[Nfb-krafters-korner] Pom-poms

[Susan Roe]

Terrence, you are right about what a pompom looks like.  A Kush ball is 
exactly how I would describe one.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Pom-poms


> Hmmmm, perhaps. I always think about pom-poms as being sort of like a yarn 
> version of one of those Kush balls they used to have when I was a kid. 
> But, maybe I'm wrong.
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> On Nov 20, 2012, at 4:06 PM, "Ramona Walhof" <ramona.walhof at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> I think a pom-pom is a ball with yarn ends on all sides and no openings 
>> between ends.  A tassle generally has all the ends going the same 
>> direction and is tied on at the other.  Remember the tassles you wore for 
>> graduation?
>>
>> A lot of homemade pom-poms are not pulled tight enough and are not dense 
>> enough.  The maker from Joanne's has you wrap yarn around two different 
>> arms which you then force together before you cut the outside edges.  It 
>> then holds the yarn in place while you wrap the end around the circle and 
>> pull it super tight.  For good measure, I generally make this circle 
>> double.  It sure looks better when I do it this way than when I use 
>> cardboard or plastic and have to hold and cut without this little crutch.
>>
>> Ramona
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisamaria Martinez" 
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>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Pom-poms
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>>
>>> Ooooh, Jill/Joyce. Great idea about slipping a piece of yarn under the
>>> gathering of yarn that is wrapped around cardboard, or your phone, or
>>> a deck of cards or whatever. I always have a hard time tying the yarn
>>> around the middle after I slip the scissors under and clip. But, if I
>>> tie first and then snip ...
>>>
>>> Also, what really is the difference between a tassle and a pom pom? I
>>> would presume to think that a tassle has longer strands.
>>>
>>> All this talk makes me want to try a pom pom ... but on my new nifty
>>> pom pom maker.
>>>
>>> LM
>>>
>>> On 11/20/12, Ramona Walhof <ramona.walhof at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Joanne's has about four sizes of pom-pom makers.  They don't have very 
>>>> good
>>>>
>>>> instructions, but once you figure it out, theymake terific pom-poms.  I
>>>> might be able to explain it if you had one in your hand, but there is 
>>>> no
>>>> hope without that.  They cost five dollars and less.
>>>>
>>>> Ramona
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "greatful_n_happiness" <sober512 at earthlink.net>
>>>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:39 AM
>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Pom-poms
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone on here know of an easy way to describe to me how to make
>>>>> pom-poms?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried one last night with poor success.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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