MIQUELRIUS 11689 – Pom Pom Pen, Pink/Blue, Model Bella Garden, Pack of 12

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I just LOVE pom poms. They are such an amazingly versatile component that can be used in so many crafting projects, both as an embellishment or as the main attraction. And while it can be easiest to buy them already pre-made, sometimes you need a very particular size or color for your project to be just perfect. In those situations, a DIY pom pom is just what you need. After cutting the template out of cardboard, snip a small piece of yarn and put it through the large opening. You can use the small notch at the other end of the template to hold the ends of the yarn piece until you need it later. With your main yarn, begin winding it around your template, not going past the middle opening on either side. If using the template at full size, wind your yarn about 150 times. Pull the small piece of yarn around your big bundle and loosely tie. Slide everything off the template and tie the small yarn as tight as possible. Then cut all the loops around the outside edge and trim to your liking. Start by cutting a small piece of yarn and put it between the tines of your fork. Then wrap another length of yarn around your fork about 50 times. Bring the small yarn piece forward and tie it loosely around your bundle. Slide everything off the fork and tighten the small piece of yarn as much as you can. Then cut the loops around the edge. Lastly, trim and shape the pom pom until it’s how you like it.

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Open up one side of the pom pom maker. Then wrap your yarn around it until it is almost completely full. Then cut the end of your yarn and close that side of the pom pom maker. Repeat on the other side. Next, slide your scissors into the groove on the edge of the pom pom maker and snip your yarn all the way around. Cut another small length of yarn and pull it through the middle of the pom pom maker and tie a tight knot. Now pull the two halves of the pom pom maker apart to release the pom pom. Trim and shape your pom until you like how it looks.

Cut a short length of yarn and place it in between your fingers (index and middle for a two or three finger pom and between your middle and ring for a four finger pom). Then wrap your main yarn around your fingers, making sure not to wrap it too tight. Wrap about 50 times for two fingers, 100 times for three fingers, and 150 times for four fingers. Bring the small piece of yarn forward and loosely tie around your bundle before carefully sliding it off your fingers. Then tie the piece as tightly as you can. After that, cut all the loops around the edge and trim the pom pom to your liking. The DIY circle template pom also has this advantage over the other methods as well. But it takes SO much longer to make that’s it’s not nearly as worth it. Although it’s not a big deal to be counting your loops in many cases, I tend to do projects that require a lot of pom poms at once. So while I’m making all those poms I usually like to watch TV or a movie, which makes it more of a pain to be counting those loops.

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With your two TP tubes held next to each other, wrap your yarn around them without wrapping too tightly. Wrap your yarn around about 300 times. Then cut the end of your yarn and cut a new piece of yarn about 24” long. Loop this piece between the TP tubes and around your yarn bundle and tie loosely. Slide the TP tubes out of the bundle and now tie the string as tight as possible. Cut all the loops around the edge of the pom pom. Then trim and shape the pom until you’re happy with it. This method is great because it requires the least amount of supplies and you can also get three different size poms depending on how many fingers you use to wrap the yarn around. Two fingers will give you a pom pom about 1.25” wide. Three fingers gives a pom 1.5” wide. And four fingers will get you about a 2” pom. This may vary a bit depending on the size of your fingers and how much you trim your pom pom down. What You Need For This Method: This method would come in handy if you needed a larger size pom pom. The only other thing you need to make this besides the usual yarn and scissors is two toilet paper tube rolls. If you don’t save your TP tubes for craft projects like I do, or you just don’t want to craft with something that’s spent so much time next to your toilet, you can also buy them online. Depending on how far you trim it down, it should yield a pom pom that’s about 3” wide. What You Need For This Method:With six different ways to make a DIY pom pom, whichever method will be best for you will most likely come down to personal preference. I think all of them work very well and have the potential to make very nice, uniform pom poms. However, I still prefer using my Clover pom pom makers not just because they make the best looking and most dense poms out of all these methods, but also because I don’t need to count my loops like in most of the other methods.