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Meredith from One Sheepish Girl stopped by today to share this tutorial for making your own pom-poms, great for decorating hats, shoes, or even strung together on a necklace. Let us know how you’ll use yours in the comments below.

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1. Trace out a a circle on a piece of cardboard. The size of your circle will be the size of your pom pom. I used a measuring cup that was around the size I wanted to trace the circle.

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2. Cut out circle

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3. Draw a smaller circle within the circle.

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4. Cut out the little circle.

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5. Make a small “v” where you cut out the little circle to make the yarn easier to pull through. Repeat steps 1-5 to make a second circle.

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6. Hold the two circles together and wrap the yarn through the notch and around evenly around the sides of the circle.

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7. Wrap the yarn until the circle in the middle is filled in.

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8. Use a pair of scissors to cut the yarn between the two circles all the way around.

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9. Cut a length of yarn and tie a tight knot around the middle of the pom-pom. Bring the yarn around the other side and tie another, the tighter the better!

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10. Trim the pom pom to make it round and even.

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A big thank you to Meredith for sharing this tutorial with us, lets go pom-pom crazy!