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Instructions: Stretcher frame with owls

Instructions No. 613

Instructions No. 613

Difficulty: Beginner

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With only little effort and a few macramé knots, something and Knit felting wool a branch these great owls are made - just stick Stretched Canvas them on a painted one and decorate in the children's room!
And so it goes

Wipe a mixture of antique white and turquoise blue Handicraft paint with a Paint sponge to the Stretched Canvas , let it dry.
For each owl, saw off a 10 cm long round stick, prime in turquoise blue and leave to dry.
Transfer the pattern to Felt , cut it out and fix it with hot glue on Stretched Canvas .
Cut ten 140 cm long threads per owl Knit felting wool , fix them in the middle with a loop on the round rod, so that 20 threads with 70 cm length are next to each other. Fix the round stick on the head of the owl.
Now connect the first four threads on the outer contour of the owl with a weaver's knot, then tie further weaver's knots across the form. Fix the individual knots with hot glue.
Leave the first two threads in the next row and work the knots offset. In the following rows, move the knots again and again and fix them with hot glue.
At the end connect ten threads each with an overhand knot and knot a branch underneath.
Cut about 20 threads of 8 cm each from green Knit felting wool per eye, tie them together in the middle with a short thread and fan them out. Glue a felt circle (Ø 4 cm) and a button on it.
Glue a triangle from Felt as beak and then glue the eyes on it.

Weaver's knot
Lay the right-hand knotted cord horizontally over the two leader cords and under the left-hand knotted cord
Put the left knotting cord under the guiding cords and through the loop on the right side to the front
Tighten the resulting half weaver's knot evenly.
Repeat this half weaver knot continuously, starting with the left and right knotting cord alternately.

Material list

Knit felting wool Wash + Felt-it, Olive, Colour 17
5,85 CHF
(1 kg = 117,00 CHF)
Quantity:
Knit felting wool Wash + Felt-it, Petrol, Colour 07
5,85 CHF
(1 kg = 117,00 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Craft felt, 20 x 30 cm, Pale Pink
1,10 CHF
(1 m2 = 18,33 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Craft felt, 20 x 30 cm, Light green
1,10 CHF
(1 m2 = 18,33 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Stretched canvas 24 x 30 cm
5,10 CHF
Quantity:
VBS Craft paint, 50 ml, Turquoise blue
5,10 CHF
(1 l = 102,00 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Craft paint, 50 ml, Antique White
5,10 CHF
(1 l = 102,00 CHF)
Quantity:
VBS Handicraft scissors "Pointed"
4,65 CHF
Quantity:
VBS Flat brush "Easy-Brush", Size 10/10 mm
7,30 CHF
Quantity:
VBS Painting sponges, 3 pieces
5,25 CHF
Quantity:
Handicraft saw
6,50 CHF
Quantity:
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