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How you can hack Mason Jars with these cheap accessories

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Face it. Mason jar hacks and craft ideas are everywhere. But most of these are projects that you have to spend time and money into to bring a life to. Wouldn’t it just be easier to be able to buy some of these ideas so you don’t have to spend tons of time?

This list of accessories, compiled by Woman’s Day, contains ideas to extend your Mason Jar projects by byeing ready made accessories that take minimum effort on your part. And to top it all, most of them are super easy to work with and implement.

Some days, it is just easier to buy rather than DIY. Right?

If you agree, then check out these accessories: 9 Mason Jar Accessories.

Comments

  1. but it is fun to say that “i made it thank you” and some of these are so simple to do your self that i would not want to pay the prices they want for them.

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Learn a Flower Bobble Technique to Knit a Fun Shawl

Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier. 

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project. 

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible. 

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge. 

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects. 

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy. 

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project. 

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Xandy Peters]