How To Make A Pom Pom Yarn Rug

Make sure you use acrylic yarn to make your diy rug or at least something that is 100 washable.

How to make a pom pom yarn rug.

I wanted to make a larger rug so using 2 packages i cut the edges to make them even and then iknotted the two pieces together. 1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down. How to make a pom pom rug. 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 flowers from different color yarns. Tie the pom poms onto the mat using the strings then tie every 2 pom poms together to make them more secure and durable. Around 2 3 per skein roll. If you are just using pre made pom poms you can skip ahead.

Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices. Make a boatload of pom poms. 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. For our rug we made about 150 pom poms.

If you want to make the rug even more durable use a double layer of the non slip mat. Make a heart on the middle of the yarn rug. I used 180 pom poms for my 18 20 rug but my pom poms weren t very big. Cut your rug pad into the size and shape you d like your rug to be.

Making pom poms are easy. You need to make sure of a few things before an attempt to clean your rug. Don t tie too tight though or you might break the mat. Check out my full pom pom tutorial make sure that you leave the tails of the yarn you re tying around the pom pom yarn pretty long.

It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug. 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. Mine is an oval. However my pompom rug is turning into a bedspread for my granddaughter because she said that she was going to use the rug for a blanket.

The dollar tree non slip underlay that i used is 18 in by 28 in. The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need. Other pom pom rug design ideas. 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. 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.