How To Make A Pompom Rug Out Of Yarn

Cut any extra lengths of yarn which are standing out to make it perfectly round.

How to make a pompom rug out of yarn.

These will be used to tie the pom pom to the rug canvas later. Trim the excess non slip pad that the pom poms do not cover. Continue wrapping the yarn around your fingers about 125 times. The dollar tree non slip underlay that i used is 18 in by 28 in.

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. Mainly because they re so much easier to clean lazy i know lol. Gently tug on a few strands of yarn. 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.

Repeat with another pom pom until you get your desired size of rug. 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. Make sure you use acrylic yarn to make your diy rug or at least something that is 100 washable. I m not a big fan of rugs most of the floors in my house are naked.

It s helpful to lay out the rug liner and arrange the finished pom poms on top. The shorter you trim the yarn the more fluffy and ball shaped the pom pom will be. You have made the first pom pom for this rug. If you are just using pre made pom poms you can skip ahead.

This tutorial will show you how to make a yarn pom pom. If they freely slide out from beneath the knot cut the string you tied around the bundle measure out a new length of yarn from the skein and try. Then grab the end of the yarn still attached to the yarn ball and wrap it around the four fingers on your nondominant hand. Cut open both the sides using scissors and gently fluff it up.

For our rug we made about 150 pom poms. Make your own pom poms if you are making any pom poms for your rug you will need the next 10 steps. Make a lot of these pom poms. Feel free to double knot if needed.

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. Do not cut the two long strands of yarn hanging from the knot. Remember you are going to use this same yarn while tying the pom pom to the mat. Cut the yarn off from the ball when you re finished.

Slip the tails from the middle of the pom pom into the gaps on the non slip rug pad and tie with a double knot to secure.