Thanks so much for checking out this tutorial, I hope you enjoyed it and are winding up lots of awesome colourful pompoms. You are done! Use the tie yarn to attach your big bulky pompom to your Chunky Marl Pompom Beanie, or any other amazing creation that you are working on.Ĭhunky Marl Pompom Beanie – Free Knitting Pattern When done, go around the pompom again with your scissors and give it a bit of a haircut, looking at it from every angle and snip any strands that are too long. Hold the tie strands and start going around the pompom making sure you get every loop, give a little tug with the scissors before snipping to get the cut in the centre of the loop and keep the strands even. Using a pair of good sharp scissors start cutting your loops. For extra strength you can wrap the yarn one more time around the wrapped yarn and tie another double knot. Now tighten your knot, hold it down with your finger (or better, someone else’s finger) so you can tie a second knot.

Tie a loose knot (which will be tightened in a sec) and gently slip the rolls out of the wrapped yarn, keeping the tied strands in the middle. Holding your rolls lengthwise, bring the strands behind the wrapped yarn and wedge each end between the two rolls to encircle center of the wrapped yarn. Cut 2 strands of yarn about 18″ (46 cm) long and put them together to form a double strand. I use 2 strands of yarn for big bulky pompoms for a little extra strength. When you are done wrapping it is time to tie it off. You can add more colour by wrapping additional colour strands, wrap 3 strands 60 times or 4 strands 45 times… you get the idea. I do about 90 wraps when wrapping 2 strands at a time, but you can do a few more if you want a really dense pompom or a few less if you want to keep it light weight.

Hold the rolls together side by side and start wrapping yarn around them, keep it fairly loose, you’ll need to remove those rolls later. You will also need a good pair of sharp scissors because you’ll be cutting a lot of strands at the same time. The diameter of the rolls I use are 1.75″. I use a wrapping paper roll that has a little more strength and structure to it (I upgraded to this find after a bulk hat order). If you are planning on making a lot of poms you’ll want something a little more heavy duty. Find yourself 2 empty toilet paper rolls or a paper towel roll cut in half. These use tools that everyone has in their home. These pompoms measure 5.5″ (14 cm) and are super full, quick and easy. I love the yellow and green together with those tiny flecks of tweed. For this tutorial I am using 2 strands of worsted weight wool to match my Basic Chunky Beanie (coming soon), I used Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Bamboo and Wool of the Andes Tweed in Olive to get this awesome colour combo.

Crafts longstemmed fuzzy pompoms