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A l l r e a d y? L e t ’s s t a r t o u r p o m - p o m s ! Step 1 Begin with the 2 pom-pom rings facing together with their ‘flat’ side out. start wrapping your yarn around both of the rings together, and keep wrapping all the way around. 1 Step 2 Keep wrapping the yarn until it’s as thick as you want it to be. The more you wrap, the more solid your pom-pom will be. I recommend wrapping it at least twice around all the way, but keep wrapping more if you want a really sturdy pom-pom! Step 3 Once you’ve wrapped the yarn as much as you want to, hold the rings – which now resemble a “yarn doughnut!” – firmly in the center, and start cutting all around the outside edge of the rings. 2 3 The first time I tried this, I worried the yarn would simply fall out of the center of the ring and that it wouldn’t work at all. I was wrong! As long as you’ve created enough yarn wraps, the yarn will simply rest nestled up all the strands together in the center. 4 Step 4 Slowly pull the two rings apart, to expose the center of the little yarn bundle – but be careful not to completely remove them. This will look a bit like two jellyfish stuck together. Step 5 With the center of the yarn bundle exposed, tie 1 or 2 longer strands of yarn around the whole works, and tie a knot firmly. Now it’s safe to remove the rings! Step 6 Once you’ve removed the rings, all that’s left to do is snip away any uneven ends and then give it a “floof” with your fingers, and you’re don HH]8