The idea is that I take a ball of my handspun yarn and wrap it around several little trinkets that fall out as surprises as you knit something with the yarn. I've made a prototype for my friend Ali's birthday. I was thinking she would enjoy simply knitting and felting the yarn and then making flower brooches from the felt and brooch backs and embellishing them with the beads and ribbon.
I know I'd like to receive a surprise yarn ball like this. We'll see if Ali agrees and then, if the feedback is positive, I'll need to get busy making more for the shop on Etsy.
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| The hand spun and hand dyed Romney yarn and all the goodies hidden inside the yarn ball - pretty beads, handmade stitch markers, ribbon, thread and brooch backs |
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| Ta-daa! The finished ball. |
If you have a second to spare, let me know in the comments below if you like the idea of a surprise yarn ball and would buy it for yourself or for a knitter friend.
I was thinking of including vintage buttons in the next one for some added fun.
2 comments:
Nice idea, I've seen something like this on Ravelry. I've been meaning to have a go at one for a while now but not sure what to put in there. I suppose it depends who the recipient is, but if you were thinking of putting them on Etsy you could include wrapped chocolates or sweets and other inexpensive trinkets.
I was wondering about putting a couple of individually packaged sachets of tea in the next ball, but wasn't sure about edibles, since quite a bit of what I sell goes to warmer climes and I wouldn't want anyone tipping half-melted chocolate into their lap while they were knitting :o)
You're only limited by what you can physically wrap into the ball, so have a go! I'd love to hear what you put into your surprise ball if you do make one.
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