How To Make A Pom Pom Yarn Rug

You can also leave the pom pom untrimmed for more of a shag carpet look repeat with the remaining yarn to make lots and lots of pom poms.

How to make a pom pom yarn rug.

Create different colors of lines. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug. Make a boatload of pom poms. Cut your rug pad into the size and shape you d like your rug to be.

However my pompom rug is turning into a bedspread for my granddaughter because she said that she was going to use the rug for a blanket. Make as many pom poms as possible. When you are making the pom poms you need to make sure to wrap your tie string around at least twice and really ratchet down and tighten as much as you can. Make flowers from different color yarns.

Make sure you use acrylic yarn to make your diy rug or at least something that is 100 washable. The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need. The dollar tree non slip underlay that i used is 18 in by 28 in. Mine is an oval.

If you want to make the rug even more durable use a double layer of the non slip mat. Check out my full pom pom tutorial make sure that you leave the tails of the yarn you re tying around the pom pom yarn pretty long. You need to make sure of a few things before an attempt to clean your rug. Don t tie too tight though or you might break the mat.

1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down. Around 2 3 per skein roll. I wanted to make a larger rug so using 2 packages i cut the edges to make them even and then iknotted the two pieces together. Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices.

Tie the pom poms onto the mat using the strings then tie every 2 pom poms together to make them more secure and durable. For our rug we made about 150 pom poms. I used 180 pom poms for my 18 20 rug but my pom poms weren t very big. Make your own pom poms if you are making any pom poms for your rug you will need the next 10 steps.

Make sure you don t trim off the long tail the shorter you trim the yarn the more fluffy and ball shaped the pom pom will be. Other pom pom rug design ideas. Make a heart on the middle of the yarn rug. 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.

How to make a pom pom rug. Making pom poms are easy.