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How to Make Pom-Poms

By Sarah E. White, About.com

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Cardboard template

A cardboad template for a pom-pom.

Sarah White

Making pom-poms for your knitting projects is quick and easy. The first thing you need to do is decide how long you want the ends of your pom-poms to be.

For this example I made a pom-pom with threads that are two inches long from the middle of the pom-pom.

A pom-pom is formed by wrapping yarn around a folded piece of cardboard. Since I knew I wanted two-inch yarn pieces, I cut a piece of cardboard four inches long (width is not important) and folded it in half lengthwise.

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