How To Make A Rug Out Of Yarn Pom Poms

Cut a rectangle of cardboard about 3 5 x 5.

How to make a rug out of yarn pom poms.

In no time you ll be adding pom poms to your party decorations stringing color coordinated pom pom garlands and even making them out of old t shirts. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. You need to make sure of a few things before an attempt to clean your rug. Cut the yarn off from the ball when you re finished.

Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices. My rough estimate would be about 80 100 pom poms per square foot but this would depend on the size of the pomps you ll make. Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much. Make a cardboard pom pom maker.

This tutorial will show you how to make a yarn pom pom. To make a yarn pom pom first cut a piece of yarn that s 12 inches 30 cm long and set it aside. After you have created the pom poms it is time to attach them to the rug pad. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug.

You will create a lot of yarn confetti when trimming the pom poms so spread out newspaper or have a paper grocery bag handy to trim the pom poms over. Then grab the end of the yarn still attached to the yarn ball and wrap it around the four fingers on your nondominant hand. Make sure you use acrylic yarn to make your diy rug or at least something that is 100 washable. When you are making the pom poms you need to make sure to wrap your tie string around at least twice and really ratchet down and tighten as much as you can.

The thicker your yarn is the fluffier your pom poms will be. Continue wrapping the yarn around your fingers about 125 times. Starting with the first one in the corner of the rug take the long ends of the yarn that you used to tie off the pom pom and push them through the mesh of the rug pad. The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need.

Homemade poms are an easy way to dress up gift wrap diy christmas ornaments even home decor like this fluffy pom pom rug. 1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down.