How to Use a Pom Pom Maker
Learn how to use a Clover pompom maker in this easy tutorial! Most plastic pom pom makers work using this same method.
Servings 1 pom pom
Cost $1
Equipment
- 1 Pompom maker(s)
- 1 Scissors
Ingredients
- Yarn
Instructions
- Open one set of the plastic arms of your tool to the right.
- Begin wrapping the yarn around the arms of the tool. Hold the yarn down anywhere and start wrapping. Work back and forth across the arms, as evenly as you can.
- Keep wrapping until you fill the “U” of the plastic arms. Once you’ve wrapped enough yarn, bring it out on the right between the two arms and close the tool.
- Turn the tool over and bring the yarn down between the two arms on the right.
- Wrap the yarn around the two open plastic arms as you did the first time, filling the “U” with yarn.
- Trim the yarn with scissors, leaving a little bit of an end. You can close the tool.
- With the tool closed, you’re going to cut the yarn on both sides, down the arms. Keep the tool closed so the yarn doesn’t fall out.
- Cut a long length of yarn. Wrap the yarn around the middle of the tool, through the gap between the two. Tie a knot in your yarn, as tightly to the center as you can without breaking your yarn. Wrap the yarn around again, and tie another knot to secure it.
- Now you can remove the yarn from the tool without it falling apart. Open both arms on both sides, pull the tool apart, and remove the pom pom.
- Using your scissors, trim the yarn all over the pom to even the surface. You can cut off the tails, or use them to tie the pom pom onto something.
Video
Notes
Cost varies greatly for this project depending on the yarn you use and how many you make. I've been making poms with the same tool for years, so my cost is very low for one.