Today we're making pom poms using different colours of yarn :->
What you need:
1) Yarn (any colour)
2) Old box/shoe box/cardboard
3) A pair of scissors (a small,sharp one would be helpful)
4) Pencil
Steps in making pom poms
1) Draw two circles of any desired size on a piece of old box/shoe box/cardboard with the help of a pair of protactor or anything that is circle.
2) Draw a smaller circle in each of the two circles.
3) Cut the bigger circles followed by the smaller circles.
4) Now you have something that looks like two doughnuts. Place one cardboard on top of the other.
5) Cut quite a long length of yarn and insert the end of the cut yarn into the smaller circle. Make a small knot to ensure that the yarn will stay in that position.
6) Coil the yarn around the circle until the yarn fully covers the cardboard.
7) Repeat step (6) until the cardboard is fully coiled by the yarn. ( you may coil the cardboard more that two times but two is quite tedious enough :->)
You may also use different colours of yarn to make a pom pom.
8) Hold your cardboard firmly in the middle.
9) Use another hand to cut the yarn between the two cardboards. Hold them firmly!
10)Take a piece of new yarn and insert it between the cardboards.
11) Tie them tightly as many times as possible.
12) Take out the pom pom from the cardboards. (you may cut the cardboards to make this step easier)
13)Use your fingers to shape the pom pom until it looks round.
There you go, a pom pom!
Useful tips:
1) The size of the circles that you draw on your cardboards determine the size of your pom poms. ( The bigger the circle, the biggger would the pom pom be)
2) You may use three or more colours of the yarn to make your pom pom more attractive.
3) The uses of these pom poms will be discussed in the next post, insya-Allah.
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