As seen in Simply Knitting
All you need is the side of a cereal packet, a pair of scissors and some yarn.
Making pom poms was perhaps one of our earliest memories of crafting in childhood - winding the yarn around cardboard rings... then the magic of seeing your finished pom pom spring to life! If you've never made them before, it's really easy. Take a look at our step-by-step walkthrough and you'll be a pom pom pro in no time!
 Step 1Cut two circles of card and wind your yarn into small balls. |
 Step 2Place the two pieces of card together and wind your yarn through the hole. |
 Step 3Keep winding until you can't get any more yarn through the hole. |
 Step 4Cut the yarn around the edge of the circle and tie a piece of yarn tightly around the middle to hold your pom pom together. Snip the card circles and remove them. |
 Step 5Ta da! watch as your pom pom springs to life before your very eyes. If it looks a bit scruffy, trim away sticky-outy-tufts of yarn to create a neat ball. |
Comments
barbarawlarson@... said on 13th January 2013
Having just made a bunch of pom poms, I looked up your tutorial to see if you had a better method than the one I used. (I purchased a pom pom kit with 3 sets of plastic disks in 3 different sizes.) I'm happy with how mine turned out but wished I'd had more sizes to choose from. Now I see that I can make the size I want out of cardboard. Yea! I suggest, however, modifying your directions at Step 2. Balling up the yarn and putting it through the hole works for a while, but eventually the hole will become too small to do that. A tapestry needle (large needle with a big eyehole and blunt end) allows you to complete a thick wrap like the one in your photo. The needle also cuts your work in half because it allows you to wrap with two strands of yarn instead of one. Goes much faster this way!