Today we are making God’s Eye or Ojo De Dios Ornaments. It is such fun and they look so pretty when they are finished.
I took 2 sticks from our garden outside and tied them with some sheep wool securely.
With some brightly coloured handspun Merino yarn, I start to wind around the twigs and all the rainbow colours in the wool start to show, making a pretty pattern. Continue going around and around until your sticks are almost full of wool, then tie off and make a loop to hang your ornament.
Metarials:
2 sticks to make a cross
yarn to tie your sticks
colourful yarn
beads (optional)
They do look lovely on a Christmas tree or just as pretty ornaments. Adding beads would also give it a creative flair:)
That is so pretty! Elizabeth learned how to make those at camp 2 summers ago, but I never thought of having her make them as ornaments. 🙂
I have always wanted to know how to make those. I wonder if my 5 year old would be interested in these. It is such a small world, I found your blog from you posting on my blog about gnomes. On your blog I realized that I bought your knit farm animal set from etsy! We absolutely adore them. They were gifts in the advent calendar
Oh we love this ones!!! they are absolutely adorable We’ll sure make them around this week, we are making ornaments for our tree!!! Thanks for posting it !!
Blessings
Norma.
Thanks for visiting Mamamana! Wow, it is amazing how we came across each others blogs:) I am so glad you are happy with your farm animals, have a lovely Christmas.
Hi Joy,
Thanks for stopping by:) They are really fun to make and look so pretty 🙂
Hello Norma:)
I will be popping into your Etsy shop soon to have a look at your beautiful artwork, thanks for leaving a comment:)
Aren’t these fun?! We made a bunch over the summer. I love the colors you used. Making them is very meditative.
Happy Holidays
Lisa
Wow – such a fantastic design, yet really simple! Will have to give these ago next year!!
Kimmi x
I made one similar last year, ours was more like a web with the wool separated. I’m sure this is easier but more meditative.
What a great idea! I shared a link to this on my blog, RosieDreams, since I think a lot my readers will enjoy this. Thanks!
(http://rosiedreams.com/a-few-good-reads/)
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