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How to Make a Perfect Pom-Pom

March 5, 2013 by Sarah White

perfect pom-pomsLots of knitting projects have pom-poms on them, and as knitters we often like to do other things with our yarn beyond just knitting anyway. But making pom-poms without a dedicated pom-pom maker (I’m partial to the Clover) can be difficult, especially if you want a consistent size, which you do.

Palak over at Make it Handmade has perfected the pom-pom made by hand — literally.

Follow her instructions to make an embellishment the size of your hand; just count the number of times you wrap it around to ensure you get pom-poms of the same size.

Also, isn’t that hat adorable? Nice work!

[Photo via Make it Handmade.]

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Comments

  1. Palak says

    March 6, 2013 at 8:32 am

    Thanks, Sarah! Those pom pom makers look handy too!

Have you read?

Krampus Sweater Knitting Pattern

Santa and Saint Nicholas generally get all the good press, but Central European kids know you don’t want to just be good so you get presents from St. Nicholas; you also want to avoid the ire of Krampus. (He’s depicted as a human-like figure with horns and usually hairy or furry who gives birch rods instead of gifts to kids who are bad.)

If you’re the type to embrace the naughty side (or you just want to scare the children into good behavior over the holidays), maybe you’ll want to knit a Krampus sweater.  

This one, from Sofie Amalie Laulund, is a top down circular yoke sweater with Krampus faces at the top and cavorting Krampuses further down the body, with some traditional Scandinavian snowflakes thrown in for fun. 

Because of the large motifs there’s not a lot of room for adjusting the fit, but it is available in five sizes (the Ravelry page doesn’t say what the sizing is, and it says its worked with no ease but the photo looks like the sweater has a bit of positive ease, so if you decide to make this one just check the measurements and your own comfort level for ease when picking a size). 

It also uses five colors, but there’s very little red and brown so you can probably use scrap yarn for those parts. It calls for DK weight yarn. You’ll want a background color that helps the creatures stand out. You could also work the snowflake bands in different colors if you want to mix it up. 

The pattern is available in both English and Danish, and you can find it on Ravelry. This is the designer’s first pattern, which kudos to them because it’s such an ambitious (and fun!) project I’m happy to add to my collection of whimsy-filled knits. 

[Photo: Sofie Amalie Laulund]

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