Yarn was on sale at my local craft store, so I decided to make some yarn wrapped letters spelling out LOVE.
Yarn
Cardboard Letters
I decided I wanted to spell out LOVE. You could actually do this for a lot of holidays. Like ‘JOY’ for Christmas, ‘BOO’ for Halloween…you get the point.
Wait. Did you notice something wrong with my letters? Yes, you are seeing things correctly. That is a ‘Q’ and not an ‘O.’ The one snag was that my local craft store didn’t have the letter ‘O.’ But, I had set my mind on this project, so I found a way to make it work.
I bought a ‘Q’ and cut off the tail outside..
and inside.
The next step was to start wrapping.
I just wrapped the entire letter in one direction, then went back and wrapped in the opposite direction.
The ‘O’ was the tricky letter to wrap. Since there was an opening, I had to push the wad of yarn through the opening and continue wrapping all the way around.
Instead of just leaving the letters yellow and blue, I decided to wrap a little gray around each letter as well.
I just think it gives it a fun texture.
Here’s what the L and V looked like before wrapping them with the gray yarn.
And here’s the final result again.
Here’s a close up of some of the letters.
This project was super simple and only took a few hours. It’s a great project to work on while watching mindless TV 
Happy early Valentine’s Day!
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Dear Lillie
My name is Megan. I work full time at an interior design firm and home furnishings boutique in Greenville, SC by day and I'm the author of Megan Brooke Handmade by night.
This blog was started out of a passion to create. My hope & desire is to help others discover their creativity. I currently blog about DIY & craft projects, home design inspiration & tips and the occasional recipe.
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Oh, these came out sooo cute, Great idea to turn the Q into an O!
I have a giveaway going on right now and a link party tomorrow. It'd be great if you have a chance to come by. http://thespacebetweenblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/50-lowes-gift-card-for-you/
karah @ thespacebetweenblog = your newest follower
What a brilliant idea!
I had some letters for Christmas – I can see me wrapping them for a different look next year! Have pinned. x
Love these, Megan! They are super cute! Mind if I share the idea and link on my facebook page?
Thanks so much! Yes, you could spell out JOY or even CHRISTMAS and wrap them in some fun seasonal yarn
Thanks Karah! You make do with what you can get, right?
Thanks for stopping by!
These are really cool, I love that you didn't use traditional Valentine's colors so these can be used year round! I'd love for you to link these up to my Valentine's Day link party happening right now.
http://designdininganddiapers.com/2012/01/14-days-of-love-link-party
Megan, I got the comment you left about our yarn letters
So fun that we had a similar idea! I love the way you criss-crossed the gray yarn over the top of the main color! They turned out great 
WOW I love this! I am so doing this this weekend. I just pinned it
I'd love it if you came and linked up this post with From Scratch Friday at Marriage from Scratch.
~Christina
http://Www.marriagefromscratch.blogspot.com
Thanks Christina! I can't wait to see how yours turn out
I love the color combination.
These are so cute….loving the blue & yellow! And of course, the mark of a true crafter is that she can do "surgery" on a cardboard letter! Great job!!
{HUGS},
kristi
I love how you used the Q. That was so clever. These turned out great. I just love the gray yarn too. I am a new Twitter follower visiting from Tatertots and Jello. Vicky from Mess For Less
Simply beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Hi! Visiting from tt&j.; I 'love' these letters! Haha! The colors are awesome too. Ive tried yarn and Im not good at it. Maybe Ill have to try again
If you get a chance I would love for you to share this at my party
Thanks for this yarn wrapped love letters. It is quite warmth.
love letters
Thanks Jaylen!
Cute! I love the way yours turned out! I've been wanting to make some of these.
I'm featuring these tomorrow! Thanks so much for linking up!
Really love this idea! And love your color choice!
Here from Dear Lillie….I LOVE {no pun intended!!} what you've done here!! So pretty and simple to do!
Happy V-Day!!
Love this idea!!!
Bye,
Marian
Love this idea! Just featured this on my blog w/ a link to your site.
-Erin
DIYOntheCheap.blogspot.com
Fabulous idea ~ love the colors
I love the "LOVE"!! Those are so cute and look pretty easy! Hope you had a wonderful valentine's!!
Thanks Damita! Hope you had a great V-Day too!
Thanks