This is the best way I know to make teeny tiny pom poms. Make an eye-catching wall hanging for your home with a plethora of colourful poms. How to make a mini pom pom the Fork Method Create a miniature snow-capped village - a fun project for the kids to try.

Fluffy yarn makes especially lovely pom poms. But for the main body of the pom pom literally anything goes. You need to pull the yarn REALLY tight and anything thin or pure wool is liable to break. If your yarn is thin or not acrylic you might want to use a different yarn or thread to tie your pom pom. I use a lot of DK (double knitting) which is like a light worsted or 8 ply. The good news is that you can use any yarn to make pom poms making it a great stash buster idea. As promised here is the step by step tutorial for how to make tissue paper pom poms, also known as tissue paper balls, or tissue paper poofs. They all work, why not try them all and see which suits you best? The best yarn for pom poms Which one of these methods you’d be best to use depends on the size of pom pom you are after, the yarn you have, how much time you have etc. When you’re done, it will look like this: Perfection not required Next you’ll tie your string around the middle of the. Stack your sheets and fold them accordion-style, making your pleats about 1.5 inches wide. However, as always, I hate the idea that a lack of equipment could put you off any craft so let me show you 3 ways you can make pom poms without any special equipment, tools, device or gadget. To make a large pompom, use 6-10 sheets full-size sheets, to make smaller pompoms, cut the sheets in half and use 6-10 half-sheets. If you are making a lot of pom poms I would definitely recommend them. Fluff up your pom pom and trim any straggly bits. Slip the tied bunch of wool off the fork. Make sure you knot it tightly so the pom pom doesn’t fall apart. I do own a set of pom pom makers these days, more of them later, and they are a great gadget. Tie the wool around the bunch on the fork, passing it through the central prongs. That is still a good way to make a nice even fluffy pom pom but there are other quicker and easier ways too. These were the days long before pom pom makers had been invented and mostly she had me making them in the traditional time consuming way, with 2 cardboard rings. Learn how to make small pom poms in about a minute, using just a fork and yarn How To Make small Pom Poms.

(It was the late 70’s/early 80’s, they were a thing, honest!) Each one needed 10 pom poms so whenever we visited she would get me making pom poms. When I was a kid my nan used to crochet a lot of these toilet roll covers that looked like poodles.

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