Pom-pom Flowers on Bonsai Wire Stalks

1 Cut a piece of yarn to your chosen length and double it over. This is to be used 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.

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. The stalk: Cut a piece of bonsai wire to your chosen length and wrap green florist tape around the wire. Push the finished stalk into the pom-pom.

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