Spurred on by my recent craft purchases, I decided to start simple and make a pompom garland. I made about 18 small pompoms in three different colours and then strung them together on a long piece of wool, securing it at the end with another pompom. After leaving a long tail on the first finished pompom, I tied the yarn to an elastic threading needle (If you don't have one, get one. They come in useful for so many things!) to the end and threaded the pompoms together using this. An elastic needle has a rounded end which doesn't snag on anything which is perfect, as with a normal needle, the sharp pount would go through the yarn and pull the individual threads out.
In the future I may use a double thickness of wool to thread them on, as that many pompoms is fairly weighty, and I think that if it was to get tugged at any point, it may not be strong enough.
For now I have displayed it above the DVD shelving on the way down the stairs, as it was looking a little bare since I took down the sparkly bower from Christmas with just the hooks left in the wood. However I was pleased that I did leave them there, as they allow me to change the accessories throughout the year. I also had some lovely grey filligree hearts that were bought form me as a present which looked very cute hanging underneath the garland.
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