Pom Pom's in Six Easy Steps
Today, I have mostly been remembering how to make pom pom's.
This is something my Mum taught me to do years and years ago, so it's been a bit of trial and error, but now I've got it and I thought I'd share it with you.
So, if you're thinking a pom pom garland for Christmas might be nice (which is what I'm going to do), here is how to make them, in six easy steps.
You will need:
Step One
Get a glass and a coin, the size of the glass determines how big your pom pom will be and the size of the coin determines how fluffy, the bigger the hole in the middle the more fluffy it will be.
Draw around the glass on the cardboard, and then put the coin in the middle of the circle you have made, and draw around that. Like this. Then cut it out.
Step Two
Using the first circle as a template draw around and cut out an identical template so that you have two the same. When you cut out the first template you can make a small cut out to get to the smaller hole. This will also make winding the wool easier. See below.
Step Three
Start to wind the wool
Keep winding
When the hole in the middle is really small, you can stop winding.
Step Four
Take a small sharp pair of scissors and cut down the middle of the two pieces of cardboard. Like this.
Be careful not to let go of the cardboard I usually hold it like below when cutting, otherwise you end up with lots of short strands of wool that can't be corralled back into a pom pom shape. This bit is fiddly but if you are careful definitely do-able.
Step Five
Tie your pom pom, take a piece of wool and wrap it between the two pieces of cardboard, like below. then tighten and knot. I would repeat this, just to be on the safe side.
Step Six
Fluff and trim. If you are like me, you won't have a perfectly round pom pom after you fluff it, so you may need to trim it to round it up. Once you have done this you are all finished.
After you get the hang of this, each pom pom will take you about 10 to 15 minutes depending on size.
Here's some I made earlier....sorry, couldn't resist.
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This is something my Mum taught me to do years and years ago, so it's been a bit of trial and error, but now I've got it and I thought I'd share it with you.
So, if you're thinking a pom pom garland for Christmas might be nice (which is what I'm going to do), here is how to make them, in six easy steps.
You will need:
Wool
Scissors (a large pair and a small pair)
A Pencil
Cardboard
A Glass
A Coin
Step One
Get a glass and a coin, the size of the glass determines how big your pom pom will be and the size of the coin determines how fluffy, the bigger the hole in the middle the more fluffy it will be.
Draw around the glass on the cardboard, and then put the coin in the middle of the circle you have made, and draw around that. Like this. Then cut it out.
Using the first circle as a template draw around and cut out an identical template so that you have two the same. When you cut out the first template you can make a small cut out to get to the smaller hole. This will also make winding the wool easier. See below.
Step Three
Start to wind the wool
Keep winding
Step Four
Take a small sharp pair of scissors and cut down the middle of the two pieces of cardboard. Like this.
Step Five
Tie your pom pom, take a piece of wool and wrap it between the two pieces of cardboard, like below. then tighten and knot. I would repeat this, just to be on the safe side.
Fluff and trim. If you are like me, you won't have a perfectly round pom pom after you fluff it, so you may need to trim it to round it up. Once you have done this you are all finished.
After you get the hang of this, each pom pom will take you about 10 to 15 minutes depending on size.
Here's some I made earlier....sorry, couldn't resist.
Thanks
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