#Make pompom how to#
#Make pompom full#

As shown, with a three-quarter form, as with the original full circle form, you begin by laying a yarn in between the two layers.Ĥ.

Being as lazy as the next 10-year old, I figured that, per illustration 3 (above), if one-quarter of the circle form is cut away, it is MUCH faster and easier to wind the yarn around the resulting three-quarter pom-pom form, and the pom-pom comes out just as well. When I was 10, I had to make dozens of pom-poms for a project. As you can imagine, it is something of a pain to wind the yarn through that center hole again and again. On illustration 2, you can see that the center hole is small. (above) Wind yarn (illustrated in green) over the doughnut, around and around, working the yarn through the center hole on each pass.ģ. Sandwich a yarn (illustrated in red) in between the two layers.Ģ. (above) The traditional way to wind pom-poms: Cut two cardboard doughnuts of the same size. Immediately, the little voices in my head led me to sit down and illustrate this subject.ġ.

#Make pompom how to#

I held two yarns together as I wound them around the pompom maker.Includes 8 illustrations, click any illustration to enlargeĪ couple of days ago, a knitter on a community board asked how to make pom-poms. You can hold two (or more!) different colours at the same time to get a multicoloured pompom. For this one I held a metallic embroidery thread double with the red yarn for a sparkly festive effect. Generally speaking, the smaller the pompom, the smaller the maximum thickness yarn you can use, if you use anything too big you will run out of room and end up with a very sparse looking pom pom!Īdd other fun fibres in with your yarn for contrast. Can you tell which is which? 4 ply is on the left! The 4 ply one takes longer to make, but because there are more cut ends in the same size pompom, it has a smoother and denser feeling. Here are two pompoms made with the same Clover maker, using the same colour yarn, but in 4 ply/fingering and 8 ply/DK. You can change the thickness of the yarn to get a different density. There are so many ways you can make your pompoms unique and suitable for whatever you want to do with them! However it also doesn’t require you to be able to draw two circles of the right diameter, so it is super easy to get started! This formerly oblong pompom has been trimmed to the right size. It needed more trimming than other techniques to get a nice shape. I found that this technique made a more unevenly shaped pompom fresh off the cardboard. Freshly cut, and more of a pom-oblong A pompom in need of a haircut Fully loaded rectangular pompom form View from above Don’t forget to tie it off! Tied off ballĬut through your loops at both sides, and then shape your pompom. If you didn’t add the slot and yarn, you can slide the bundle off and tie it after you have removed it. Once you have finished winding, tie the piece of yarn you slid through the slot at the beginning around the middle of your yarn. Don’t wind too tight or you will start to collapse the cardboard. Then cut a 10cm length of yarn and slide into the slot you’ve created. I recommend cutting a partial slit from one end of the cardboard to the midpoint. You’ll need lots of extra yarn to accommodate trimming it down to the right shape. Cut a single rectangle that is a bit wider than your desired size.