Pom-Poms

[atherleisure]

I've been avoiding the pom-poms on the 1860 knitted rigolette for how long now? Anyway while my computer was computing yesterday and I was keeping an eye on it, I finally sewed the two dozen I had finished to the rigolette.



That actually inspired me to make the rest of the pom-poms yesterday. I made about 130 more so I should have a few extras in case there's a problem with any of them. Here they are before cutting them apart - almost two yards of yarn bundled every half-inch.



It took almost two hours to tie all those little threads.

Now I need to steam them and attach them to the rigolette. I don't know whether I'll work on that or the mantua petticoat tonight, but I do know the rigolette will be finished before I start the 1897 dress I'm making next.

Comments

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Looks great! Just curious, how do you keep the pompoms suspended on the thread?

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

I wrapped the thread around the pom-pom binding twice. I started by doing it once, and they wouldn't slide by themselves but were easy to slide with the hand. Wrapping twice and pulling up the slack in the wraps made them so that they're hard to move by hand. They'll still slide a little because the silk cord is so slick, but they're not going anywhere by accident. The pattern says to knot the cord, but I couldn't see how to knot it with a big enough knot to keep the center of the pom-pom from being able to slide over the knot so wrapping it was.