Valentine Necklace Directions

Don yourself in some Valentine bling with this fun necklace! It's suitable for adults or children. Materials: 1 Valentine Brooch ranberry! "ose and #ff $hite wool felting yarn % small amounts rochet &ook &'( % ).**MM +arn ,eedle #ff white embroidery floss ranberry -mbroidery .loss /o make a 0*1 chain as 2ictured you will need 03 circles but make more or less de2ending on the length you re4uire. Directions: 516 .or each circle! chain 7

506 8li2 stitch through first chain to form a loo2.

536 hain stitch 3. /his is called your 9turning chain1 and will be counted as your 1st stitch.

5:6 rocheting through the hole in the center of the ring! double crochet 11 times. 8li2 stitch in the to2 ;the third chain< of the turning chain. +ou will now ha=e 10 stitches ;including the turning chain<. >ull thread through the last stitch to finish circle.

5)6 $ea=e in loose ends making sure to close the ga2 in the middle.

576 >lace the circles in a lingerie bag or old 2anty hose so the little 2ieces will not get lost! ?se your fa=orite method to felt the circles. I ha=e a front loading machine with a baby setting which uses =ery hot water. I add detergent! along with the old snow boots Bug wore when he was two years old ;all Velcro and 9snaggy1 2ieces remo=ed< and let it run its cycle. Because felting yarn colors will run! felt circles by color. ;I found I could felt the white and light 2ink together! but the cranberry will definitely need to be felted on its own.< ,ormally! I let my 2ieces air dry! but since the actual si@e of the circles isnAt im2ortant! I dried them in the dryer to s2eed the 2rocess.

5B6 Determine how many circles you want for your chain or use the diagram below to make yours like the 2icture.

5(6 ?sing 0 strands of white embroidery floss tack the circles together in your desired 2attern. /ack the circles twice! about a 1':C a2art. /his will stabili@e the chain and 2re=ent the circles from twisting. Dee2 the chain flat as you continue to add the rest of the circles. ,ote: always tack on the back side so stitches cannot be seen on the front of the circle necklace.

5E6 ?sing 0 strands of cranberry embroidery floss! tack the necklace to the heart as shown on the diagram.

51*6 8a=e all your scra2es of yarn and make wool felted balls or marbles using our tutorial .elted $ool Marbles! ,e=er waste anything! rightF

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