jasperthehatchet:
Soda tab flower tutorial post! 🌻🌼🌸 lots of pictures included. ****This is part one, check the reblogs for the other half!! *****
What you’ll need: scissors, yarn or string (any color) and soda tabs. 6 tabs for one flower (or 7, but I use 6 personally)
Step 1: take 2 tabs and lay them over each other so that the hole on the bottom of one lines up with the hole on the top of the other, like this-
And tie them together. Then cut the short end of the string sticking up to get rid of the excess. You’ll want to tie it with the back of he tabs facing up so the knot will be on the back side. Make sure to tie it tightly so the knot doesn’t slip around when you’re wrapping the tabs with the yarn
Step 2: wrap the side edges of the 2 tabs 3 times. You’ll want to do it relatively tightly, but not as tight as possible. The tension is a little tricky to figure out because you want the flower to keep its shape well but also be loose enough to bend into a flower shape with ease. This takes practice.
Step 3: On the 3rd wrap, add another tab under the 2nd tab, like this-
And pull the string through the back of the new tab you put under the 2nd tab. And wrap 3 times to attach it to your other tabs. Pulling the string over the edges to the back, through the lined up holes, and pulling it out towards you. On every 3rd wrap, add another tab the same way until you have 6 tabs wrapped together like this-
Step 4: keep the string pulled tight, and bend the tabs in a circle. The edges wrapped with yarn should be on the inside of the flower, and you should put the last tab over the first one to continue the pattern
Then run the string through those holes in the 1st and last tab to close the flower. You’ll want to wrap it a few times tightly and then run thr string through the rest of the holes one more time to make sure the string is pulling all the tabs together with equal tension
Once you are satisfied with your flower, now it’s time to tie it off! I do this by creating a loop in the back as if I’m still pulling the tabs together with the string, then i get the end of the string to face the back on the same side as the loop, and tie it up like this. Then I tend to do one more knot over that one just to be safe.
Then cut the excess string and your done!!
These are so fun and quick to make, and you can do so many things with these!! Belts, chains, jewelry, keychains, etc!! I hope my tutorial was helpful <3
[Image ID: 15 images showing the process of weaving yarn through 6 silver soda tabs to connect them together and shape them in a circular shape. The tabs all lay over each other in the same direction, making the ends stick out creating the shape of a flower. The yarn I used is a leafy yellowish green, and the background is gray wood. End ID]
