Anyone used a pom pom maker?

jackieblack

iammumtoone wrote: »

there is no middle they split in half so you end up a 'w' shape.

Once you have wound the wool you join up the ends to make a 'o' before you cut and tie off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGd0PUWY6m0 the one in this video looks very posh mine are a bit more basic but do the same job.

They are great I brought some cheap ones last year and me and ds made some Christmas directions with them.

Oh, ok, I get it now, thanks

samsamesggsandham

lucy*locket wrote: »

They are brilliant. My daughter makes and sells pompom earrings and it takes her 10 minutes with her pompom maker, definitely easier than the old cardboard method.

What a great idea. I would love to see some pictures from anyone to inspire me. Do you have any good ones to post?

Salome_2

I made a gorgeous Halloween pom pom wreath with a pom pom maker. Used orange, yellow and white wool to make it candy corn themed, then added a wooden ghost painted white to the centre. The pom pom maker made the whole creation much easier, altho' making 24 pom poms to go round the frame was no labour of love! I'm now moving on to Xmas wreaths for friends using red, green and white sparkly wool ~ will offset them with a nice big bow at the top.
I would post a link but I've not made enough posts for the site to allow me!

SarahMiles

I had plastic ones a few years ago and loved them! Some friends and I used to knit together and some of them have young children so we taught them how to make the pom poms because they're really easy and it made them feel included without giving them pointy needles.

samsamesggsandham

How to make a massive pompom in less that 60 seconds!
I love this and you dont even need a pompom maker!


Just tie round the middle of your big ball of wool nice and tightly. Then snip the top and bottom of the ball of wool. More details here; http://www.handmadecharlotte.com/the-one-minute-giant-pom-pom-technique/

savingmonkey

Salome wrote: »

I made a gorgeous Halloween pom pom wreath with a pom pom maker. Used orange, yellow and white wool to make it candy corn themed, then added a wooden ghost painted white to the centre. The pom pom maker made the whole creation much easier, altho' making 24 pom poms to go round the frame was no labour of love! I'm now moving on to Xmas wreaths for friends using red, green and white sparkly wool ~ will offset them with a nice big bow at the top.
I would post a link but I've not made enough posts for the site to allow me!

Oh I would love to see a picture! Please post when you have enough posts to put a link up

Peckle

My goodness, plastic snap-together pompom makers were around at least 50 years ago, as I had a set in the 60's called 'Pompom Pets'. Trouble was my Mum and Nan filched them and used them for their own crafting ..... and that was the last I saw of them. Boo!
I have recently bought a brilliant (but expensive for what it is) contraption called a Multipom. Essentially it is a scalloped edged rectangle of heavy coated wire - but it works a dream and you can make loads of poms at once, and any size can be made. Google it - they say the best ideas are the simplest!
I now have a huge bag of different sized cream poms that I am about to sew on a wreath base and then add a big ribbon bow.

PixieDust

I, too, love my multipom

RockersWAG

I've got a couple of pom pom makers and while quick, I found making them the old fashioned way with two circles of thick cardboard gave a better shaped and 'fuller' pom pom! :-)

samsamesggsandham

savingmonkey wrote: »

Having seen Kirstie Alsop use a pom pom maker and rave about it on her Christmas programme I was thinking of getting one and having a go at making some decorations for next Christmas. Has anyone had a go with one? I just wondered if they are as good as Kirstie said?


This is the type of thing I mean


http://www.pompommaker.co.uk/

I went for the Clover Pompom Maker in the end and am very pleased. For a fuller pompom I just wind the wool tighter and get fantastic results. I wish I had known about them years ago!