Welcome to the Illustrated
Crane Mobile Directions! Go to Beads
1. Tie the yarn around one
of the dowels/sticks/pencils, then cross the
dowels/sticks/pencils.
2. Wrap the 6 ft. of string
around the sticks going clockwise, looping
the string twice around every stick. When
you have made a sturdy cross, tie the yarn
off and cut off any extra thread.
3. Thread needle with thin
string.
4. Thread your cranes
by sticking the needle through the puffy
part of their bodies. You can thread several
on top of each other or just string them
singularly. You can also tie beads at the
end or between your cranes. See
here for
bead techniques.
5. Tie strung cranes to
various parts of your dowel cross.
Double or triple knot them.
6. Double knot your 1 ft.
of string on one side of the horizontal part
of the cross. Then double knot the end on
the other side of the cross so that you have
a loop.
