WALL HANGING

YOU WILL NEED

✽ Metal hoops – we used 15cm and a 20cm diameter hoops ✽ Twine ✽ Scissors ✽ Tape measure ✽ Yarn – we used a chunky variety, but any weight will work ✽ 25mm wooden beads ✽ Large needle for threading

TO MAKE

❶ Tie the hoops together with a piece of twine, knot tightly then cut off the excess. To make a lark’s

head knot, cut 3 x 1.5m lengths of yarn. Double the lengths of yarn over, then place the looped end (which will be the centre of the yarn) underneath the hoop.

❷ Take hold of the excess yarn and thread it down through the loop so it covers the twine.

❸ Pull the yarn down tightly.

❹ Take the length of yarn furthermost to the right, pull it on a diagonal, then tie a single knot to the small hoop, and a second knot to the large hoop.

❺ Tie on the other five lengths of yarn, pulling them all taut.

Arrange them so they roughly have the same space between each.

❻ Cut 3 x 1m lengths of yarn.

Attach them to the large hoop with a lark’s head knot, as before. Pull down on the yarn tightly to make the knot as small as possible.

➐ Continue adding yarn in groups of 3 x 1m lengths along the bottom of the hoop (see note, below).

➑ Take two lengths of yarn from the bottom hoop; hold them together to create a ‘V’. Thread them through 3 large wooden beads. You may need to add a knot under each bead to hold it in place (see tip, below).

❾ Straighten out the lengths of yarn, either on a flat surface or on a wall, and give your wall hanging a trim. This can either be straight across or, like ours, cut into a ‘V’ shape.

NOTE We attached two lark’s head knots in between each of the single knots, as we used chunky yarn, but you can add as many as you like.

TIP A clever way to thread yarn through a bead is to loop a small piece of florist wire around the yarn, poke the ends of the wire through the hole of the bead, then in turn pull the yarn through.

Alternatively, create your hanging on a piece of dowel, bamboo cane or rustic stick.