How to Make a Cute Lady Pilgrim Yarn Doll

Guest post by Julie Anne Eason of SeriousSewing.com

Nothing makes a Thanksgiving table look more festive than handmade decorations. These cute pilgrim dolls are a great addition to your feast, and they're so easy even a child can make them. In fact, once my little girls figured out how to make these, we had yarn dolls everywhere! They learned how to be careful with scissors, and working with yarn was great training for their fine motor skills.

Materials:

• small skeins of white, brown or black yarn
• scraps of white and black paper
• small beads for eyes (and some thread to sew them on)
• 12" piece of cardboard or thin book for a tassel form

Pom-Pom Tutorial

This is a tutorial for making pom-poms using your
fingers. This one is a small, two-finger pom-pom
(about 1" in diameter) but you can make bigger ones
by using more fingers. As far as yarn choice, thinner
and softer yarn will make a more pleasing pom-pom.