How To Make A Pom Pom Rug

It s helpful to lay out the rug liner and arrange the finished pom poms on top of it to gauge how many you will need to make.

How to make a pom pom rug.

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. When you re starting to get close to having enough to cover your rug pad begin tying them on using the tails from creating the pom poms. Don t tie too tight though or you might break the mat. I even got some of mine in a different country to make some and hand them over at the last family meet up.

Repeat with the remaining yarn to make lots and lots of pom poms. If you are just using pre made pom poms you can skip ahead. I had so much fun making this rug and my dog seems to love it. Lay them out and admire some more.

Since i had already begun making the pom pom rug according to that diagram i decided i would continue with that style of difference sized pom pom s and use them in a rectangle. Overall i used about 90 bundles and tied the bundles in a 8 8 grid. Attach all of the the pom poms to the rug liner by tying the tails of yarn around the mesh. The tails will attach our pom to the rug backing.

The pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself. You can also get the whole family in on it. 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. Make even more pom poms.

I used 180 pom poms for my 18 20 rug but my pom poms weren t very big. When you are trimming your pom poms leave the string tail nice and long. Tie the pom poms onto the mat using the strings then tie every 2 pom poms together to make them more secure and durable. 1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down to size.

No matter the skill level each family member will be able to make a pom pom for the rug. The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need. If you want to make the rug even more durable use a double layer of the non slip mat. Around 2 3 per skein roll.

Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. Make your own pom poms if you are making any pom poms for your rug you will need the next 10 steps. Thumbs up if you would like to try this.

Affiliate links anti slip rug pad. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug. Doubling up your string will reinforce your pom poms and keep them from falling apart. 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.