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Pom Pom Basics 1

Let’s Make a Chick Hair Tie

(Template on page 45)

Winding Diagram

• Single strand

• A, B same

※See p55

Materials

Pom pom maker: 1⅜ in (3.5 cm)

Yarn – worsted weight in lemon

Other Materials

Eyes: plastic safety eye (black) 4 mm × 2

Beak: felt (orange) 1 χ 1 in (2.5 × 2.5 cm)

Backing: felt (black) 1⅝ × 1⅝ in (4 χ 4 cm)

Hair tie elastic: approximately 8 in (20 cm)

Trimming and Sizing Guide

Instructions

Wind the yarn around the arm of the pom pom maker 71 times, going back and forth across the arm (indicated by A on the diagram). Once the winding is complete, loop the yarn around your index finger once, leave a tail of about 2 in (5 cm) and cut. Insert the end of the yarn into the loop around your finger and tighten. Repeat on the opposite side (indicated as B).

If it becomes difficult to wrap the yarn around the other arm, keep winding in the center of the arm instead of going back and forth.

Insert scissors between the two arms and cut the yarn all around. In the groove formed, loop a string (such as kite string) twice, tighten and knot securely at the position indicated on the diagram.

Open the arms and take out the pom pom. Using the trimming and sizing visual guide, trim the pom pom.

Don’t worry about precision at first and snip the pom pom into the general shape desired.

Once you have the approximate shape, carefully trim every part of the pom pom uniformly.

Trimmed.

Figure out the eye placement and glue into place.

Take the orange felt for the beak and apply a thin layer of glue on one side. Fold in half, glued side together.

Once dry, use the template and cut out the beak shape.

Apply a thin layer of glue on the top of the beak with a bamboo stick and let dry. Repeat with the other side of the beak.

Determine the placement of the beak. Use tweezers to separate the yarn where the beak will be placed.

Glue the beak in place. Rearrange the yarn around the beak and let the glue dry.

Use the template to cut out the felt backing. Keeping the template on the backing, create the two holes with an awl. Then thread the elastic ends through the holes and tie together.

Tie pom pom string to the elastic.

Snip the end of the string as close to the knot as possible and apply glue. Pull the felt backing up to the base of the pom pom. Apply glue to half of the backing and attach to pom pom. Repeat with the other half of backing.