the blue blog archives: pompoms make everything better

posted by alison at 9:55 am | in spud and chloe

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Pom-poms are my downfall. I am impressed with yours! Love Wee One's Dora the Explorer bathing suit!

Posted by: Chloe at August 3, 2010 4:43 PM

oops! pompoms are my downfall. I am impressed with yours! Love Wee One's Dora the Explorer bathing suit!

Posted by: Chloe at August 3, 2010 4:44 PM

So cute! We recently spent a week with my daughter's family & I took along a bunch of crafty items for the kids: a couple of potholder looms, 2 Knitting Bees, needles & yarn. The Knitting Bees (which I go from Hobby Lobby) are knitting spools made to look kind of like bees but they also include a clever pom pom maker which the kids loved.

Posted by: Donna at August 3, 2010 5:37 PM

What do you use to make pompoms? I can never get mine to stay intact. Can't wait to see the finished hat!

Posted by: Laura at August 3, 2010 6:21 PM

Laura, I have to use one of those plastic circular pompom makers. I've tried other methods but I am just too incompetent for them. I think the key is to wrap a ton of yarn around the thing - squeeze every last thread in there you can. Then tie the center strand that holds it together nice and tight. I like the plastic pompom makers because they can withstand the tight wrapping and have grooves to help with cutting the wraps open and sliding in the center strand. That helps me a lot!

Posted by: ALISON at August 3, 2010 6:33 PM

You mean the word ISN'T pom-pom? Who knew?

Posted by: Dorothy at August 5, 2010 8:53 AM

1)I make my pompoms the old fashioned way by wrapping the yarn around an index card or a CD case - but lots of yarn gets wasted when the cutting starts. Does the plastic doohickie prevent wastage?
2) I suspect that my 20-something daughters would not be averse to an outing to the American Girl store in the Boston area.

Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport at August 5, 2010 11:08 AM

Clover makes extraordinary pom-pom makers. So easy to use and you get a perfect pom-pom each time. They make several sizes and usually 2 sizes are packaged together.

I found it worth the money to buy some of these and find I make pom-poms for things like package decorating and cat toys.

http://www.clover-usa.com/products/268067/Pom-Pom_Makers

Posted by: Sandee at August 5, 2010 12:41 PM

Thanks for the tips! I do have one of those circular pom pom makers but they somehow never work out for me. Maybe I just need to pack more yarn in there. I'll try again with it. Thanks!

Posted by: Laura at August 5, 2010 10:59 PM

Have a question about one of the patterns in your Charmed Knits book. Something seems not quite right... Thanks! K

Posted by: Karen O at August 7, 2010 9:08 PM

Karen, you can send me an email at alison AT knitsmiths DOT us and I'll try to help. Okay?

Posted by: ALISON at August 11, 2010 7:45 AM