Instructions for Knitting Pom Poms
Embellish your latest knitting project with colorful and fluffy pom poms. Whether you need a finishing touch to a knit hat or tiny pom poms for a scarf trim, making pom poms out of yarn is a fast way to add decoration to any project. Children might also enjoy this creative project. Encourage youngsters to make a collection of pom poms for imaginative decorations.
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Instructions
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Wrap the yarn around your fingers. Use two fingers to make a small pom pom, three fingers to make a medium-size pom pom and four fingers to make a large pom pom. Do not wrap the yarn so tightly that you cannot slip it off your fingers when you finish wrapping.
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Count the wraps as you wind the yarn. Continue wrapping until you have wound the yarn around your fingers about 100 times.
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Clip the yarn with the scissors.
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Slide the wrapped yarn from your hand, taking care not to unwind the yarn as you slide it off.
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Cut an 8-inch length of matching yarn and insert this piece of yarn through the center of the wrapped yarn.
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Bring the tails of the piece of yarn together around the wrapped yarn and tie it as tightly as possible into a double knot. Leave the tails from this yarn piece extending out from the pom pom to use to attach the pom pom to your project.
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Cut the yarn loops with the scissors, making sure you cut them evenly so the yarn pom pom is an even length around the entire perimeter of the pom pom.
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Attach the pom pom to your project with the tails from the yarn piece. Thread the yarn through a yarn needle and sew the pom pom to any project.
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References
- Photo Credit girl with pink pom-pons image by Renata Osinska from Fotolia.com
