How To Make A Ceramic Yarn Bowl

Gritty clay will make it hard to have a lovely smooth surface.

How to make a ceramic yarn bowl.

Most yarn bowls have a bowl shape with a swirled section cut in one side. Tape optional to keep the plastic wrap in place. In this simple step by step tutorial we demonstrate how to make a yarn bowl from a thrifted or purchased wooden bowl. Plastic wrap or any kind of reused plastic sheet even an old zipper bag or produce baggie.

When you pull the yarn it acts as a guide and feeds the length of yarn gently without snagging. The swoop the yarn feeds through should be smooth so that the yarn doesn t catch. You might need it to dilute the glue a tiny bit just so you can spread it on the yarn. A bit of time at the lathe yields a beautiful and functional gift.

Yarn 100 cotton. Remember to grab the short end of the yarn between the rope and inside the single crochet stitches. This will come in handy in the end of the first round. Making a diy yarn bowl.

One of them was big like for salad and the other was smaller maybe for rolls. Push with your fingers to form a circle. I went to an estate sale in my neighborhood and found a lot of cool stuff and picked up a few wooden bowls. This is your first sc.

Materials you ll need to make your yarn bowl. Learn to turn a yarn bowl and save a knitter from knots. Diy wooden yarn bowl. Yarn over and pull through.

Wood magazine s brian simmons tak. The walls of my pieces are generally about 1 4 and i like to make my yarn bowls fairly robust so that they don t tip or move easily when the end user tugs on the yarn. You thread the string of working yarn through there. Measure out your clay.

The weight of the bowl allows the ball of yarn to roll around inside without getting tangled. For the yarn bowls i make i use 2 lb 4 oz. Wooden bowl 6 to 7 in diameter this beautiful 6 acacia wood bowl is the perfect size if you can t find one at your local thrift store. Go under the rope yarn over and pull the yarn in front of the rope.