How To Make A Rug Out Of Yarn Pom Poms

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How to make a rug out of yarn pom poms.

To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. Make a cardboard pom pom maker. The pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself. 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.

This tutorial will show you how to make a yarn pom pom. 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. Around 2 3 per skein roll. 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.

1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down. You need to make sure of a few things before an attempt to clean your rug. Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much. Make sure you use acrylic yarn to make your diy rug or at least something that is 100 washable.

The thicker your yarn is the fluffier your pom poms will be. After you have created the pom poms it is time to attach them to the rug pad. Cut a rectangle of cardboard about 3 5 x 5.