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Halloween approaches. I’m not a retail store. I didn’t start thinking about the holiday in June… or April… or last December. It just occurred to me a few days ago that I could make stuff other than pumpkins.
I thought I didn’t have any black wool yarn, but in my stash I discovered some black Romney wool I washed, combed, and spun myself a few years ago. It’s not solid black, but I prefer a little mix. I think it photographs better than solid black. For most of the demo photos I used a brown DK weight wool. I prefer 100% wool yarn for sculpted items because it yields itself more readily to being shaped than acrylic or an acrylic/wool blend.
Supplies
- 4″ square or 4″ triangle loom
- 1″ square loom
- Black wool yarn (worsted or DK weight)
- 2 weaving needles
- 1 sewing needle
Weave either a 4″ square or 4″ triangle. I suggest leaving long yarn tails at the beginning and end for sewing purposes (4-6″). You can use a 4″ square and fold it over—as shown in the photo at the top—or you can make single-layer wings with a triangle loom. Whichever you choose, the preparation of the wings is essentially the same. If using a square, fold the square in half diagonally so Cr1 and Cr4 meet (tails meeting at the apex of the triangle).
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If making a garland, you could stop at this point and just suspend wings from a string of lights or something. You could also cut a body shape out of felt and glue it on, or embroider something. If you want to add a woven body to the bat, here is a simple-ish way to do it.
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You can use extra yarn tails as a hanger or work them into the wings.
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If you want to experiment, a friend of mine made a bat using furry yarn. I would recommend trying the fur yarn on L4 only because it might otherwise be difficult to weave.
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Depending on the yarn color you can also use the bat wing technique for butterflies or angel wings.