How to make heart-shaped pom-poms

9 February 2021

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Love is in the air. Do you feel it, too? I can think of no sweeter way to get started with Valentine’s Day preparations than by making these Heart-Shaped Pom-poms!

These are a great first ” specialty pom-pom” if you’ve never made one other than the classics before. I can think of 1 million ways to use these and would love to see how you use this tutorial. Pom-pom lovers unite — just follow me below for the full tutorial. How to make heart-shaped pom-poms:

Supplies: red yarn, scissors, pom-pom maker, if you like but, I seem to always return to this simple method, click here.

Tutorial:
1. Once you have a basic pom-pom it’s time to start snipping. (At this time your pom-pom should look very ragged and uneven.)
2. Start trimming it into a tighter ball.
3. Once you have a tighter ball, gradually sheer away the edges in a heart shape.
The tighter the ball, the more precise you will trim.
About 1/2 of the original pom-pom will be trimmed away.
If you look at the photos below, you can see that the basic shape is not longer ragged and frayed and at this point, the shaping will begin.
I found that if I pressed down to flatten the pom-pom, I could get an area with which to cut the edges.