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.

Cut a rectangle of cardboard about 3 5 x 5. Around 2 3 per skein roll. Make sure you use acrylic yarn to make your diy rug or at least something that is 100 washable. The pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself.

You need to make sure of a few things before an attempt to clean your rug. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug. 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. 1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down.

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. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. Make your own homemade pom poms with yarn scissors and a large fork. Cut the yarn off from the ball when you re finished.

Continue wrapping the yarn around your fingers about 125 times. 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. 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.

After you have created the pom poms it is time to attach them to the rug pad. Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much. Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices. Homemade poms are an easy way to dress up gift wrap diy christmas ornaments even home decor like this fluffy pom pom rug.

Make a cardboard pom pom maker. 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.