Fantasy Pom-pom Animals with Pipe Cleaners decorated with Felt and Silk Clay
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These animals have an acrylic yarn pom-pom body and arms and legs made from pipe cleaners. The ears etc. are made from cut-out pieces of felt. The eyes, nose, paws etc. are modelled from Silk Clay and dried. Then all the small items are glued on.
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How to do it
1 Cut a piece of yarn to your chosen length and double it over. This is to be used for hanging the pom-pom animal and for tying the pom-pom at the end. Place this doubled-over piece of yarn on the tool as illustrated. Now wind the yarn from the ball approx. 100 times around the widest of the two forks of the tool. (NB: this tool enables you to make pom-poms in two different sizes, dictated by the narrow or wide fork).
2 Tie the doubled-over piece of yarn tightly around the wound bundle of wool. A TIP: You may insert pipe cleaners (long limbs) and tie them to the pom-pom at this stage. Alternately, wait until step 6.
3 Cut the yarn open on one side of the tool. The tool has a deep groove all the way around to allow room for the blade of the scissors.
4 Tighten the doubled-over piece of yarn again and cut the yarn open on the other side of the tool. Tighten one more time and finish with a couple of
double knots.
5 Trim the pom-pom to make it as round as possible. Leave the yarn loop for hanging and cut off the other two yarn ends.
6 Limbs for the figure: Push pipe cleaners into and through the pom-pom, according to your taste.
7 Cut ears etc. from felt according to your taste.
8 Glue the felt parts onto the figure.
9 Model eyes, nose etc. from Silk Clay according to your taste. Leave to dry and then glue onto the figure
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