Using a pair of sharp scissors begin to clip all of the formed loops. Pull the center yarn tightly and add a double knot to secure in place. To make longer garlands, you could try putting the clamps further apart (I haven't tried this myself) OR just make several shorter ones and tie them together. Tie a single knot and gently remove the wrapped yarn from the fork. Once you've pulled the garland off of the clamps, use the extra length of yarn (the tail) to space the pom poms out how you'd like. Prices reflect the discounted prices and is automatically applied during checkout. NOTE: The poms won't be perfectly round with this technique, so if you'd like to give them a haircut and shape them up a bit, do so before you remove the garland from the clamps. We are currently offering up to 30 off select breeds of puppies. You may have to move one of the clamps in a bit to make up for the loss of strand length, but no biggie. I couldnt get it out of my mind after I saw it so I. If you do accidentally cut the strand (like I did the first time I tried this technique) don't fret! Just remove the shorter half of the garland and tie the two cut ends of the garland strand back together. Anthorpologie was selling it for 39, which I thought was kind of crazy for some string and a few pom poms. Retie the garland strand to the clamp.Ĭontinue digging out the garland strand and cutting the yarn wraps in between the ties being VERY CAREFUL not to cut the garland strand until all the poms are cut. If you dont want to DIY your own (hard to believe. 1') and remove the scraggly bits from the clamp upright. Place the scissors so that you will cut through the yarn wraps right in the middle of the first two ties WITHOUT CUTTING THE GARLAND STRAND!Ĭut the outer side of the pom pom closest to the clamp the same length as the inner side (approx. Its perfect for hanging on or over a table at your next birthday party, a photo back. Once the garland strand is free, pull it taught while digging in between the first two tie offs FROM THE TOP until you find it and pull it up and away from the rest of the yarn wraps. This garland comes with 12 colorful pom poms strung and ready to hang. I show it the proper way in the video in Step 1. I know these photos show me doing it from the bottom, but as I explained in Step 3, the little pumpkins sit stem side up WAY more consistently once the pom poms are cut if the garland strand is just below the green stem yarn wraps instead of at the bottom. You're going to un-tape the long tail you started the wrap with and dig that same piece of yarn out FROM THE TOP of all the wraps and undo the single wrap you did around the clamp upright. Same length and construction as all other garlands, 210 cm with hanging loops at each end, waxed cotton string with 42 wool pompoms 3 and 2 cm alternatively. This is the only tricky-ish part of the process: Finding the piece of yarn that will become the garland strand.

Pom pom string garland