If you are just using pre made pom poms you can skip ahead.
How to make a pom pom rug.
I had so much fun making this rug and my dog seems to love it.
It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug.
I even got some of mine in a different country to make some and hand them over at the last family meet up.
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.
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Repeat with the remaining yarn to make lots and lots of pom poms.
By making a pom pom rug you are using up scraps of wool left over from other crafts.
Overall i used about 90 bundles and tied the bundles in a 8 8 grid.
No matter the skill level each family member will be able to make a pom pom for the rug.
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.
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.
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.
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The pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself.
Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much.
Make even more pom poms.
The tails will attach our pom to the rug backing.
For our rug we made about 150 pom poms.
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.
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.
To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape.
This will all make more sense with the instruction booklet that s included in the kit.
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Don t tie too tight though or you might break the mat.
Attach all of the the pom poms to the rug liner by tying the tails of yarn around the mesh.
Doubling up your string will reinforce your pom poms and keep them from falling apart.
I used 180 pom poms for my 18 20 rug but my pom poms weren t very big.
1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down to size.
The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need.
Around 2 3 per skein roll.
Tie the pom poms onto the mat using the strings then tie every 2 pom poms together to make them more secure and durable.
You can also get the whole family in on it.
Make your own pom poms if you are making any pom poms for your rug you will need the next 10 steps.
