Something else I found at the thrift store! There was a set of pompom making tools looking so new and shiny that even though I had no intention to try out pompoms before I saw this, I wanted to try it right away. Good thing that the thrift store also sells yarn because I really don't have any -- I picked up a ball of colourful acrylic yarn just to give this a go.
This set has 3 sizes to choose from, and when I first looked at the tool I was a bit confused - there are a lot of moving parts. But a quick read-over of the very basic instructions reassured me.
You wrap yarn around each arch --
carefully close it --
cut the yarn between the arch pieces and then trim it up to a tidy finish. Basically.
These are really cute. Not sure where or how I'd use them but it was a fun nostalgic thing to try. I used to make pompoms as a kid using two cardboard circles cut from old cereal boxes - remember that? These tools are a bit fancier but the end result is the same.
Here's one of mine in use as a purse charm!
How fun! You can consider making little animals by using different sizes snd tying together…caterpillars, ducks, lady bug if you use stacked colors …a quick search might provide an afternoons entertainment… if there is more yarn at the store
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