This nutty acorn creation is the thing squirrel dreams are made of. Fill a bowl full of them on your table, tuck them away into the nooks of your book case, gather them in your pockets for a warm surprise or dangle them from a tree. Use them to bring woodland charm to any season.

This is an excellent stash-busting project to use up extra bits of fabric and balls of yarn. The fabric and yarn I used is 100% wool. Wool is my preferred material of choice because of the way it behaves when being worked and also because of the way dyes take to it. I used a variety of yarns and fabrics from my stash. See the included Resources page for specific details on sourcing materials. The Monk’s Cloth I used is 100% cotton.

Pattern includes instructions to make three different sizes of acorns.

Supplies:

Quilter’s Hoop, also called non-slip embroidery hoop
Monk’s Cloth
Printed Templates
Fabric Pen
Punch Needle
Wool yarn (worsted to bulky)
I-cord making tools (two double pointed knitting needles)
Embroidery Thread
Embroidery Needle
Darning needle
Scissors
Wool fabric
Wool roving
Something to fill your acorn with
Sewing Machine (optional)

These instructions contain lots of step-by-step photographs to make this project as simple and clear as possible. This pattern assumes that you have working knowledge of the following skills:
Punch Needle
Sewing (Hand or Machine)
Instructions include how to knit an i-Cord

Pattern includes a detailed photo tutorial.