DIY Large Braided Yarn Boho Wall Hanging

I have had NO IDEA what to do with the BIG blank wall above our bed. I’ve had a million ideas, and didn’t love any of them – from a propagation wall to a mural. FINALLY I decided I wanted to make a big wall hanging! I love, love the texture that wall hangings bring to a space, plus they fill up a lot of room, you can customize the colors AND they’re inexpensive and fun to make!

I’ve made a few wall hangings before – like this dyed one, this small boho one, and this mirror one. BUT I have never done a yarn one before and I wanted to do SUPER textured, kind of messy, big wall hanging and I am so happy with how it turned out! PLUS you need hardly ANY supplies and it’s probably the most inexpensive one I’ve done, but probably LOOKS the most expensive?! WIN WIN!

Anyways, let’s get started!!

SUPPLIES

Dowel
You can use any thickness, but I chose a skinny one that I could cut with scissors and not have to use power tools haha! I got mine at Home Depot.

Yarn in 3 Colors
I got mine at Michaels

Scissors

DIRECTIONS

For The Wall Hanging:

1. First cut a long length of yarn – you can use your arm to loop it around and get a good chunk. Fold it in half. Then take your yarn that’s folded in half and fold it again over your dowel and pull the long part through the loop (as shown).
2. Tighten your yarn to secure it to the dowel (as shown).
3. I braided some (but not all) of my yarn sections. I just did a simple loose braid and then knotted it at the bottom.
4. Repeat these steps until your dowel is filled. I made all of my yarn sections different sizes, so I was not measuring or counting my yarn.
5. I added tassels (instructions below) and two braids going from either side of my wall hanging. Again, I just loosely braided the yarn and attached to either end of the dowel.
6. Attach a string and hang it up! YAY!!

For the Tassels:

1. Cut a small section of yarn and fold it in half overtop of a long piece of yarn.
2. Tie another piece of yarn around the top section. Knot and secure.
3. Trim your tassel.
4. Attach it to your wall hanging, by just tying it to the dowel!

That’s it!! Such a perfect relaxing evening activity to do, also perfect to do while watching a show (cough, New Girl, cough). If you make your own I would LOVE to see! You can tag or DM me @mikylacreates on Instagram! BYE!