How To Make A Pom Pom Locker Rug

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.

How to make a pom pom locker rug.

Tie the pom poms onto the mat using the strings then tie every 2 pom poms together to make them more secure and durable. For our rug we made about 150 pom poms. 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. If you want to make the rug even more durable use a double layer of the non slip mat.

This will all make more sense with the instruction booklet that s included in the kit. Doubling up your string will reinforce your pom poms and keep them from falling apart. Attach all of the the pom poms to the rug liner by tying the tails of yarn around the mesh. Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices.

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. When you are trimming your pom poms leave the string tail nice and long. Don t tie too tight though or you might break the mat. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug.

1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down to size. 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. Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much. Repeat with the remaining yarn to make lots and lots of pom poms.

The pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself. The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need. Overall i used about 90 bundles and tied the bundles in a 8 8 grid. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape.