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Tassels

For projects, cards and other decorations these tassels go together in minutes!

-3" X 4" piece of thin chipboard (like a cereal box)
-1 skein of 6-strand embroidery floss.
-Scissors
-large crewel needle

One skein will make two tassels. Start by holding the loose end of the floss against the cardboard with your thumb and wrapping the floss around the 3" end of the cardboard twenty one (21) times. Snip the floss strand at the bottom of the loops but do not cut all the loops just yet!. Thread an eighteen inch piece of floss thru the crewel needle and pass it between the floss and the cardboard working the floss up to the edge of the cardboard. Snip off a six inch piece and tie the ends together. Now, holding the top part of the tassel together, ease the wrapped floss off the cardboard. Holding the loose end of the floss and the tassel in one hand, about 3/4" down from the top, wrap the tassel ten to twelve times and run the floss-threaded needle back down thru the wrapped section, pulling the floss snug. Cut the bottom loops and trim the bottom end of the tassel, clipping any loose ends.

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