Diy Yarn Pom Pom Rug
Chose the right mash mat.
Diy yarn pom pom rug. Secure the pom poms to the rug pad took me 3 days. With some pre made pom poms a bit of yarn for some custom ones and a rug mat you are in business to make this great pom pom rug. This will ensure that your pom does not come apart in the wash. I used 180 pom poms for my 18 20 rug but my pom poms weren t very big.
Don t tie too tight though or you might break the mat. Measure down the hank a couple of inches depending how big you want your pom poms to be and tie it off leaving the tails of yarn. If you have dogs you probably wish to choose a little darker color yarn. Mine is an oval.
Cut in between the tied off section keeping the space on both sides of the tied section as even as possible. Just so you know hometalk may collect a small share of sales from the links on this page. We want to help you diy so some of the materials in this post are linked to sellers. Do this all the way down the hank of yarn.
With bigger holes you ll have an easy job to tie the pom poms to the mash 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. Remove the hank from the chair legs and lay it on a table. Cut your rug pad into the size and shape you d like your rug to be.
Make sure you use acrylic yarn to make your diy rug or at least something that is 100 washable. 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. 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. How to make a pom pom rug.
Make a boatload of pom poms.