Tassel Time TUTORIAL
– the tassel for Circles of Summer
Bag and Pouch
Here is a free tassel tutorial. You do not need to do the decorative netting
across the top. The tassel will still be functional as it is.
3m of one colour or 1.5 m of two colours.
Tapestry needle, scissors
Cardboard 12cm x 5cm
1. Cut yarn 1.5 metres in two colours (or 3m of one colour) for the bag. (Cut the fringe shorter for the pouch.)
2. Make a twisted
cord. (A great tutorial can be found here Twisted cord Tutorial)
**Twisted cord
instructions – take 1 metre of yarn. Fold it in half and tie the two
ends together in a knot.
Put both loops over the index fingers of both hands. Keep
the tension on the yarn and twist the cord in opposite directions until it
starts to get tight. To test if it’s
ready to twist, release the yarn a little.
Does it twist madly on itself?
It’s ready if it does. If not, keep twisting in opposite
directions. You might like to hold the cord it in
the middle before letting go gently. When you let it go, it will twist on itself
into a cord.
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| (i) Attach the twisted cord with a larks head knot |
3. Wrap around a
piece of cardboard 15cm x 5cm. (photo i)
4. Loop the twisted cord under the top of folded tassel and
make a larks head knot to secure it. Cut the bottom edge of the tassel on the
cardboard.
5. Wrap and tie a
30cm piece of yarn 3cm from folded top of the tassel. This is the BAND. Secure with a knot and then hide the loose end
back inside the tassel.
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| The embellished top starts at the wrapped band. |
Decorative
top
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| Attach yarn to the wrapped band. |
1. Thread up a metre of yarn onto a tapestry needle. Turn
your tassel upside down to start the decorative top by attaching the yarn to
the tied skirt.
2. Loop all around the skirt band with buttonhole stitch as
shown to the right.
3. Continue doing buttonhole stitch. As the tassel belly gets narrower, make the loops a
little tighter. Secure the end of the
yarn inside the tassel.
L. Douglas ©2015
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