Do-it-yourself blanket of pompons

Things made from yarn look incredibly cozy and warm, just looking at them gives you a great desire to touch them. In this article we will describe in detail how to make an unusually beautiful, fluffy and soft plaid of pompons with your own hands. Such a wonderful blanket will be a wonderful gift for a newborn from a loving mother, grandmother, sister or aunt. The baby in it will be comfortable and warm, he will feel protected. And adults will certainly appreciate the convenience of such a little thing.

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How to choose threads for a plaid from pompons?

If you decide to make a blanket of pompons with your own hands, then pay as much attention as possible to the choice of yarn - it should be soft and soft:

• Perfect for this one hundred percent acrylic.
• If the child is not prone to allergies, then you can give preference to wool or wool, but it is important to check that the threads are not pricked.

In the master class, which we will consider later, uses acrylic yarn:

• three skeins of peach color;
• five skeins of white thread with multi-colored veins.

Why is it necessary to use just a few shades? This approach will greatly simplify the work, you do not have to calculate the number of cut threads in the process of forming pompons. Eight skeins is enough to make a blanket measuring 1.5 by 1 m.

Important! Products for newborns can be made smaller, respectively - the amount of yarn will decrease.

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How to make a frame for making a plaid?

The most important preparatory stage is considered to be the manufacture of the framework, as a rule, this work is assigned to the men's shoulders. To make a plaid, you will need a sheet of plywood or a wooden frame, along its perimeter you need to drive in carnations or screw in small screws at the same distance of 4 cm. Frame size - dimensions of the future product.

Important! But it’s better to make the frame a little larger, add a few centimeters in length and width, because when the yarn is removed, it will sit a little, since there will be no tension. To knit a plaid 1.5 to 1 m from pompons with a diameter of 4 cm, you need about 124 nails.

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We knit a blanket of pompons on our own

Now let's look at how to make a blanket of pompons with your own hands step by step to take into account every nuance, because if you miss something, you can negate all the work. Since you have already completed all the preparatory work - you bought the threads, the frame is ready, you can start knitting.

You will need to perform these steps in strict sequence.

Winding thread on the frame

The work is monotonous, but not too complicated:

1. Take the thread, tie it on a couple of knots, on a nail in the corner, gradually wind it on the frame with a snake: from top to bottom and back, moving from one to the other side.
2. As soon as you reach the opposite side, transfer the thread to an adjacent screw or carnation, then continue to wind in a horizontal direction.

Important! For a blanket 1.5 in 1 m in size, the number of nails in width will be 26 pieces in length, 36 pieces in length. At the same time, each row consists of 50 threads, in the places where they intersect, the number of threads will double, that is, at the intersection you will get 100 threads.

Winding is done like this:

• 30 rows of white thread;
• 20 rows of peach blossom;
• again 30 rows of the first color.

At the end of the winding, tightly tie the thread on the last nail.

Thread crossing dressing

Now it is time to do the most painstaking and difficult part of the work. It is necessary to bandage all intersections of threads with reliable strong knots so that the resulting pompons do not open in the future.

Important! Depending on your workload of household chores, it may take you several days to dress up. It’s better to find a good helper to finish the job faster.

Thread cutting

This is the most enjoyable and quickest step in making a blanket. It remains only to cut the threads to form beautiful and cute pompons:

• Remember that you wound the threads in layers, so you can carefully trim them without counting.
• Leave the first layer intact, about one third of the wound yarn (30 threads of white yarn with colored splashes), carefully cut the rest right in the middle between the intersections.
• Lastly, cut the threads around the edges so that the product is well fixed until the end of all work.

As a result, brushes are formed at the edges after trimming.

The blanket is ready! Due to the fact that the pompons are well interconnected, it will turn out to be gentle, soft and warm. Knit such a plaid with your own hands from yarn is the strength of any mom. If you slightly increase the parameters of the product, then you can even cover them with a crib. Such chic bedspreads can decorate a sofa or chair.

Important! Guided by the given master class, you can create various trinkets for decor or clothes, pillowcases, wraps, rugs and even scarves.

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Knitting a baby blanket from pompom yarn

If you don’t have free time, but you still want to please loved ones with such a charming gift, you can try knitting a blanket of pompons with your own hands from special yarn. It is enough at least at the initial level to own knitting needles. To make a square blanket measuring 75 by 75 cm, buy 4 skeins of acrylic threads with pompons, each weighing 100 grams. Products made of three-color yarn look quite beautiful.

Perform work using the following technology:

1. Weaving is carried out with circular knitting at number 3. First, dial 60 loops, crossing the threads from the broach manually and putting them on the knitting needles. Next, alternate the front and back rows. Do not remove the edge loop, knit it, stretching the second loop through it.
2. In the process of weaving, the pompons will be between the loops, forming a soft dense knit. If knit only with front loops, then the plaid will turn out double-sided, but too loose.
3. Close the last row with a crochet. With knitting needles, knit the first loop of the front, transfer it to the hook, then grab the working thread, make an air loop from it. Then remove the loop from the knitting needle and pull it into the air loop.
4. To the very end of knitting, alternate the loops: one - knit from the working thread, the second - remove from the knitting needle.

Fuse the ends of the synthetic yarn with a burning match, the product is ready!

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You see, how to make a plaid of pom-poms with your own hands is easy and simple, and each needlewoman will be able to choose a suitable manufacturing method, taking into account her abilities, amount of free time and other important factors.