Welcome to the Low Waste Pom Pom!!!!!!!
For each pom pom, you need about 4 yards of yarn for the pom itself, and 10" of yarn for the tie. (Please note that I left the ties long for my pom poms because I'm making this fabulous pillow and need them. In normal case scenarios where you just need a pom pom that doesn't attach to anything, trim the ties as well. This is not photographed in the below tutorial.) Also, I used Sensations Sumptuous acrylic yarn for my pom poms because I need mondo pom poms for my pillow.
Because this yarn is very thick, I'm wrapping it around my scissors. For thinner yarn, you could wrap around a pencil, pen, chopstick; anything small and smooth. Regardless of what you use, just be sure it's smooth so it's easy to slip the yarn off after you're dine wrapping.
1. Cut your yarn (again, 4 yards for the pom pom, 10" for the tie).
2. Take the 10" piece and put it on the back side of your scissors.
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| Front View |
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| Back View |
3. Grab your 4 yard piece of yarn and hold one end down with your thumb...
4. Wrap the entire 4 yards around the scissors (be careful not to get too close so you don't cut yourself on the tips of your scissors!!), taking care to keep the end of the 10" piece free. Pull the yarn taught while you wrap, don't just wrap it loosely around. This makes the pom pom more full when you're done.
5. Holding the end of the 4 yard piece with your thumb, remove the yarn from the scissors.
6. Tie a tight double knot and cut the wrapped yarn.
7. As you will see, your pom pom is already almost perfectly shaped. :) Just smoosh it down and trim the sides to your desired shape.
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| Side View |
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| Front View |
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| SMOOSH! |
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| Trim |
8. All done, and with minimal waste!!
I hope this helps you pom pom lovers out there!! Happy Pomming!!!
xoxo,
