Make this: simple yarn pompom garland

A few days a week I work at Noon ~ the cutest shop in San Diego.  In the windows they have pretty yarn pompom garlands hanging and I was inspired to make my own.


Pompoms can be made with a pompom maker or by cutting two round donut-ish shapes out of cardboard {like this tutorial}.  I skipped all of that and just used my hand.


This is such a simple project ~ one I did while watching a movie last Saturday night.  I made my garland yellow and gray {those colors are my jam} with pops of light teal green.

I hung part of the garland above my kitchen sink/window and part in my living room.  I love it and plan to make more for different seasons.

Supplies:

*Yarn

*Twine {I attached my pompom balls to twine but you can also use a long piece of yarn.}

*Scissors

Step One:

Wrap yarn around your hand.  The more you wrap the fuller the pompom will be in the end.  Experiment with this ~ after making a few, you will know how much yarn to wrap in order to get your desired fullness.

Step Two:

Carefully slide the yarn off your hand.  Take a piece of yarn {about 6-8 inches long} and tie it tightly around the center of your yarn loop.  I triple knotted each one for a secure hold.  Do not cut the ends of this piece of string, as you will use them to tie the pompom to the twine.

Step Three:

Take the tied loop of yarn and cut the top and bottom so that you have loose strands, rather than looped yarn.

Step Four:

Determine the order of your pompoms and tie them to the twine.  Trim down any long strings.

Hang anywhere you want and enjoy :).

To see more of my simple diy's, check out my column on Scoutie Girl ~ acute how-to.