- 13 Easy Yarn Craft Ideas
- 1. Yarn Wrapped RainbowÂ
- 2. Yarn Wrapped Hearts
- 3. Yarn and Sock Gnome
- 4. Yarn PomPom TreesÂ
- 5. Mini Yarn Christmas Trees with Paper ConesÂ
- 6. Yarn Wrapped PineconesÂ
- 7. Yarn TasselsÂ
- 8. Yarn Tassel EarringsÂ
- 9. Yarn Tassel KeychainÂ
- 10. Yarn Tassel with Wooden Bead OrnamentÂ
- 11. Yarn Wall Hanging
- 12. Yarn CactusÂ
- 13. Yarn PomPom Trees in Cork PlantersÂ
- Common Questions
- More Tassel Crafts You'll Love
13 Easy Yarn Craft Ideas
1. Yarn Wrapped Rainbow
Add the perfect splash of happy color to your home with our How to Make a Yarn Wrapped Rainbow tutorial using easy-to-find materials!
In just ten steps or less, you’ll create pretty rainbows (complete with felt ball clouds), perfect for any season, or just because you love a touch of color!Â
2. Yarn Wrapped Hearts
In our hearts, Valentine’s Day is never over! If you feel the same, then our How to Make Yarn Wrapped Hearts is meant for you.
With just a few short steps and all your favorite colors, you can create a little love for your home, office, or an upcoming holiday!
3. Yarn and Sock Gnome
A holiday staple, or a little DIY cuteness (whichever you prefer), Gnomes, believe it or not, are easy to create!Â
And thankfully, our How to Make Yarn & Sock Gnomes tutorial breaks it all down for you (with pictures), so you can share this adorable crafting perfection with your friends and family year ‘round!
4. Yarn PomPom Trees
Creating cute crafts and décor with simple, everyday items you probably already have at home just became easier than ever with our How to Make Yarn PomPom Trees guide!
These teeny, adorable trees can be created in any color scheme for any occasion, holiday, or room!Â
Adorn them along the mantel or place them on your desk for a touch of spring color, and crafting fun!
5. Mini Yarn Christmas Trees with Paper Cones
Christmas Tree deco is a staple for the holiday season and now, you can create your own, cute décor, with a touch of card stock, paper cones, and yarn!Â
Curate your own holiday-themed color scheme, use different styles of yarn, and add your own personal crafting touch to your holiday season!
6. Yarn Wrapped Pinecones
Create nature-filled and ohh-so-simple fall crafting perfection with a few pinecones and colorful yarn!Â
Our fun DIY Yarn Wrapped Pinecones tutorial will teach you how in just a few simple steps with pretty pictures to guide you along the way.
This one will leave you adding a little sprinkle of fun fall décor throughout your home in no time!
7. Yarn Tassels
Perfectly versatile, eye-catching, and adorned with your choice of pretty colors, Yarn Tassels are a DIY staple you’re going to want to add to your crafting collection!Â
With just three simple supplies, your hand, and our How to Make Yarn Tassels tutorial, you’ll be making tassels in a rainbow of colors in no time!
8. Yarn Tassel Earrings
Tassel earrings are so in and even better? You can create them yourself in a variety of beautiful colors in just a few simple steps!Â
Using a few spare few minutes and a handful (literally) of supplies, you’ll have a rainbow of handmade jewelry to add to your wardrobe!
9. Yarn Tassel Keychain
Say goodbye to those boring old keys and the everyday hum drum drab of basic keychains and instead, start envisioning colorful pops of your very own creation on your keyring!Â
Our How to Make a Yarn Tassel Keychain has never made it easier to adorn your keys with a little self-made crafting beauty!
10. Yarn Tassel with Wooden Bead Ornament
Incorporate an aesthetically pleasing design with beautiful colors to your home décor for holidays, events, or just because your own handmade designs make you happy!
Tassels & Tassel Ornaments are perfect for Christmas but can be curated for any year ‘round crafting inspiration or color scheme! With just a few short steps, we’ll show you how!
11. Yarn Wall Hanging
We believe walls were meant to be decorated; so why not decorate them with your own, beautiful, handmade crafting creations?
Our How to Make a DIY Yarn Wall Hanging will give you the inspiration and step-by-step guide you need to create your own colorful masterpiece!
12. Yarn Cactus
Some things are just better when they’re miniature, aren’t they?
These cute mini PomPom Cacti are one perfect crafting example and even better? They’re so easy to make!Â
Grab a few tiny Terracotta Pots, your favorite yarn in green-hues, and our How to Make PomPom Cacti tutorial--and the rest is history!
13. Yarn PomPom Trees in Cork Planters
Our DIY PomPom Trees in Cork Planters tutorial is the perfect example of crafting perfection sometimes coming from the most simplistic of places.
With a few spare wine corks, authentic sticks, and colorful Yarn PomPoms, you can create your very own tiny trees in every color of the rainbow!
Common Questions
It depends on the project, but when in doubt, go for whatever colors you like the best! Medium-weight yarn which also happens to be the cheap stuff works well for a wide variety of yarn projects!
We have a great tutorial that shows two different ways of making yarn tassels!
Check out our tutorials on how to make yarn pom poms using your hand, how to use a pom pom maker, and even how to make mini yarn pompoms using a fork!
Yarn is one of the most basic craft supplies available, and every crafter has some in their arsenal.
It's available in a dizzying number of types, colors, and thicknesses, and it's usually affordable to buy - especially with a coupon.
With your favorite yarn, scissors, and a glue gun, you are well on your way to making any of these 13 easy yarn crafts!
More Tassel Crafts You'll Love
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Catina
I'm a caretaker. My client's mother has cancer and dementia. She is in high spirits. I only know how to create rugs with her and made a house using Popsicle sticks. I did see you had a variety of ideas that were easy and simple. I wonder if you have anything that has at the minimal four steps that can create things. Simple things that may help her find joy in everyday life instead of the monotony of things she does around her house. She may forget after she finishes the project but once she starts she is able to complete it. after two weeks she couldn't remember she did it until i showed her a video. she just smiled and said, "I did that?" Can you help?
Laura
Hi Catina! Thanks for taking the time to write to me. I am sorry about your mom's health, and I am praying for you as you care for her.
As far as yarn crafts go, I have a lot of yarn crafts on my site, but they probably are broken down into more than 4 steps. Typically, I break them down into very small steps so people can follow along easier as they're reading.
Perhaps you can take a few of the yarn crafts on my site and either modify them to make them more simple, or you could start them and she could finish them?
Some ideas off the top of my head are making yarn tassels or pom poms, and wrapping yarn around a styrofoam wreath to make a wreath?
Or, one of my favorites is using chunky yarn (so the project is faster) and then wrapping it around cardboard shapes (I wrapped it around triangles to make Christmas trees), and you could also do it for hearts, stars, or any other shapes.
I hope you'll be able to find an idea or two in my yarn craft archives, either as is, or by modifying it a bit.
All the best to you and your mom!
Laura
Sue
Could you show me how to knit an item off the needles. Making a winter scarf. All finished. Don’t know how to get it off.
Laura
Hi Sue! I don't have a tutorial showing how to cast off a knitting project, but if you google that - "how to cast off a knotting project", I am sure you will find a video to walk you through it. Good luck!!!