Things You'll Need:
- 1 yard of nylon
- metal ring about 9 inches in circumference, or a piece of heavy wire bent to this size
- medium weight cording
- needle and thread
- heavy doweling about 3 feet long
- wooden spool
- long nail
- hammer
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Step 1
First, the nylon must be cut into a sleeve shape. It should start at about 3x2 feet. Use the illustration shown as a guide. It doesn't have to be exact, but make it tapers from about 3 feet at its widest to about 2 feet at its slimmest.
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Step 2
Take the metal ring and place it against the right side of the smaller end of the sleeve. Fold the sleeve around the ring and pin it into place. This step should make the wire ring sit inside a pocket of fabric. The raw edges should be facing you on the wrong side of the fabric.
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Step 3
Now, sew side A to side B keeping right sides together. Use the ring as the starting point to sew and keep sewing on a straight line. Any excess fabric should be trimmed off.
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Step 4
Now turn the new windsock right side out.
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Step 5
Sew a strip of cording to either side of the windsock. Make them tie in the middle with excess left.
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Step 6
To create the stand for the windsock, place the wooden spool on top of the piece of doweling. Take the long nail and put it through the top of the spool and hammer it lightly into the doweling. It should not be tight, but just enough to hold the spool into place. The spool needs to be able to spin.
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Step 7
Now, take the free ends of the cording and tie them tightly to the spool. Use a tack to hold them into place if necessary.
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Step 8
Place the free end of the dowel into the ground and watch the windsock play in the wind!
