PomPons

I have always made horrible pompons with that McGyver technique of using a piece of cardboard and then tying string and cutting them up. Horrible, they turn out, at least for me.

Then, when I was working a few hours here and there in a yarn store, I learned about Pompon makers – like these:

Apparently they come in many sizes – I picked a set of two in the middle sizes (they’re not really large in my opinion). It turns out that even a newbie like me, can, with a bit trimming, make a first pompon like this:

which makes a great cat toy:

and you can even use the second one you make on an actual knitwear item, and have it go through the dryer too!

This could get addicting!