VIDEO: Tie a bow for the Advent wreath

To loops for one Advent wreath To be able to produce, you should buy ribbon on the roll. The wider this is, the bigger loops you can make out of it.

Make simple loops

Use a ribbon about 2 cm wide for these instructions.

1. Cut a piece of the ribbon that is about 40 cm long.
2. Make a small loop about 1/3 of the length of the ribbon and hold it in your left hand.
3. Now make a loop with your right hand as well, about 2/3 of the length.


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4. Now tie a normal knot with both loops.
5. Pull the loops larger and so tight that the loop holds by itself.
6. Cut off the loop ends if they are too long for you. It looks nice if you cut the ends at an angle towards the middle. The ends do not have to be the same length ..
7. Make several loops and put them on your Advent wreath with a pin.

The ribbon for the Advent wreath is more complex to process

For a particularly beautiful Advent wreath, you can make loops more elaborate.

1. To do this, cut a piece about 1 meter long from your ribbon.
2. Hold the ribbon in the middle and make a loop with your right hand.
3. Wrap the ribbon around this with your left hand and pull it through the knot so that a loop is formed.
4. Pull the bow tight and adjust it so that it looks even.
5. Now do the same with the two long loop ends again. Try to give the loop a different direction so that the new loop is at right angles above the first loop, for example.
6. In this way, tie a bow with four, six, or eight loops.
7. Finally, pull all the loops back together so that they look tidy on your Advent wreath.