![]() ![]() Thread the needle with a long piece of thread and knot the end. I just wasn’t sure how well the pom poms would stay with glue, so I decided to stitch them on using embroidery thread and a large needle. You could add your poms in a number of ways – hot glue would work or that tacky glue. I’m sure you’ve seen wreaths just wrapped in yarn – they look very modern and pretty, so go ahead and stop the project at this point if you’d like :) You can add drops of glue every once in a while to hold the yarn in place, but it is not necessary. Tie a knot to hold and start wrapping, keeping the yarn taught. The link above is some outrageous price, so don’t buy from there, but I just wanted to link you to the product so you can see exactly what it is.) ![]() (PLEASE NOTE: I bought the 12″ styrofoam wreath form at my local craft store for $5.99. Large pom poms / styrofoam wreath form / chunky yarn / tacky glue / embroidery floss / needle To make the wreath, here’s what you’ll need: For this large wreath, I used about 35 large pom poms (I probably could have used more). You can see the exact pom-making steps on this post. To make the pom poms, I use this large pom pom maker. I made a bunch using two full skeins of chunky yarn (be sure to use your 50% off craft store coupon as each pack is about $9). I had a few leftover poms in a different shade of white from the garland that I added in and the slight variation in creamy white is nice. Good news! It’s on sale now for over $100 off. I know deer heads have been all the rage, but I’m still into this one. This year, I thought I’d take the yarn pom pom thing a step further and make a big, fluffy, wintery wreath to hang around the neck of the stag head hanging above the fire place.Ībout the stag head: it was an on-a-whim purchase by Ryan when we redid our fireplace and it is such a great statement piece. Last year I made a bunch of pom pom garlands to hang around the house ( see an example here). How festive is our stag in his new pom pom wreath?! ![]()
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