Your handle is to the left and the rounded side is to the right. Start by placing your pom pom maker horizontally on your surface. They are so insanely easy to use and are great for quick projects.ġ. This more commercially available pom pom maker makes half circle pom poms.
#POMPOM DIY HOW TO#
This is by far my favorite method for how to make pom poms from yarn! How to Make Pom Poms from Yarn using a Plastic Pom Pom Maker Your pom pom is complete! You will need to do minimal trimming to get the pom pom to be perfect. Gently pry apart the discs while pulling the pom pom through the keyhole. Tie it as tightly as you can and trim up to the edge of the discs (so that these flow with the rest of the pom pom shape.Ĩ. Flip your pom pom back over, and pull the string around through the whole groove between the two discs.ħ. Slide it down through the two discs, all the way up to your strings.Ħ. Cut a piece of thread a few inches wider than your pom pom. Flip your pom pom so that the keyhole opening is facing up.
#POMPOM DIY FULL#
You may also see some outer yarns running away even if you are full enough.Ĭontinue cutting until every last loop is done for.ĥ. But if it's not full enough, you'll lose some. Make sure to hold your pom pom so that the yarns stay inside the pom pom maker! The shape is designed to hold those yarns in place until you're all tied up. Using smaller thread scissors for this will help you get in where you need to. At the point between the two discs, start cutting your yarn, string by string. Keep wrapping until your center is basically filling up too much to continue for a good, full pom pom.Ĥ. Start by placing the end of your yarn at the outer end of the disc, going toward the inside of the pom pom maker. You don't need that bonus hole - personally, I don't even know what it's for!ġ. Draw a triangle from the center of your disc, getting larger at the outer circle.Įrase the portion of the triangle that is inside the smaller circle and cut out the keyhole shape that you're left with. On each disc, draw a smaller circle in the center. Simply cut out two discs from cardboard roughly the size you want your pom pom to be. I used a purchased (wood) pom pom maker to do this. Isn't she a beauty?! How to Make Pom Poms from Yarn using a Cardboard (or wood) Pom Pom Maker If you have a comb handy, you can comb it out to separate the fibers into a furrier pom pom.ħ. When you're done, fluff it out to make it into a circle.
Tie it and double knot as tightly as you can.Ħ. Gently wiggle the wrapped yarn off your hand, keeping the center yarn in place to hold your bundle together. (You can use your other hand to do this - I just needed to hold it in place for the photo!). Pull it out over the wrapped yarn, splitting it into two. When you have wrapped enough, take the yarn from step 1. I wrapped about ten times using the chunky yarn, but thinner yarns will require more like 30-60 wraps. Make sure to keep that first yarn separate, below the knuckles.
Keep your wrap in a higher position on your fingers than the first bit of yarn that you threaded between two fingers. Center the yarn between your ring and middle fingers, as low as you can get it.Ģ. Using thick yarn for this one ensures a fuller pom pom, since you don't have the advantage of the circular shape of the pom pom maker.ġ. The hands method is the least consistent and the simplest. Instructions How to Make Pom Poms from Yarn using your hands
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