your thread with your left hand (or right if you’re a lefty) and wrap it around your needle from above the needle.
Pull your thread snug against needle with pulling too tight. Hold onto loops as you pull your needle and thread through the piece.
The more you wrap the larger your finished knot will be, be keep in mind it’s all being held in place with one small stitch. So too many loops on the needle will result in a sloppy knot.
Tie off or weave in end as you prefer.
The Basics of Picking Your Container
There are very few limitations on what sort of container you can use for a terrarium, so what you’ll be looking for is something that will show off the scene you have planned.
You’ll want to avoid colored or milky glass. Make sure that if there is a pattern or writing on it that it won’t obscure the view of your miniature creations.
You’ll need to also take the opening of the container into consideration. If you have a narrow necked bottle, you’ll only be able to get smaller or thinner pieces into it. This will affect not only the materials used but how it’s finished.
For example if you use a wide mouth container you can sew all the pieces together outside of the container and just insert the finished piece into the jar.
With a narrow bottle you’ll need to insert the base layers in individually and glue them into place. You might have to do the same with the feature pieces.
BASE LAYERS
All your terrariums will vary depending on many different factors, such as the size and shape of your jar, your available materials and of course you vision for finished product.
With a few basic elements you can create a variety of terrariums.
The first thing you’ll need is the layers that are the foundation your miniatures will sit on.
If you are going for a realistic look then you’ll want to do one or two layers in black or very dark grey, a few layers in a dark brown, then one or two more in green if you want to skip the step with the felting needle. You can of course change that up any way you like to suit your piece.
To start your layer pieces use this:
FOUNDATION: Ch 2, SC 6 in second Ch from hook
ROUND 1. *2SC in each* around From here it will depend on how large your container is, just continue adding rounds and increasing the number of single crochets between 2SC stitches. Like so:
ROUND 2. *SC 1, 2SC in next* around
ROUND 3. *SC 2, 2SC in next* around, and so on add on stitch between each 2SC until you reach the desired size.
One of the great things about the terrariums is that you don’t have to work a whole round if you don’t need it. Say your layer is too small after four rows but too big after five, just work the next row a few stitches at a time until it fits how you want it to in the jar and finish it off when you get there.
Not all containers are going to be round, for example the one used in this terrarium.
To make the layers for this piece, I chained until it was one stitch shy of being the length of the container, then just singled crocheted in rows until it was one row shy of filling the depth. Then crochet around all the edges with a Chain for each corner.
You can work your layers in any fiber you want, you could even just cut squares of felt if you prefer.
I like to use medium weight yarn, it works up faster and gives a nice finished texture.
If you choose to use thread or floss, keep in mind that you will need to work bigger layers and more of them to fill your container.
If you use chunky yarn the layer will work up even faster but be even thicker.
Using a combination of fibers can create some lovely texture.
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