Martha Stewart Living, November 2008
Assembled from yarn, rope, and foam balls, these homespun pumpkin decorations are simple to make. For each, gently press top and bottom of a Styrofoam ball against a work surface to flatten ends (so ball doesn't roll). Wrap orange roving around ball. Insert a T pin into top. Tie cream or orange mohair yarn to pin and cover ball. Cut a length of rope; place over pin, and attach with a hot-glue gun, pressing to secure.
Roving is wool fiber. You can usually find it in your local yarn shop.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE NAME OF THE TECNIQUE OF WRAPING THE BALL.IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE THE ROPE IS BRAIDED
what is orange roving?
Great Idea MelbaM! I'm going to make these this weekend.
my girls (6 and 8) and I made them yesterday, cute and easy to make! They decided to cut out some felt pieces to turn them into jack o lanterns.
Why not try adding a piece of a thick twig picked up in the back yard?
Any ideas for something to use for the stem besides rope? I don't have any thick enough for that.
rope
Rope.
It looks like from the picture that the stem is made from rope....?
what is the stem made out of?