Danish Woven Heart Ornaments

We decided to add a little cultural heritage to our tree 

this year  and since a part of our lineage is from Denmark we whipped up a bunch of these cute Danish woven heart

ornaments.

First thing you want to do is select to different color felt sheets ,its traditional to

use red and white the colors of the flag of Denmark  but use whatever you like.

Ok so once you have your felt you should make a template

like this one on the left

Next cut a strip of your felt.

Then fold your strip in half

and using your template as a guide trace the shape on your 

felt ,the straight edge should be aligned with the fold not the curved edge.

So then with the felt folded cut along

your marks 

Next with the felt folded cut three slits going from the folded edge

to about an inch from the curved end

Ok so you do that with your two colors

Then its time to weave them together 

First step is take a cut strip  from the white and put it threw the first loop on the red

Next put the red through the white and then the white 

through the red

Repeat the process with the next loop alternating colors in a sort of checkerboard pattern

 do the same with the last loop (white in red,red in white,white in red)

And there you go .

To add the hanging string just thread a needle and push through 

 Cut and tie off.