Creative Ideas to do with Wool!

Pom-Poms

In this tutorial, we will be learning how to make Pom-Poms, fluffy balls made only using 3 items! Pom-poms are easy, fun and safe to make for all ages! Whether it’s a way to kill time or for knitting a scarf, here is how to make the perfect Pom-Pom;

You will need:

•    Your favourite colour/colours of wool

•    Cardboard

•    Fabric Scissors

1.    Firstly, you must choose your wool, you can use as many different colours as you want for your Pom-pom.

2.    Cut out two identical circles from you cardboard and cut two smaller circles in the middle, make sure that they are the same size. It may be easier to use CDs as stencils to make sure that the cardboard disks are the same size.

 3.    Cut a long piece of wool (around 4 meters long) and begin to wrap the string around both of the circles. If you run out of the string, you can just add more on by wrapping it around the disks. The number of layers on the disks makes the pom-pom thicker and fluffier. Thicker wools and yarns are better to use as it is faster and more effective to make your pom-pom look perfect.

4.    Continue to wrap the wool around the disks until the cardboard is completely covered in multiple layers of wool, to ensure you will have a thick and soft pom-pom.

5.    Once you are happy with the amount of wool on the disks, grab your fabric scissors (you may use normal scissors but it will be easier and quicker if you use fabric scissors) and begin to cut into the wool circle and cut in between the cardboard around the edges. Cut the whole way around the circle until you are left with something like this.

6.    Grab a small piece of string and tie it in between the two cardboard pieces make sure to tie it tight to ensure that your pom-pom doesn’t fall apart.

7.    Pull the cardboard off of the pom-pom and trim if necessary.

My results and thoughts of this experiment:

 When I was young, I would make pom-poms and give them to my family for fun. To this day, this method is by far the easiest and fastest way to make pom-poms with easy to find materials.

Glue and Wool Balls 

For this woollen experiment, we will be making wool or yarn decorative balls. These are great to bring colour and creativity to your house without spending heaps of money or time! Here is what you will need;

 You will need

•    Wool

•    Round balloons

•    Craft glue and water

1.    Make a mixture of glue and water, make sure that it isn’t too watery so that it won’t drip off the balloon.

2.    Now, blow up your balloon the size of the yarn ball you want. Make sure you have enough wool to cover the balloon!

3.    Pull out a bunch of wool and gently dip it into the glue mixture and wipe off the excess glue. Make sure that you don’t let the string get tangled or that knots form, as it could ruin your design! It might be a good idea to have newspaper covering your workstation as this experiment could get quite messy.

4.    Begin to wrap the wool around the balloon. There is no method here, just wrap to whichever way you think will look good.

5.    Once you have covered the majority of the balloon, tuck the yarn end under. Roll the yarn wrapped balloon in the glue mixture, and then gently squeeze out any excess.

6.    Once all your yarn balls are completely squeezed out, let them dry with the balloons inflated inside overnight.

7.    The next day, the wool should be stiff and hard. If it is still damp, give it a second day to dry off, or your wool ball could cave in or fall apart! If it’s dry, you can pop the balloon! You should be left with a firm and colourful wool ball! That’s it!