{Easy} Yarn Spider Webs

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays

I like the creepy decorations best

and

what's more creepy than the thought of

gigantic spiders!?

Here is an easy way to make spider webs with yarn

We made one last year before I started the blog

and 

it was so fun I decided to make them every year

Here's how I make them:

Find the location where you want to place the web

Figure out the length of yarn you need for the base strings

decide how many strings you want to use

(in the above picture I used 9 strings)

Tie a knot at the end of the strings

Secure your base strings to your location

We've used tape, tying off, and staples

I like to start my spiral in the middle

(my hubby started the black web from the outside)

Tie off a length of yarn in the middle 

and

 just start weaving a sprial

Go over and then under

Tighten the yarn around your base strings

Keep going until you have your desired spiral

This is on our back porch

The web is about 6' tall and 9' wide

We made another one with white yarn

Tied it off onto our stairs out front

 and created an asymmetrical web

I like the webs with off-center middles

and

a lot of angles

Look at the cool shadow it makes!

 A simple way to get into the holiday spirit!

Here is another (FANTASTIC) variation of a simple yarn spider web

by Dana at Made

(which is an amazing blog)

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