This week I finished my second pompom garland, and I worked out that I had made 108 pompoms to make two garlands and two strings of bunting! Not bad going with my littlest pompom maker.
I worked out in my first garland that a nice length was 42 pompoms in 14 sets of green, white and red separated by a golden bell. Once I had made all of my pompoms I assembled all of my materials and set to work.
I tied a bell to the start of the string and then trimmed the tail to make sure that it didn't show through the pompom. I found that the easiest way to thread the pompoms is to use a bodkin with a rounded end. A pointed needle may go through the wool easier but it risks snagging too many of the strange and pulling them out, so I find this method easiest.
To make sure that the pompoms were securely attached to the string, I separated the strands until I found the central string that tied everything together, and this enabled me to thread the bodkin right through the centre and out the other side.
Once I had threaded three, I removed the wool from the bodkin, twirled the wool into a thin point and then added a bell. Unfortunately the holes in the bells aren't large enough to use the bodkin so you do have to take it on and off quite a few times, but it's worth it in the end.
Once all the pompoms are on and I tied the last bell onto the end, I carefully trimmed each pompom into a neat sphere, being very careful that I didn't snip through the central string! I always make sure that I do this directly over a bin as there is so much fluff and it really does get everywhere!
And here is one of my finished garlands. Although Christmas is over it never hurts to start preparing for the next one, and I will look forward to our next craft fair when hopefully somebody would like to take a garland home with them to add to their tree to give it a crafty and homely feel.
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