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How to Make a Yarn Pom-Pom without it Falling Apart

November 30, 2015

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You know the struggle! You make a yarn pom-pom and no matter how tightly you tie the center, it falls apart or easily pulls apart with a little tug on the strings. So frustrating! Especially when you are making pom-poms to embellish hats for gifts or to sell, you don’t want your product coming undone. Hot glue to the rescue! This might be an unconventional method, but it works for me and keeps my pom strings intact.

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To create a small pom-pom, I wrap the yarn around 3 fingers (4 fingers for a larger pom) and as I wrap, I put a strip of hot glue along the center. Obviously you want to be careful not to get the hot glue on your fingers!

Watch the video below to see how it’s done:

 

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  1. Diane G says

    November 30, 2015 at 2:25 pm

    Hi Sarah , this is the BEST idea !now I will give making pompoms an other try ! Thank you

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  2. Janice Morrow says

    November 30, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    WOW….why hadn’t I thought of this. Thanks.

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  3. Eulonda says

    November 30, 2015 at 8:26 pm

    Thank you for this GREAT IDEA!!!! Mine always seem to pull out after numerous attempts & with different ways to make it…. Surely this one has to be fail safe :)….. Will use the small gun other wise OUCH!!! Blisters!

    Reply
  4. Janet says

    December 1, 2015 at 10:23 am

    Missy …. you are a genius!!! Such a simple solution to a hair pulling problem.
    Thank you

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  5. Kelli says

    December 1, 2015 at 2:04 pm

    Thank you so much. Have dreaded making pom poms because of how they fall apart. 🙂

    Reply
  6. Cheryl says

    December 2, 2015 at 4:41 pm

    How does the glue hold up to having the pom pom washed?

    Reply
    • Perla says

      December 7, 2015 at 10:26 am

      You can buy fabric glue at any fabric store if you don’t trust the glue.

      Reply
  7. Maria says

    December 6, 2015 at 11:37 am

    INGENIOUS!!! Thank you so much to a great ‘problem’ in crochet/knitting!

    Reply
  8. h.sayy says

    December 6, 2015 at 1:18 pm

    This is a pretty cool idea. Thanks for sharing! Love the background music, by the way.

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  9. Shari Kalous says

    December 7, 2015 at 6:40 pm

    Pretty awesome! To bad she clipped off so much yarn though what a waste. I would have used 2 fingers for that size pom and cut of would have been waste. I hate waste.

    Reply
  10. Angela says

    December 12, 2015 at 10:52 am

    Great idea, thank you!

    Reply
  11. tempest sharp says

    December 13, 2015 at 6:50 pm

    I love this, and yes no pieces come out, however, since there was all that superglue, i had a hard time attaching the hat. any advice.

    Reply
  12. Cindyroo says

    December 15, 2015 at 7:29 pm

    Brilliant! Hesitated putting pom poms on kids hats before. Thank you!

    Reply
  13. Shawna says

    March 21, 2016 at 8:36 am

    Would this work if I were using my pom-pom makers, do you think?

    Reply
  14. Pam says

    June 28, 2016 at 3:47 am

    Would this method work for pom pom makers? I am so not good with hand made pom poms. I bought the clover pom pom maker and it does make great pom poms but I still have the same problem that everyone else does….the strands pull out no matter how tight you tie them!

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  15. Anca M says

    September 25, 2016 at 2:40 am

    Looks just perfect! I’ll try it right away!

    Reply
  16. Linda says

    January 29, 2018 at 11:23 am

    I absolutely love this way of making the Pom Pom not fall apart. Thank you so much for sharing this.

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    August 5, 2018 at 7:45 am

    Great idea!!!!

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  20. JoAnne says

    October 9, 2018 at 1:57 pm

    Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You have saved my sanity.

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    January 8, 2020 at 4:31 am

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    July 31, 2020 at 7:39 am

    Amazing work!Thank you

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  24. simon le says

    August 10, 2020 at 5:12 am

    this is so cool!!!! thanks for sharing!!1

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    November 30, 2020 at 3:09 am

    Wow! it’s an easy and creative idea.
    thanks for sharing.

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    February 8, 2021 at 9:56 pm

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