![]() ![]() These scissors will also be handy for snipping any little loose ends once you’ve completed your pom pom.Ħ: Next, take a spare piece of yarn and thread around the centre gap of your pom pom maker to make a ‘belt’, pulling it tight and then tying in a double knot to secure your pom pom. Want to make pom poms with two colours? Simply take 2 pieces of yarn, hold together and wrap around your pom pom maker at the same time!ģ: Once you’ve filled one side, close the completed side of the pom pom maker and pull the yarn through the centre gap to wrap around the opposite side.Ĥ: When the second semi-circle is fully wrapped, close the two arches together and snip the loose end of your yarn.ĥ: Using a smaller sized, sharp pair of scissors, such as these Milward sewing scissors, cut the yarn all the way around the centre gap of each arch. Using a pom pom making kit couldn’t be easier and once you’re feeling confident, you’ll want to experiment with pom pom making for all kinds of projects! Here’s our quick guide to how to use a pom pom maker.ġ: Using a circular pom pom maker, such as one of these brilliant Clover pom pom making kits, ensure the two halves of the pom pom maker are aligned and locked, then unfold the arms.Ģ: Evenly wrap your chosen yarn around one side of the semi-circles until the yarn fills the middle hole, taking care not to overfill the centre or wrap any yarn around the flat ends of the pom pom maker. Sewing Machine Acccessories Expand submenu. ![]() Once I was happy with this, I backed it with Hessian (I used a coffee sack I had), and just oversewed the edges. This stopped the outer pom poms falling outwards On the outside edge pom poms only, I also sewed from the back of the rug to the front, through the pom pom and back again. I turned over each of edges of the canvas and sewed them over to get rid of the raw edges Fill any spaces that look a bit gappy with a contrasting pom pom Keep going until you are happy with the amount of pom poms. Now just tie the pom pom to the latch hook canvas, again as tight as possible - Leave a small edge of about 2cm around the edge of the canvas I do 2 knots on one side of the pom pom, then wrap the wool to the other side of the pom pom maker, and do two knots on this side ![]() I double the strands I used to tie them - and leave long tails - you will need these. When you tie each pom pom, make sure it is as tight as possible. Start making a good stash of pom poms in different colours - I made about 50, which was the first row of flowers To fill these gaps and the edges, I made a lot of contrasting black and white, and plain black pom poms - these just filled the spaces When I started to tie these to the rug, I had small gaps. The Design I made small flowers - two coloured poms in the middle, and six plain colours around them. I found if you wind it in the centre, then push the wool to the side, repeat, then fill the middle, its easier Its faster if you use two strands of wool at a time - you need to wind around the pom pom maker until the centre is level with the arcs - approx 100 times around each side of the maker (50 if using double strands) These aren't massive pom poms, but it would have used even more wool, if I had used my larger ones. (Don't bother with ebay chinese copies - they are crap) I used the 45mm Small Clover Pom Pom maker. Pom Pom Maker (You can use traditional cardboard rings, but you will probably be 110 years old before you finish) I used cheap double knit from my stash (which has obviously grown again, as I bought more in case I ran out) You zone out, and your hands just keep going Time consuming, but so easy to make anywhere, so you stop becoming aware you are even making them. ![]() I went fairly large for a pom pom rug (there's a surprise) - Most you see on Pinterest or google tend to be smaller It's very simple to make, just takes forever to make them It was easier to put some instructions on this blog, than post responses on facebook, so here they are. ![]()
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