How to make Tassels Easily from Yarn or Embroidery thread

In this video I'm going to show you how to make super easy tassels. You can make them

from yarn, embroidery thread, make them giant, make them tiny. It's all the same. I'm Christine

of Christie's Crafts and this channel is dedicated to crafting on a budget. So what you're going

to need is your yarn or embroidery thread or whatever you want to use for your tassel. You

see I'm using embroidery thread. You're going to need some cardboard because that's what we're

going to make the tassel around. A ruler and a pen if you want a certain size so we can mark out

cardboard and you're going to need some scissors. There's a couple of other

secret things you might want which you'll find out later on in the video just to make your tassels more professional. So the first thing you're

going to do is make your cardboard template. Now as you can see mine's about three inches wide but a couple of inches is usually plenty and then you've just

got to make your card as long as you want your tassel. So hence if you want a

giant tassel you're going to need a great big piece of card. So I'm just going to

to make mine three inches long so I'm just going to mark my card at three inches and then draw a

straight line and cut my card to length. This is just a template so you can make your tassels around

it and you can make lots of tassels around the same bit of cardboard. You're just going to use

it over and over if you want to make lots of tassels for your project. So that's what we're

going to use to wrap our yarn or thread around. So I'll call it thread because that's what I'm using

So the first thing you need to do is cut a length that's going to act as your hanger. So it's the bit

you going to hang your tassel by So make sure it as long as you need You can see I not made mine really long but it is what you going to hang it up by And then you going to start using your thread I just going to pull a little bit out to make it easier to get started

And you need to hold the loop that's going to form the top, just on the top of your cardboard edge

And then from the opposite edge, you're going to draw your thread up like that and start wrapping it around the cardboard

and you're just going to keep wrapping. Now, whilst you're wrapping, make sure you don't

catch that other thread in. That needs to be nice and loose, ready to tie your tassel in a moment

and just keep wrapping. Now, how wide your tassel is, how many times you wrap is entirely up to you

What I would suggest is you keep having a look, but remember that you've got threads on the front

and the back of this cardboard that are going to go together to form your tassel

So whatever you've got on the front, it's going to be actually double that size

So you'll see I keep stopping and having a look, making sure my thread at the top is loose

You can check like that and decide, have you got enough? Look at the back, think about it. Is that enough for your tassel or do you want it to be more full

If you want it to be more full, just keep wrapping and add some more

All that matters is that when you're done, you want to finish at the bottom where your other end of your thread is

And then cut off the ball of yarn or thread. And that's that

So now you need to take that loop at the top and you need to tie it Now I tend to use something like a reef knot but the first loop I do it twice because that holds it tight and it means it doesn come

loose so it can pull it nice and tight and then another one just to hold it and

that'll keep that nice and steady and hold it in place. Now at the opposite end

of the cardboard you need to get your scissors in and cut through all the

threads. Now this might mean they don't all end up exactly the same length, don't

worry, we can sort that at the end, but as close to the end of that cardboard as

you can. If you can get right on the end, that's the best. And then you can remove

your cardboard and that's ready for another tassel. And you can see we've got

a tassel forming. So make sure you smooth all the threads down and then cut

yourself a length that is probably twice the length of your tassel. That will be plenty

twice the length of your tassel. Lay it on your bench and then lay the tassel on it and at the

height you want to draw your tassel in. So that again is entirely up to you but make sure all

those threads are lying down flat first and then pull it really tight and then tighten and fasten

off. So now you can see you've got a tassel but we're not quite there it

doesn't look very elegant. Now the secret thing I talked about earlier was that the

thread that you tied off with is always going to stick out so you need to get

either a needle that got a wide eye or a crochet hook So if you use the needle thread that yarn and then post it through the loop from the top to the bottom and pull it and it just tucks it inside so

it doesn't stick out anymore now if you have a crochet hook and prefer to do it

this way push the crochet hook in from the bottom hook your yarn and pull it

through. If it comes off just go again and get that whole loop through and pull that till it's

out the bottom. Either method works, you don't need both, you take your pick and you do that

And then you really have got a tassel where all your threads are laying nice and flat

and looking very professional. And the only thing left that you absolutely need to do

is to lie them all down, take a bit of time, comb them all flat so that you're happy and then trim

the bottom so that they're all the same length. You'll see I've just realized a little bit's not

quite straight so just go again and then trim the bottom off. Now you can comb through your threads

and make them bush up if that's what you want to do or your tassel is finished. You may also like

to thread a bead onto the top or do some beads and macrame work on the top whatever you fancy

but your tassel is now ready for whatever project you want to use it for so as i say you can make

them with yarn you can make them with embroidery silk have fun you'll find it's quite addictive

so enjoy making your tassels i hope you've enjoyed this video and if you have please could you give

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