To make a yarn pom pom first cut a piece of yarn that s 12 inches 30 cm long and set it aside.
How to make a pompom rug out of yarn.
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.
Continue wrapping the yarn around your fingers about 125 times.
Repeat with another pom pom until you get your desired size of rug.
Gently tug on a few strands of yarn.
Make sure you use acrylic yarn to make your diy rug or at least something that is 100 washable.
For our rug we made about 150 pom poms.
If they freely slide out from beneath the knot cut the string you tied around the bundle measure out a new length of yarn from the skein and try.
Feel free to double knot if needed.
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.
If you are just using pre made pom poms you can skip ahead.
These will be used to tie the pom pom to the rug canvas later.
The dollar tree non slip underlay that i used is 18 in by 28 in.
The shorter you trim the yarn the more fluffy and ball shaped the pom pom will be.
Trim the excess non slip pad that the pom poms do not cover.
You have made the first pom pom for this rug.
Make your own pom poms if you are making any pom poms for your rug you will need the next 10 steps.
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.
Cut open both the sides using scissors and gently fluff it up.
This tutorial will show you how to make a yarn pom pom.
Cut the yarn off from the ball when you re finished.
It s helpful to lay out the rug liner and arrange the finished pom poms on top.
Remember you are going to use this same yarn while tying the pom pom to the mat.
Do not cut the two long strands of yarn hanging from the knot.
Mainly because they re so much easier to clean lazy i know lol.
But when your daughter suddenly decides she absolutely needs a rug for her on the floor activities you have no choice but to comply and make her the cutest and easiest diy pom pom rug ever.
I m not a big fan of rugs most of the floors in my house are naked.
Make a lot of these pom poms.
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.
Cut any extra lengths of yarn which are standing out to make it perfectly round.
