Recently, I fell in love with making Pom-Pom. At first, I bought the Pom-pom Maker
It is easy to make and fun, most importantly the possibility of coming up with various adorable things is unlimited and I started to crave making all kinds of things I could possibly think of. Hair barrettes, Pumpkin, Spider, Butterfly, Elmo, Cookies Monster, Shaun The Sheep, Snowman, etc…. the list never ends. These would be some great gift ideas for the upcoming Christmas.
Before I can show all those cutie things I can make, I would like to share with you the basics tutorial of making a Pom-Pom by using the Pom-pom Maker
Anyhow, if you need to do quite a lot of trimming in Pom-Pom and I have a tip on how to trim it fast to other shapes and sizes, watch out my next post for the tip.
Basic Tutorial
Pom-Pom Making
This is the kit of 4 Pom-Pom makers. I bought the size of 35mm, 45mm, 65mm, and 85mm.
Open the arm of the pom-pom maker side-way, do the same to the other arm.
Wind a full load of yarns onto it. Distribute evenly throughout the arm.
Repeat the same on the other side by bringing the yarn over and wind. You don’t have to cut the yarn.
When the arms are fully wound, close back the arms to its original position.
Use a pair of sharp point scissors to cut the circumference.
Tie with a strand of yarn or a strong string which you can pull real hard to tighten the Pom-Pom.
Tip: I apply fabric glue in this area after taking the Pom Pom kit out to ensure the yarn won’t come out when you accidentally pull the Pom-Pom.
Open both arms and separate the Kit from the Pom-Pom you have made.
Not-so-round Pom-Pom waiting for its hair cut and trimming.
Trim it to your desired shape and size for your project, can be lightly trim or heavily trim. Be sure to fluff the Pom-Pom regularly when trimming so that all yarn is straightened out.
A little skill is needed if you plan for heavily trim, but I have a tip on how to do it fast and nice.
This is the lightly trim version of a round Pom Pom. You may trim more to get a firmer pom-pom with shorter hair.
See how many I can make in a short period of time! I did all these in 1 hour, including the trimming. Noticed the 2 orange small Pom-Poms, that are heavily trimmed version, they used to be in the size of the one next to them, but I trimmed them down to make a pair of hairpins for my daughter. It is from the leftover yarn of her bareback halter neck knitted top.
If you want to make a Pom-Pom elastic band like the first photo, just glue the elastic band onto the center of the Pom Pom. Make sure you wait until the fabric glue is tacky on both sides (about 5 to 10 minutes) before joining them together. Let it fully dry overnight before using it.
This is the clover pom pom maker, what about the normal, cheap and cheerful ones? how do we use those please… no one is showing us how.
Your website just created excitement within me. Makes me just want to try my hand at all your goodies.
I will have to hurry, seeing as I will soon be 76.
Keep up the great inspirations!
Joyce
These are so cute, I use a lot yarn & sometimes have some left over, this would be a great ideal, I downloaded the pattern.
Here’s a tip when you tie the middle to make the knot nice and tight…when you cross your threads do it twice. This is called a Surgeons Knot…and it will hold the thread tight while you finish it off. See the easy :43 second video by mdhaworth on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeaIyAyg_cs
hola como estas? me encantaria saber a donde puedo conseguir el kit para hacer los pmpones .
soy de CORDOBA, ARGENTINA! te mando un beso grande y desde ya muchas gracias
Translation (by Google):
hello how are you? I would love to know where I can get the kit to make pmpones.
I CORDOBA, ARGENTINA! I send you a big kiss and thank you very much and since
Hi Andrea,
You may try Clover Online but I am not sure if they deliver to Argentina.
i make these by hand, it seems alot fuller with this pom pom maker. i’m thinking of investing in one!
Happy to know this. To make it extremely full, wind more rounds but you will need to trim it for it to look rounder.
I like your sheepsss….. very much. They are so cute!!! how about the little Timmy?
I was thinking of making the little Timmy too, it is still in my list… will make it one day 🙂
Great demo, it looks like it works so well! What a fun thing to have around if you have cats. =) Thanks for this, I’ll be linking.
Thanks for the link. I am glad to share this with your readers 🙂
I learnt how to do this pom-pom from my late auntie. She made them to put on those knitted baby socks. Didn’t know the the market has a new widget to do this now. Cool!
There are lots of new invention of tools for crafting nowadays… I have yet to explore all 🙂
omgosh you can make these!? I am going to Joanne sunday and see if I can’t one. I am a coup”on girl and I will 40% off. hopefully they have it. This is so cool. Thanks for the add
Wow 40% off, what an attractive offer! coupon doesn’t work here 🙁