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A really fun variation
on the small tassel

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that we've been talking about
for the last three projects

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is the big tassel.

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These large tassels are
really quick to make.

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I made all 15 of these
in less than an hour,

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just sitting on the
couch watching TV.

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And they make a really
cool impact when

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you string them up on a dowel
for an installation piece

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for your next event.

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So to start, we need
to paint the dowel.

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You can certainly leave this
natural, if that's your vibe.

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But why not paint something
pink when you can?

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So we're going to paint it
pink to match the pallet

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that we've been working with.

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You could also paint it gold.

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That could be really fun,
if you wanted to kind of up

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the sophistication a little bit.

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We chose just a basic craft paint.

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Any acrylic would probably work too.

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There's nothing fancy here.

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Using your best elementary
school painting skills,

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you're just going to
paint the entire dowel.

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One coat is fine, but
you can also do two,

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if you want super saturated color.

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This also works well
if you hold it upright,

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so you don't have to worry about
the dowel touching the table.

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But we've laid down a piece of paper
to catch the errant bits of paint.

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Then you can see it's just like
a quick pass all the way around.

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And it doesn't take
much paint at all.

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This part gets tricky,
there's no place left to grab.

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And you can also finish off the ends
with a quick dab on either side.

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You're going to need to let your
dowel dry completely before you can

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begin assembling your wall hanging.

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I have 15 to 20 tassels here.

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And you're going to want to have
this complete and ready to go,

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so we can begin assembling
our wall hanging.

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Our dowel is dry and ready to go.

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And to assemble the
wall hanging, you

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definitely want to hang
it, generally on a wall

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is easier, if you're at home.

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For the purposes of this
class, we actually have

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it suspended here above the table.

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We also have all of our tassels
lined up and strung with the thread

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that we're going to use
to hang it on the dowel.

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I'm going to show you
how to thread one.

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You want your thread to be
the length of the longest

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tassel where it's going to hang.

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So for this, it's about
three to four feet.

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You can always trim
your thread after you

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have your tassels hung, so no
big deal if there's some extra.

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You're going to thread
it on the needle,

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just a single thread this time,
not a double like the napkins.

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Pick up your tassel,
find the top knot.

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This is much easier
than the napkins,

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because the tassels are much bigger.

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Pass it through,
release your needle.

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And now you're all set.

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So we've got all our
tassels ready to go.

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And to start, if you have some
tassels that you're not super

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happy with, maybe they
were the first couple

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that you made until you
kind of got the rhythm down,

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that's totally fine.

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Don't get rid of them.

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You can hang them in the
back, and they're just

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going to provide shape
to the wall hanging

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and some extra texture and depth.

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To start, it's good to
have your shape in mind.

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You can use the shape that we're
going to ultimately create.

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So you can kind of structure it.

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And then you're going to
lay more in the front,

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to give it some nice
depth and color.

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To hang the tassel, you're going to
separate your two pieces of thread.

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Find out the length.

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Figure out the length
you're happy with.

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And then just tie a
simple double know.

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This class is all
about double knots.

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So working with your
overall design in mind,

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I'm just going to
continue adding tassels.

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Again, these are pretty flexible.

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You can always untie--
well, you can always

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rethread if it comes down to it.

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Not a whole lot of pressure here.

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think it's nice to have some height
variation throughout the wall

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hanging, instead of all one size or
following a diagonal line or a V.

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But that's totally a design
option that's available to you,

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if that's your style.

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We're mostly using
this nice cream color.

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But throughout the wall hanging
we're going to add a few

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of this more flax linen color.

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And that's again, up to you.

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If you prefer to have
just one color, or you

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want to use four colors.

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There's lots of options here.

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And periodically
while you're working,

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it's a good idea to step
back from the wall hanging

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and check out the design
and make sure it's

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looking right from far away.

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Because this will be a
piece that people will

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appreciate from across the room.

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You can see I just
added one in front,

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so now we're going to start
adding some texture and depth.

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So this one looks like it's
hanging a little low for my liking.

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So I just came around to the front.

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And I'm actually just going to
tie-- you could cut this off

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and restring it, but you
totally don't have to.

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Instead you can just come around
to the front and retie a knot here.

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And then you can snip it at the end.

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When you're placing the gray,
you don't want to space them out

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evenly throughout the wall hanging.

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Especially because we're only
using a few here and there.

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A better idea is to clump
a few gray on one side

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and then maybe show a
reference point on the other.

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So the wall hanging itself has
kind of a natural flow of color.

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The other thing I'm
going to try to avoid

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is creating one straight
line across the top.

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So right now, I
haven't filled in here.

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But some of them will be higher.

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And that way, the whole
thing feels very organic.

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So it looks like we
need one more high one,

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and we need one more low one
to get the balance right.

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So I'm going to tie
just those last few on.

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And then we can step back and
see how it's looking on the wall.

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So now we're going to trim
the extra threads on the top.

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And just be super, super careful
not to trim the threads that are

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actually connected to your tassel.

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Give it one last look.

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You can adjust things a little.

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If you need to, give it
a fluff, maybe a trim.

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And it's ready to hang.