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The best thing about this technique is that is SO quick you can churn pom poms out in no time at all – no more cumbersome round disc. They can be used in art collages or anything else you can imagine up, like these fluffy yarn pet rocks. Instead of throwing out your pom pom trimmings store them in a plastic baggie and keep for future craft projects. Now it just needs a good trim which is the big secret of making a fluffy, round pom pom. It will come out looking very shaggy and a bit uneven. Use your sharp scissors to cut the looped ends.

Pompom rug diy how to#

You can watch the video below for a full tutorial on how to make this plush rug.

Repeat this until your mat is covered, then cut the ends of your tails off. Step 6.) Pull your pom-pom tails through the holes in the mat and tie a knot at the end of your tail. Slide it off the end, turn it over and tie even tighter on the opposite side. Step 5.) Cut your rug mat to the size you’d like your rug to be. While the yarn is wrapped around your cardboard pom pom maker tie it tightly in the middle. The yellow yarn in the image directly below is 8 ply, the other two are thicker. You can see I’ve made three different sizes.

Pompom rug diy free#

pom pom maker template to get the small, medium and large pom pom makers (optional – you can see from the photographs that I have roughly cut the pom pom makers free hand, but in the video I’ve used the template)Ĭut out a shape that resembles a rectangle with a slit running down the middle but not all the way, like in the image below.

Scissors – sharp scissors are a must for cutting and trimming.

Yarn – I’ve found the very thick, chunky yarn works great for the large sized pom poms and the finer yarn works best for the small size but there are no real rules here.

Scrap cardboard – the thicker and stronger the better.

How to make a DIY cardboard Pom Pom maker You will Need:

Quite possibly I’m a big dunce when it comes to following instructions but this way has been FAR quicker and easier for me. I already own several plastic pom pom makers purchased inexpensively from the craft store and although I’ve given it a good shot I haven’t been able to figure them out. In this day and age we’re all a bit less patient and that technique seems very cumbersome and tedious (I’m sure I don’t just speak for myself here).Īfter a some experimenting I’ve come up with a much quicker and easier way of creating big, fluffy pom poms. In the olden days when I was a child we used cardboard discs shaped like a donut and you would spend a very, very long time carefully wrapping yarn around and through the hole in the centre until it was plump and ready to trim. I really hate to admit this but as a craft blogger I struggled for a long time to make a decent pom pom. I hear you, and now I’ve added one! I’ve also created a short video tutorial. This craft has been super popular since I first published it in 2016, and I’ve had lots of questions about measurements and requests for a template. Don’t trim the ties – you need these to create the rug.Here is an easy DIY pom pom maker you can create from a scrap of cardboard. Then continue to cut between each pair of ties to make individual pompoms. Step 3: To remove the yarn from the chair back, cut in between one pair of ties. The distance between each piece of yarn will be the diameter of your pompom, eg 6cm intervals between yarn = 6cm-wide pompoms.

You can tie it at shorter or longer intervals, depending on how large you want the pompoms. Tie a piece of yarn tightly at 6cm intervals. Step 2: Cut several pieces of yarn about 20cm long. I used 12 ply yarn and wrapped it around the chair about 150 times. You want to create a thick layer, so the pompoms are ‘full’. Step 1: To make pompoms in bulk, wrap yarn around the back of a chair. You could also use an empty picture frame, or anything with space in the middle, so it’s easy to tie off each pompom.Ī chair with an open back or an empty picture frame I recommend using the bulk pompom method which meant I could make 11 pompoms at once. It took 171 pompoms to create this small, 68cm diameter rug.

You can make a pompom rug any size you like, but it does take quite a few pompoms. This is a great project to use up scrap yarn or yarn odds and bods from an op shop.