How To Make A Puff Ball Rug

For our rug we made about 150 pom poms.

How to make a puff ball rug.

How to make a round felt ball rug the supplies fishing line available from almost every hardware store and many supermarkets scissors a reasonably sharp needle with an eye large enough to thread the fishing line through i used an upholstery needle from spotlight 2cm felt balls of your chosen colour i always order mine through felt yarn straight from nepal to make a rug. There are several ways to make a pom pom. If you ve ever wanted to add puff balls of yarn to things here s how. Remove your rug canvas from its packaging and lay flat.

To make a yarn pom pom first cut a piece of yarn that s 12 inches 30 cm long and set it aside. Finally texture may be overlooked but it plays a huge role in creating layered and lush room design. Once the rug canvas is the size and shape you need you will begin attaching the pom poms to it. Some examples of potential applications are shown in the first couple of slides.

This step by step tutorial shows you how to make pompoms and use them to make a rug. I first saw this type of rug in a design magazine it was called hay pinocchio rug. You can still make rag balls for eventual use in crafts or as a homey southern style decoration. 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.

Continue wrapping the yarn around your fingers about 125 times. Aim to make your rug the width of the door or slightly greater. You can refer to this tutorial for an alternative method but a pom pom maker offers the fastest method the large one makes pom poms with diameters of 2 inches 65 mm and 3 3 8 inches 85 mm. A regular pair of scissors will do the trick.

Making rag balls was once a practical way of scavenging every last bit of usable cloth usually to be sewn into a rag rug later. I had to have it but the price tag was 1000 cdn. Bunnies need tails of course but some or your winter hats may also be happier with some puffs. It was gorgeous the felt balls were made from brightly coloured wool that made them look like gum balls.

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.