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Crafts Projects - Pompom Wreath
Materials: Six 70 yd skeins heavy rug yarn, 2 blue, 2 green, 2 purple (or colors
desired); 22" Styrofoam ring covered with green plastic; 66 fern pins; 3 bunches plastic grapes, 1 blue, 1 green, 1 purple;
2 yds. of 1 3/8" green, water-repellent, velvet-type ribbon; Eight 12" lengths #28 wire;
3" x 4" heavy cardboard.
Instruction:
1. Cut each skein of yarn into 6 yard lengths. Cut twenty-two 4" pieces
from the leftover yarn in each color.
2. Use the 3" by 4" cardboard to form pompoms. Wrap one 6 yd length
of yarn around the 4" length of cardboard. Slip one matching 4" piece
of yarn underneath the loop at the edge of the cardboard. Pull it tightly around
the loop and tie a knot. Place a second 4" piece at the opposite side of
loop and tie a knot. Cut the yarn loop in the center between the knots on both
sides of cardboard forming two pompoms.
3. Lay one pompom crossed over the other. Using the tie piece on the top
pompom, tie the two pompoms together. Slip a fern pin through the tie loop.
4. Fluff the double pompom into a puff. Continue tying until twenty two of
each color have been formed.
5. Assemble the wreath by pushing the fern pins into the Styrofoam ring.
Place the 3 colors of pompoms alternately to cover the ring. Do not place
pompoms on the back of the ring.6. Visually divide the ring into quarters. Place
a bunch of grapes at the top and side quarter points. Use the lengths of wire to
fasten the grapes to the wreath, pushing one piece of wire through the grapes at
the top and another at the bottom. Wrap the wire around the ring, and twist the
ends to secure the bunches.
6. Form a bow from the green velvet ribbon. Fasten the bow at the bottom
quarter of the wreath, with wire. Wrap the last length of wire around the ring
at the top and make a loop for hanging.
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