How To Make A Rug Out Of Yarn Pom Poms

This tutorial will show you how to make a yarn pom pom.

How to make a rug out of yarn pom poms.

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 pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself. Make a cardboard pom pom maker. Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much.

The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need. Then grab the end of the yarn still attached to the yarn ball and wrap it around the four fingers on your nondominant hand. 1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down. Homemade poms are an easy way to dress up gift wrap diy christmas ornaments even home decor like this fluffy pom pom rug.

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. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. The thicker your yarn is the fluffier your pom poms will be. 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.

You need to make sure of a few things before an attempt to clean your rug. To make a yarn pom pom first cut a piece of yarn that s 12 inches 30 cm long and set it aside. Make your own homemade pom poms with yarn scissors and a large fork. After you have created the pom poms it is time to attach them to the rug pad.

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. Around 2 3 per skein roll. Cut the yarn off from the ball when you re finished. Make sure you use acrylic yarn to make your diy rug or at least something that is 100 washable.

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. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug.