When you draw the second ear, go back to the first and count how many open squares you have from the yard stick to the beginning of the ear so you know where to place your round object for the second ear. I used a yard stick to make sure I knew where to find the middle. I found an old lamp shade that was 13 inches in diameter and placed that on the side of my ear. The ears need to overlap over the head a little bit to make the correct shape of the Mickey head. I found the ears to be a bit more tricky because I couldn’t really use the same technique. Place your marker on your mat directly in the center and draw your circle. You might want to have someone help you with this next part. I tied a piece of string onto a marker and cut it a 12 inches. You may want to put cardboard or paper under the mat,so the tracing doesn’t get on the floor.įor the head, I ended up making it 24 inches in diameter. I got a really big size because I wasn’t sure how big I would make it or if I would want to make other rugs. I bought this non-slip rug mat for my rug. If you do not like the size of what I made, just adjust it one way or another. This next part I did not have any kind of template to go off. Step Two: How to get the shape of the rug Fluff out your pom-pom! Continue making more pom-poms. Be careful not to cut your tied knot or your loose ends hanging off. Next, you want to take your scissors and cut the ends of the looped yarn. I tied mine three or four times just to make sure it was secure. Once you have successfully pulled it off, tie your loose piece of yarn really tight around your ball of yarn. Slide the yarn off the cardboard rolls still holding on to the loose piece of yarn tied around it. You don’t need to do this too tight yet, just make sure you have a firm grip. Tie the loose piece of yarn around the yarn you just wrapped around your cardboard rolls. Take that piece of yarn and thread it around your yarn on the cardboard rolls from both ends, making sure to trap the tail piece of yarn to keep it secure. Cut a single piece of yarn off your skein, about 10-15 inches. Don’t fret about it always being the same amount you wrap, it will look great!Īfter wrapping around the cardboard rolls your desired number of times, cut your yarn leaving a tail of about 5 or 6 inches. Again, you can adjust based on the size you want to make. I ended up wrapping around both cardboard rolls about 90 times. Make sure you trap your starting piece of yarn in your wrapping to secure it in place. Grab your yarn and start wrapping around your two cardboard rolls. To make the pom-poms you will either need two toilet paper cardboard rolls or one paper towel cardboard roll cut in half. Depending on the size you want to make your own rug, you will have to adjust from there. In the end, I used nine skeins of yarn in the three different colors. Well this wasn’t enough for the size I ended up making my rug. To start with, I used three skeins of yarn of three different colors. Let your imagination guide you! Any colors can be used. I knew I wanted the rug to have three different shades of blue. This was so easy to do that I worked on it during a long car ride! I had no idea of how much yarn I would really need to have to make the rug. 2 toilet paper tubes or 1 paper towel tubeĪctually making the pom-poms is really easy and can be done about anywhere. Yarn: This will depend on how many colors and how big of rug you want to make
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