Showing posts with label yarn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yarn. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

It's amazing how Kitty thinks that every single thing I make, I make for him. Like this project for example:


DIY Pom-Pom Garland


I mean, according to him, this just screams, "hey, this is a cat toy, right?"
Yes Kitty. You are correct.

I've been living in my new apartment for about six months now, but I haven't done a whole lot of decorating. Sure, there are a lot of rocks and a few creepy paintings here and there, but I'm starting to do a few more things here and there. A little while ago, I decided to use up some scrap yarn and ended up making a cute garland of sorts. And it was actually really simple and quick to make--

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

I started by making around two dozen little pom poms. All I did to make these was wrap some yarn around my fingers 30-40 times before cutting off the extra yarn.

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

I slipped the yarn off my fingers and tied the bundle together with another piece of yarn.

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

Once everything was tied together, I cut all the little loops apart on each side.

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

 Then fluffed it up and repeated.

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

To make the garland-y part, all I did was crochet a mega-long string of chain stitches, which I measured against my wall to get the final length.

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

Finally, I laid the whole string out on the ground,laid out my poms where I thought they would look good, and tied them all on with separate little strings.Of course, Kitty appeared to lend his expertise, and I was ever so grateful. If you are a crafter and do not have a helper cat, you should really consider adopting one :]

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

And although it IS a very tempting cat toy, it's still hanging up on my wall! Succeeeeessss~

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

At first, I thought, "hey, this is almost Christmas-y" but then I realized that the colors go quite nicely with the magnificent throne of a patterned chair that you see here, so that is really quite satisfying.

DIY Pom-Pom Garland

And it was really just as simple as that! I'm slowly decorating the rest of my apartment, which mean there are a million things in progress, but nothing is done. I'll be sure to share whenever (if ever?) they get finished!

I'm also trying to figure out how else I can use up all of my odds and ends of yarn that I've accumulated. So if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

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