How-to fix a pom-pom

If your dog rips the pom-pom off your favorite hat, don't panic. In most cases, you can fix it. The first thing you want to do is pick up all of the pieces. It's better to use what you have then to buy yarn and make a new pom-pom. The reason for this is that yarn can be pretty expensive and you want your hat to look like it did before your dog decided it was a new chew toy.

Once you pick up all the loose pieces of the pom-pom you will then remove the remaining pieces that are still attached to the hat.

Unfortunately, some pieces of the yarn are no longer salvageable. Luckily, this only looks like two pieces of yarn which shouldn't affect the look of the pom-pom.

This is what you have after removing the remaining pieces of yarn from the hat. You should have one to two longer pieces of yarn. These pieces were used to tie the shorter pieces of yarn together and attach it to the hat.

Lay out the long piece of yarn vertically and start laying the shorter pieces over-the-top horizontally.

Try to keep them altogether and stack them nice and high. This will make it easier when you tie them together.

Once you are done, tie the two longer pieces together over the center of the shorter pieces. Don't pull the yarn too tight because you don't want it to break. Double knot.

Your pom-pom should look like this.

I added this next step because no matter how well your knot is tied, you will always be able to pull the shorter pieces from the pom-pom pretty easily. This will make it a little more durable. 

Thread embroidery floss through a large needle and poke through the pom-pom being careful not to catch any of the pom-pom pieces. You want to only go through the center part that you tied together. This will make the embroidery floss unnoticeable.

Go through the pom-pom a few times in all directions, parting the shorter pieces to ensure you're not pulling the needle through them. Tie off the embroidery floss.

While holding the longer pieces, shake the pom-pom to fluff it out and trim any pieces that stick out too far. Do not over cut, it will never be perfect and you want to keep the pom-pom nice and full. You are only trimming the few pieces of yarn that are not quite even.

Thread the two long pieces of yarn on a needle.

Attach pom-pom to the top of the hat. Be careful not to pierce through the yarn, just go under the yarn stitch. Repeat a few times then knot the yarn and pull through the pom-pom and trim any excess.

Good as new 👍 I hope you find this how-to helpful in fixing your pom-poms! Now, it's time for all of us to hide our hats from our dogs!