These fun little acorns are a great way to decorate for Thanksgiving and other fall festivities. Lay a few on a table, or put them in a bowl. Featured in November 2009 BK4K.
*Fishermen's Wool®
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202: 78% Pure Virgin Wool,13% Acrylic,9% Rayon; package size: 8 oz (227 g), 465 yards (425 m)
202: 6 oz (170 g), 348 yards (318 m)
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Adorable Acorn Accents
Lion Brand® Vanna's Choice® - Fishermen's Wool®
GAUGE:
Exact gauge is not essential to this project.
STITCH EXPLANATION:
sc2tog (sc 2 sts together) Insert hook into st and draw up a loop. Insert hook into next st and draw up a loop. Yarn over, draw through all 3 loops on hook – 1 st decreased.
sc3tog (sc 3 sts together) *Insert hook into next st and draw up a loop, rep from * 2 more times, for a total of 3 times. Yarn over, draw through all 4 loops on hook – 2 sts decreased.
ACORNS With G, make pompoms in both small sizes included with pompom maker. Make one pompom for each Acorn you’d like to make.
Felting Place finished pompoms into a clean pillowcase. Pin pillowcase closed. Wash pompom filled pillowcase by machine on a hot wash/cold rinse cycle with detergent and several pieces of clothing to agitate.
Remove pillowcase from machine. Remove pompoms from pillowcase and roll between your hands to shape.
Allow pompoms to dry completely.
Acorn Caps With crochet hook and A, B, C, D, E or F as desired, make a chain long enough to wrap around a felted pompom.
Join the last chain to the first with a sl st to make a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, work an sc in each ch around, join with sl st to beg sc.
Depending on the size of your felted pompom, proceed to make a smaller cap or a larger cap following instructions below. Because finished size of pompoms will vary after felting, you should decide for each pompom whether you’d like to make a larger cap or smaller cap.
Smaller Cap Rnd 2: Work sc3tog around – skipping one st more or less, or working Sc2tog if needed to finish rnd evenly.
Ch 3 (for stem) and cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Fasten off, then use tail to sew closed any spaces in crochet cap.
Larger Cap Rnd 2: Rep Rnd 1 as for Smaller Cap.
Rnd 3: Work Sc2tog around – skipping one st more or less, or working sc3tog if needed to finish rnd evenly.
Ch 3 (for stem) and cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Fasten off, then use tail to sew closed any spaces in crochet cap.
FINISHING Glue caps to felted pompoms.
Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES Click for explanation and illustration
Adorable Acorn Accents Reviewed by CHRISTINE DELISLE on 2009-10-27
FUN PROJECT I PUT THEM IN A BOWL OF FAKE LEAVES FOR A CENTERPIECE
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