How To Make A Large Pom Pom Rug

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How to make a large pom pom rug.

To begin determine approximately how many pompoms are needed. They can be personalized to match your decor. A variety of sizes is essential to create a textural look for your rug. When you are trimming your pom poms leave the string tail nice and long.

Attach all of the the pom poms to the rug liner by tying the tails of yarn around the mesh. Around 2 3 per skein roll. Enjoy your soft colorful beautiful rug. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug.

The tails will attach our pom to the rug backing. Repeat with the remaining yarn to make lots and lots of pom poms. May 21 2019 explore shazana s board pom pom rug followed by 470 people on pinterest. Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices.

I desperately needed a new rug and i tirelessly searched for one that i absolutely loved that was also. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. Our rug is 2 x 3 and 150 pompoms were used. The level of fluffiness depends on how thick and large you make the pom poms the thicker the fluffier.

Plan for an average of 24 pompoms per square foot. To make your own rug just like mine you will most likely need up to 3 hours making the pom poms included but it s so easy and rewarding you ll want to make a bunch of these pretty rugs for your entire home. The pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself. Make your own pom poms if you are making any pom poms for your rug you will need the next 10 steps.

For our rug 35mm 45mm 65mm and 85mm sizes were used. I hope you had fun making this simple diy rug project. Pom pom rugs can add some color and softness to any room in your house. For our rug we made about 150 pom poms.

The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need. I made a huge diy rug 5 8 from scratch with just a handful of supplies. 1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down to size. The first step for making your own large pom is to grab 2 toilet paper rolls and while keeping them together wrap yarn around the rolls a bunch of times.

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. After my diy weaving project i felt like i needed another challenge so i decided to tackle another large scale project that s been on my list a diy rug from scratch. If you are just using pre made pom poms you can skip ahead. Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much.

When you make your pom poms make sure you cut a nice long piece of string and double it up to wrap around the center. And you can make one too any size you want.