Easy-to-make Pompom Decorations to Pretty Up Your Storage Baskets
Brighten up plain baskets with a ring of colourful woollen pompoms
As a mother of two young girls, I know it can get a bit messy at home. I’m constantly having to pick up toys and other things. For me, the best way to tidy up is to have a few baskets around for quick storage of loose items. I found some simple seagrass baskets for that, but I wanted to make them prettier. Since one of my daughters recently started making pompoms, this DIY idea came to me.
Materials
- Compass
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Yarn
- Basket (I used Fladis seagrass baskets from Ikea)
- Embroidery needle (optional)
1 Make the pompom form
Using a compass, draw two doughnut shapes on cardboard. They should be about 10cm in diameter, with the hole in the centre about 2.5cm. To make smaller pompoms, adjust the size of the circles. I wouldn’t make them much bigger, because they’d get too fluffy and unstable.
Using a compass, draw two doughnut shapes on cardboard. They should be about 10cm in diameter, with the hole in the centre about 2.5cm. To make smaller pompoms, adjust the size of the circles. I wouldn’t make them much bigger, because they’d get too fluffy and unstable.
Using scissors, cut out the circles and stack them on top of each other.
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2 Wrap the yarn
Now take your wool and start wrapping it around the two stacked cardboard circles, securing the loose end as you go.
Now take your wool and start wrapping it around the two stacked cardboard circles, securing the loose end as you go.
3 Cut the yarn
Keep wrapping the yarn until you have a thick doughnut, then cut the thread and secure the loose end. Grasp the doughnut firmly or press it against a table. Slide a blade of the scissors between the cardboard circles and cut the strands of yarn at the same length all the way around.
Keep wrapping the yarn until you have a thick doughnut, then cut the thread and secure the loose end. Grasp the doughnut firmly or press it against a table. Slide a blade of the scissors between the cardboard circles and cut the strands of yarn at the same length all the way around.
4 Tie it up
To secure the pompom, cut another strand of yarn and slide it between the two cardboard circles, pull the ends tight and tie them together. This strand should be fairly long, because it will be used to attach the pompom to the basket.
To secure the pompom, cut another strand of yarn and slide it between the two cardboard circles, pull the ends tight and tie them together. This strand should be fairly long, because it will be used to attach the pompom to the basket.
5 Cut away the cardboard
Now you can cut through one side of the cardboard circles and remove them. To make the pompom nice and round, trim any pieces of yarn that stick out. Take care not to cut the long strand of yarn you used to tie the pompom together.
Now you can cut through one side of the cardboard circles and remove them. To make the pompom nice and round, trim any pieces of yarn that stick out. Take care not to cut the long strand of yarn you used to tie the pompom together.
6 Attach the pompom
With the long strand, tie the pompom onto the basket by running the ends of the strand through gaps in the weave. You can also use an embroidery needle if the weave is tight. Knot the ends of the strand on the inside of the basket.
With the long strand, tie the pompom onto the basket by running the ends of the strand through gaps in the weave. You can also use an embroidery needle if the weave is tight. Knot the ends of the strand on the inside of the basket.
Add as many pompoms as you like, and your fluffy border is finished.
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