How To Make A Rug Out Of Yarn Pom Poms

Cut a rectangle of cardboard about 3 5 x 5.

How to make a rug out of yarn pom poms.

Starting with the first one in the corner of the rug take the long ends of the yarn that you used to tie off the pom pom and push them through the mesh of the rug pad. 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. The pom poms will be tied to this to form the rug itself. You need to make sure of a few things before an attempt to clean your rug.

The thicker your yarn is the fluffier your pom poms will be. It will be used to make the pom poms for the rug. The bigger the rug the more yarn you ll need. Around 2 3 per skein roll.

You will create a lot of yarn confetti when trimming the pom poms so spread out newspaper or have a paper grocery bag handy to trim the pom poms over. To keep the backing from fraying you can use duct tape. Be sure to check thrift stores and second hand stores for lower prices. 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 a cardboard pom pom maker. 1 if the one you find is too big you can always cut it down. Also if you use the harder plastic rug for backing it won t fray as much.