![]() You’ve now successfully crafted a pom pom! High five for learning this fun, new technique! Once you’ve reached the desired size, rinse your pom pom in cool water, squeeze out all the moisture, and set aside to dry for up to 2 days. At this stage, the wool will begin to shape into a ball and start to shrink. Now you can roll it between your palms and don’t forget to dip it into your hot water when it feels cool. STEP 7: After about 10 minutes, your pom pom will start to harden. Keep tossing it gently back and forth and occasionally dipping it back into the hot water as it cools. The soggy wool will seem like it’s never going to form into a tight little ball, but I promise it will. Then gently toss each pom pom back and forth between your hands, without squeezing or pressing, to allow the wool fibers to attach to each other without clumping. STEP 6: Once you’ve formed all of your pom poms, dip and soak them, one at a time, in your hot, soapy water. ***If you want to make multiple pom poms approximately the same size, follow steps 1–4 and lay them all side-by-side to compare before moving onto the next step.*** STEP 5: Keep wrapping until the pom pom measures about twice the size of your desired finished product. STEP 4: Take another piece of stretched roving - or a few different colors of roving to create a more marbled look - and wrap around the ball that you are now forming. STEP 3: Wrap the loose ends of the roving, one at a time, around the knot of wool, making sure to rotate 90° each time. For smaller pom poms, you will want to split your roving into thinner, shorter strips lengthwise. STEP 2: Take a length of wool roving, stretch it out by holding one end and gently pulling on it every few inches to lengthen the fibers, and loosely knot it in the middle. STEP 1: Lay out your towel and bowl of hot, soapy water on your work surface. Bowl of hot, soapy water (a few drops of any liquid soap will do).(Call Cast Away Yarn Shop + they'll help you with a rainbow of colors) Once you get the hang of making your pom poms, you’ll be able to string them together to make festive garlands, fun little cat toys, pretty necklaces and earrings, or sew them together to create caterpillars and more! Materials: Vickie also designed the Kitchmas Stocking to add a bit of her signature style to your holidays.Did you know that you can make colorful pom poms of any size - from mini, pea-sized pom poms to dryer balls - with scraps of wool? It’s so easy! All you have to do is wind your pieces of wool into a soft ball, dip into hot, soapy water, and gently roll into shape with your hands. And the Curvaceous Cowl is a cozy and warm combination of cables and seed stitch, perfect for bridging the seasons. The Ziggy Scarf get’s its twisty pop from the simplest cable, another great starter project! The Upward Spiral Beanie is a fun crochet tube of post stitches, cinched at the top for that great slouchy look and topped with a lively pom pom. These quick knit and crochet accessories are the perfect projects for gifts, travel or just treating yourself before the first snow flies! The Arrow Head Hat features a simple combination of Fair Isle and textured stitches in 3 colors that is a terrific first colorwork project. We’re beyond thrilled to have partnered with DIY Queen and craft enabler, Vickie Howell for a collection of fun, modern patterns as well as an exclusive set of colors for our NEW Valley Superwash Super Bulky!
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