How To Make A Pom Pom Locker Rug

The tails will attach our pom to the rug backing.

How to make a pom pom locker rug.

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. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug. 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. The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need.

If you want to make the rug even more durable use a double layer of the non slip mat. Tie the pom poms onto the mat using the strings then tie every 2 pom poms together to make them more secure and durable. 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. Overall i used about 90 bundles and tied the bundles in a 8 8 grid.

Repeat with the remaining yarn to make lots and lots of pom poms. I used 180 pom poms for my 18 20 rug but my pom poms weren t very big. 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. Attach all of the the pom poms to the rug liner by tying the tails of yarn around the mesh.

When you are trimming your pom poms leave the string tail nice and long. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. 1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down to size. This will all make more sense with the instruction booklet that s included in the kit.

Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much. Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices. The pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself. Don t tie too tight though or you might break the mat.