How To Make Pom Pom Rug At Home

Make sure to leave the tails long.

How to make pom pom rug at home.

You can also get the whole family in on it. Attach all of the the pom poms to the rug liner by tying the tails of yarn around the mesh. These will be used to tie the pom poms onto the backing. 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.

With your 2 1 2 inch pom pom maker make the following amount of pom poms in these colours. Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much. How to make a pom pom rug. When you are trimming your pom poms leave the string tail nice and long.

When you re starting to get close to having enough to cover your rug pad begin tying them on using the tails from creating the pom poms. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. By making a pom pom rug you are using up scraps of wool left over from other crafts. I even got some of mine in a different country to make some and hand them over at the last family meet up.

Make your own pom poms if you are making any pom poms for your rug you will need the next 10 steps. 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. The tails will attach our pom to the rug backing. If you are just using pre made pom poms you can skip ahead.

Repeat with the remaining yarn to make lots and lots of pom poms. Pom pom rugs look and feel grea. To make your own rug just like mine you will most likely need up to 3 hours making the pom poms included but it s so easy and rewarding you ll want to make a bunch of these pretty rugs for your entire home. There s nothing quite comforting like a warm cozy rug in that special little nook of your house.

Make even more pom poms. 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. Then make 20 in white using your 3 3 8 inch pom pom maker. Doubling up your string will reinforce your pom poms and keep them from falling apart.

For our rug we made about 150 pom poms. 10 x purple lilac 9 x light blue 12 x mint green 14 x yellow 18 x peach 21 x pink. No matter the skill level each family member will be able to make a pom pom for the rug.