One of our favorite teacher gifts to make is bookmarks, and special book marks need tassels. I don’t know why, but they do. (Even though the cat usually finds the tassels and pulls out the bookmark!) I have to look up how to make tassels every time, and every time I don’t like the tutorials I find. So here is the process I used this year, so I can find it next year, and maybe the information will benefit someone else as well.
40 wraps of thin cotton on a 3” rectangle of cardboardCut bottom loops onlyUse another strand of string to tie the middle (if not using a bead, tie a loop)Fold a string in half, thread through bead, tie the bead about 3” from the loopPoke needle through the center of the bundle of stringArrange string evenly around beadWrap tie from the bead toward the tassel, put the end through the loop, pull ends under wrapsA comb works well to straighten out the tassel strandsTrim tassel. Tassel on left has no bead, tassel on right has a bead
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