The Willow Wall Hanging

I’m back with another seasonal design. This time, I decided to combing my love of crochet, yarn and fall colors to make The Willow Wall Hanging! The Willow Wall Hanging is beginner friendly and honestly just super fun to make. It was a nice break from a long garment project and it really lets your creative side shine! It goes great with my fall/Thanksgiving decor!

I picked a bunch of different yarn from JOANN for this project. Basically I just walked up and down the aisle with a color pallete in mind and grabbed all the yarn colors that went with my vision! I wanted a warm autumn look to mine but you can easily mix it up with whatever colors you want! I also did not follow any rules when it came to picking the fiber type and weight. I used light weight yarn all the way up to Jumbo! Really, anything goes!

Another fun thing with this project was picking out the floral. JOANN has an amazing selection of flowers, stems and picks. I matched up my yarn and flowers as I went. You can easily customize the colors to your liking. You can even leave the pumpkins off. Or maybe even switch them out with every season!

I hope you guys enjoy this tutorial! Be sure to check out the full video tutorial if you need any extra help! Will you be making a Willow Wall Hanging?!

LINKS: I have a full VIDEO TUTORIAL available for this cute DIY wall hanging! I walk you through how to make your own hanging + includes the crochet pumpkin pattern! Be sure to check it out if you need any help!

Materials:

• A random assortment of yarn in different colors and weights. This will vary depending on your color scheme but here is what I used. They are all Lion Brand and all available at JOANN- Truboo (light 3) “Tan”, Wool Ease Thick & Quick (Super Bulky 6) “Butterscotch”,  Vel-Luxe Jumbo (Jumbo 7) “Dragonfly”, Homespun (Bulky 5) “Painted Desert”, Pima Cotton (Worsted 4) “Vintage” “Dragonfly” “Rose Taupe”, 24/7 Cotton (Worsted 4) “Cafe Au Lait”,

• 4mm Crochet Hook (for the pumpkins)

• 5mm, 6mm Crochet Hooks (optional for the chains)

• Scissors

• Needle

• Poly-fil

• Wooden Dowel or stick (20″ Long)

• An assortment of floral picks that you can cut and arrange on the top of your hanging

• Hot glue gun

• Steamer (optional)

Getting Started:

First thing you want to do for your wall hanging is decide how long you want the pieces of yarn to be. You will want to cut them all roughly the same length and you can trim them later to make them more even! I only did a little bit of trimming because I like the look it gave when the bottoms weren’t perfectly straight. I cut my pieces about 50″ long. I used a small book and wrapped the yarn around it the same amount of times before cutting so that each strand would be similar length (exactly how you would cut fringe).

Take your first yarn piece and fold it in half. Lay it underneath the dowel at the fold. Grab the 2 ends and pull it through the loop. Pull snug to secure. Repeat this with all of your yarn, arranging the strands however you would like. I also added a handful of pieces that I chained to give it even more texture. All you need to do is take your yarn and chain until its the same length as your other pieces. I even combined a couple different strands and held them double for a fun look. Secure these on the dowel the same way. Leave about 1″ on both sides of the dowel with no yarn on it.

Once you have all your yarn added you can make your pumpkins. I made 3. The instructions for these are just below!

Stitches and Abbreviations:

Ch- Chain

Sc- Single Crochet

BLO- Back Loop Only

Tiny Pumpkin Pattern:

Ch 13

Row 1: 1 Sc in the second Ch from hook and each Ch across, turn. (12 Sc)

Rows 2-17: Ch 1, 1 Sc (BLO) in each St across row, turn.

Fold your piece in half and Sl St the first and last row together, forming a small tube. Turn your pumpkin right side out so that the seam is now hidden on the inside. Tie off, leaving a long tail (24″) to finish sewing pumpkin. Now, you will use your long tail and needle to weave this side of the pumpkin shut. Weave the tail in and out every couple of stitches at the end of the rows. Pull tight to close. Be sure to tuck your shorter tail inside the pumpkin to hide it. Stick your needle through the bottom of the closed pumpkin and pull it up and out the other side. Stuff your pumpkin with poly-fil. Repeat the same process of weaving the tail of yarn in and out of the ends of the rows at the top of the pumpkin. Pull tight to close. Next, we will be wrapping the yarn around the outside of the pumpkin a few times to create the indents of the pumpkin shape. Stick your needle through the center of the first side of the pumpkin and out the other side. Wrap the tail around the outside of the pumpkin and into the center of the pumpkin. Pull it out again the opposite side and once again wrap the tail around the outside, across the opposite side of the first spot that you did it. Repeat this a few more times or until you are satisfied with the “bumps” on your pumpkin. Tie off.

For the pumpkin stem I cut a small piece of the stick off of one of my floral pieces. Then I just used a small dab of hot glue to attach to my pumpkin.

These little pumpkins are really quick and fun to make. You can easily make them bigger by adding more chains in the beginning and adding more rows before joining.

Finishing up:

Once you have your pumpkins made and yarn attached to the dowel you need to pick your flowers! I grabbed all of the stems I had bought and started cutting off what I wanted to use. I played around with the arrangement and made adjustments, laying them out on the top of the wall hanging. When I was happy with how I arranged them I started hot gluing them directly to the top of the knotted yarn and dowel. Don’t forget to add your pumpkins too!

Finally, we need to add something to hang it with! I used one of the pieces of yarn that I chained into a long length. Tie one end onto one end of the dowel and the other end onto the other side! Secure it even more with the hot glue gun as needed.

If you yarn looks a little wrinkly you can steam it out! I like to use my hand steamer. Then, trim the bottom of your yarn as much and as even as you would like.

That’s it! I love the satisfaction of having such a cute handmade piece to hang on my wall. I think it would be so fun to have one for every season. Christmas is just around the corner so maybe I need to find my next color scheme! Haha!

I hope you guys enjoyed this DIY wall hanging! Be sure to check out some of my other free patterns. Be sure to tag me in your finished Willows!