Pompoms and Bendy Straws

Pompoms... are not as easy to make if you don't watch the entire video. The first one I made was for the Easter Egg Garland, and it was a lopsided mess that fell apart as soon as I picked it up. OY. So, when they tell you to watch the video, don't get uppity and think you can figure it out by watching it and only paying half the attention. You should probably be humble and watch the video. Brought down by yarn! I learned my lesson.

The second lesson I learned was that bendy straws will, well, bend when they are trying to hold up a heavy yarn pompom. Who would have thought of yarn as heavy, right? Well, it is for bendy straws. You can see the picture of that here. This one didn't make me curse; it just made me laugh because it drooped so funnily. I wish I could have come up with a reason to need pompoms on a straw at an angle. I replaced the bendy straws with paper straws and problem SOLVED.

Two lessons to put me in my crafter's place, brought on by yarn and bendy straws.