Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Pom tiddly pompom...
I am a bit excited because I used some of the C&H vouchers Sarah gave me to buy a pompom maker. I'd looked at it before and thought it was just a set of plastic rings - an expensive alternative to chopping up cereal packets to make your pompom templates. But it isn't! You make the pompoms in two halves - this makes it incredibly fast as you're not constantly cutting small lengths of yarn from the large ball in order to thread it through the centre of your template. This way you whizz your wool around each half, and clip them together to do the 'snip and tie' bit at the end - all in minutes. Step-by-step photos here (not by me, but an interesting French knitty site).
The Blonde was kind enough to enthuse at my creations, adding, 'Now you can make us some cheap Christmas decorations'. I'm thinking garlands of white poms hanging from silver crochet thread beaded with clear silver-lined rocailles...
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I am a bit excited because I used some of the C&H vouchers Sarah gave me to buy a pompom maker. I'd looked at it before and thought it was just a set of plastic rings - an expensive alternative to chopping up cereal packets to make your pompom templates. But it isn't! You make the pompoms in two halves - this makes it incredibly fast as you're not constantly cutting small lengths of yarn from the large ball in order to thread it through the centre of your template. This way you whizz your wool around each half, and clip them together to do the 'snip and tie' bit at the end - all in minutes. Step-by-step photos here (not by me, but an interesting French knitty site).
The Blonde was kind enough to enthuse at my creations, adding, 'Now you can make us some cheap Christmas decorations'. I'm thinking garlands of white poms hanging from silver crochet thread beaded with clear silver-lined rocailles...
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