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Pompoms

Pompoms can be used in all sorts of fun and stylish ways; they lend a jaunty air to clothing and furnishings. Tie them to lengths of twisted wool to make attractive drawstrings for clothes, bags or gloves.

You will need

 Cardboard circles. Decide what size pompoms you would like, then for each pompom cut two cardboard circles with that diameter. Cut out a smaller circle in the centre (to the proportions shown in the photograph, right)

 Darning needle or bobbin

 Yarn

To make

• With the yarn threaded through a large darning needle or bobbin, wind it all around the doughnut shape, tightly and thickly.

• When the cardboard is covered and you can hardly get your needle through the central hole, cut the yarn all around the outer edge of the circle and secure by tying another piece of yarn tightly around the centre of the pompom.

• Remove the cardboard and fluff up the pompom. Trim with a pair of sharp scissors to even it up into a perfect ball. This can also help the edges of the yarn to fluff up nicely.

• Attach your pompom securely with matching yarn to whatever you are making.