Guess what I made the these with... that's right, my clover heart pom pom maker! (See, I told you it was a grand invention!) Well, actually, I only made the big chickens with it; the little chicken is made with a regular small pom pom maker. They came out so darling... I even made a blue cojiro chicken (from Zelda: Ocarina of time) for my sister and she loooooves him! I love playing all the Zelda games in Nintendo's franchise, but the first one, The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time had this blue chicken named Cojiro that you had to trade for a broken saw. I always wanted to keep Cojiro... forget that stupid saw! I'd much rather have a blue chicken! Anyway, it was kinda vital to the game, so I'd end up trading him away... well, no more! Cojiro is mine forever!You can bet I'll be making more of these for my shop....er.... sometime. P.S. Thanks for all the recent love guys; hearing from you always makes me smile :D
OH I love them both!!! SO sweet!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, these are the cutest chickens ever! Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to turn a pompon into a chicken!
ReplyDeleteThey are all very cute! Cluck-cluck!
So I've been trying to figure out -- like forever now -- how do you get the plastic eyes to stay on the pop-pom? Are you using beads or the safety eyes with shanks? Do you sew them on? Please tell!
ReplyDeleteCojiro is KILLING me! My brother and I were way into the same game. And I always wanted to keep him too!
ReplyDeleteBLUE CHICKENS ARE AMAZING!!!
ReplyDeleteHope you hade a wonderful weekend Holly :^)
Much love from Pittsburgh PA
~Rebecca
Yay, glad you guys like them! Itsy Bitsy Spider, I had that problem too in the very beginning when I started making pom poms... I figured out that I was making my pom poms with too little yarn (you really have to load it up... to the point where it almost won't close. Then, as you trim the pom pom, the yarn becomes closer together and more packed, making a flatter surface for the eyes; I use hot glue. I'm using round half bead eyes with a flat back (like a cabachon) although that Japanese pom pom book I have has tiny little eyes with a post in the back... I have no idea where to get those though! If you have a really thick pom pom it should help; make sure you push the eye into the yarn! Hope this helps :D
ReplyDeleteSooo cute - ur so talented Holly! What a great use of the heart pompom maker! Cojiro is so sweet - u should make him a little baby blue chick friend! : ) BittyBobbin <3
ReplyDeleteNow THAT is just plain adorable!!!
ReplyDeletewow... thanks so much for the info.... off to try making a REALLY REALLY fluffy pom-pom right now!
ReplyDeleteBy the way -- the smallest post eyes I've ever used are 6mm. My favorite seller is 6060 from Etsy -- her shop says she carries 3-6mm but it looks like she only has 4.5-6mm listed. She's really quick if you convo her though and she often has a lot more in stock than what you see on her etsy site
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to the 3-6mm eye section ==> http://www.etsy.com/shop/6060?section_id=5298685
ur really talented!!!! Those are sooooo cute!!! I want to try them with my mom (im in middle school) but I bet they're too hard.
ReplyDeleteit is very nice pom pom, have you the tutorilal how to make this pom pom?
ReplyDeleteI don't have a tutorial, but I used this:
Deletehttp://berrysprite.blogspot.com/2010/05/clover-heart-pom-pom-maker.html
It comes with instructions :D