Pompom – how to
How-To by Lisa Sawyer
http://www.loomknittingdesigns.com


Materials:

• 1 piece of scrap card board – 2 inches by 4 inches
• any worsted or bulky weight yarn
• pair of scissors









Pompom Instructions:



Figure 1

Cut a piece of scrap cardboard about 2 inches
wide by 4 inches long. On each end, cut a notch
in the middle. See Figure 1.



Figure 2

Step 1:
Cut about an 8 inch piece of yarn for a tie. I’m
making the variegated pompom pictured above,
so I have two pieces in the picture, but you only
need one. See Figure 2.


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FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. CANNOT BE USED FOR PROFIT.


Figure 3
Step 3:
With a separate ball of yarn (or 2, as in my case),
begin wrapping around the cardboard and the tie.
For worsted weight yarn, wrap about 50 times for
a good size pompom. For bulky weight yarn, wrap
about 25 times for a good size pompom.


Figure 4



Figure 5
Step 4:
Once you are done wrapping, grab both ends of
the length of yarn the we cut in step 1, and tie in a
tight (really tight) square knot around the
wrapping. See Figures 4 and 5.
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FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. CANNOT BE USED FOR PROFIT.


Figure 6



Figure 7

Step 5:
Slide the tied wrapping off the cardboard. Hold the
tied yarn in your fist, cut the opposite side of the
wrapping with a pair of scissors. See Figures 6
and 7.


Figure 8
Step 6:
After cutting, shake out the cut pieces to form the
pompom. Trim the pieces into shape.



© Copyright 2005-2006 loomknittingdesigns Lisa Sawyer
FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. CANNOT BE USED FOR PROFIT.