How to make Wrapped Yarn Ornaments for Knitters

Yes, it is the DIY Christmas Ornament making season again! I can never resist a cute new way to decorate the Christmas Tree! Today, we have a lovely tutorials that I think knitters will love: How to make Wrapped Yarn Ornaments – Yarn Ball Ornament with Knitting Needles! So cute. So easy. And there is even a recycled element to this! This is fits in perfectly with any Yarn Christmas Crafts projects you have planned.

My kids have been spending quite somem time knitting this year. It all started with some super simple Knitted Yarn Hats last year, then we went on to make some mini mermaids and in the summer, they both knitted larger dolls/ teddy bears. So, to celebrate their knitting accomplishments, I thought a Yarn Ball & Knitting Needles Ornament would be just the thing!

Whilst you are here.. you may also love these Yarn Wrapped Christmas Trees:

To make your Yarn Ball Ornaments you will need:

Newspapers (our recycled element, please do NOT use styrofoam balls they are terrible)
Yarn or wool in desired colours
Tooth picks or kebab sticks (depending on the size you wish to make)
Glue
Wooden beads in the required size*

Alternatives to wooden beads –

Any bead you can find
Salt dough beads
Paper mache beads made from paper clay
A blob of Hot Glue Gun glue

You will need to make salt dough beads or paper mache beads ahead of time!

How to make Wrapped Yarn Ornaments for Knitters

Learn how to make yarn wrapped ornaments for knitters by watching our video tutorial or by following the step by step instructions

Begin by taking a double sheet of newspaper and scrunching it into a tight ball. This gives you a large Yarn Wrapped Ornament. You can of course make it bigger or smaller – as you wish. For the kebab stick knitting needles, this is a great size. For toothpick knitting neeldes use one sheet of newspaper or even less.

Take some yarn, hold it in place and start wrapping around your newspaper ball. Be sure to regularly change directions and angles, so that you get a nice evenly spread yarn ball ornament at the end.

Keep wrapping…

Keep wrapping….

Check of any gaps and keep wrapping. It doesn’t actually need THAT much yarn, as the newspaper fills out the centre nicely.

Once you are happy, simply secure the yarn with a little knot and tie it under.

Next make your knitting needles for your yarn ornament. Insert the kebab sticks/ toothpick until you think they look nice.

Cut off the ends with either a good pair of scissors or pliers.

Glue on your bead. I actually used a big blog of glue stick glue for this – it worked well, but you may wish to use some PVA glue.

If you wish, you can add a little glue to your now made knitting needles, to hold them in place in your “Ball of Yarn” ornament. But I found, that I didn’t need this.