Yarn wrapped letter tutorial

I made this cute monogram letter for my niece's nursery and I am thrilled with how it turned out!  It is a fairly inexpensive craft project but can certainly range in price depending on the type of yarn you choose, how many letters you buy or how many embellishments you'd like to add.

The paper-mache letter I bought at Hobby Lobby for about $2.50.

Some letters are tricky to wrap.  In this case, with the letter I, you begin by wrapping the letter vertically (the entire middle section and the 4 corners).

I used a piece of tape to secure the ends directly to the letter.  Once you finish wrapping the section, simply tie it off.  These vertical layers will eventually be covered by the 2nd horizontal layer.

The first vertical layers should be wrapped fairly thickly.  This will come in handy when it comes time to spread out the yarn to cover the corners.  If you wrap too thinly, you'll still be able to see some of the cardboard.  I failed to do this but know for next time.

Then, you'll wrap each section horizontally, getting as close to the edges as you can without the yarn popping off.  Once you finish, tie off on the back of the letter.  It doesn't really matter if you can see the knots, no one will see the back.

Now that your letter is wrapped, you want to cover the corners.  Simply spread out the vertical yarn to cover the edges.  This is why you want that first vertical layer to be fairly thick.  The horizontal layers covering the vertical layers prevents the vertical layers from popping off as you spread them out.

And lastly, adding the pretty final touches will be your final step.  You can add pretty much anything you want.  In this case, the 2 small ivory flowers are actually hair pins.  They were extremely easy to add as I simply slid them under the yarn which secured them tightly.

And ta-da!  You could place it on a bookshelf or hang it on the wall.  Here you are sweet Ilona!  A simple addition for your nursery made with love by your Auntie Ashley.