How To Make A Puff Ball Rug

If you ve ever wanted to add puff balls of yarn to things here s how.

How to make a puff ball rug.

A regular pair of scissors will do the trick. There are several ways to make a pom pom. This step by step tutorial shows you how to make pompoms and use them to make a rug. How to make a round felt ball rug the supplies fishing line available from almost every hardware store and many supermarkets scissors a reasonably sharp needle with an eye large enough to thread the fishing line through i used an upholstery needle from spotlight 2cm felt balls of your chosen colour i always order mine through felt yarn straight from nepal to make a rug.

I first saw this type of rug in a design magazine it was called hay pinocchio rug. If you have decided to make a rug of a particular size or shape now is the time to measure out and cut the rug canvas to fit your needs. Making rag balls was once a practical way of scavenging every last bit of usable cloth usually to be sewn into a rag rug later. Bunnies need tails of course but some or your winter hats may also be happier with some puffs.

Aim to make your rug the width of the door or slightly greater. Continue wrapping the yarn around your fingers about 125 times. Once the rug canvas is the size and shape you need you will begin attaching the pom poms to it. You can refer to this tutorial for an alternative method but a pom pom maker offers the fastest method the large one makes pom poms with diameters of 2 inches 65 mm and 3 3 8 inches 85 mm.

You can also leave the pom pom untrimmed for more of a shag carpet look repeat with the remaining yarn to make lots and lots of pom poms. Finally texture may be overlooked but it plays a huge role in creating layered and lush room design. Make sure you don t trim off the long tail the shorter you trim the yarn the more fluffy and ball shaped the pom pom will be. It was gorgeous the felt balls were made from brightly coloured wool that made them look like gum balls.

Cut the yarn off from the ball when you re finished. Remove your rug canvas from its packaging and lay flat. Some examples of potential applications are shown in the first couple of slides. Then grab the end of the yarn still attached to the yarn ball and wrap it around the four fingers on your nondominant hand.

For our rug we made about 150 pom poms.