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Materials Required:
AMERICAN THREAD
“AUNT LYDIA’S” HEAVY RUG YARN
3—70 yd. skeins White
2 yds. ¾ inch Pink Ribbon
Scraps Pink, Red and Black felt
Open skein, cut 1 end. Set aside 2 lengths for tying and 5 lengths for
tail.
BODY: Cut remainder of skein into 7 equal sections. Place each section
over the other. Take 1 tying strand, fold in half and tie firmly in
center, turn pompon and tie again. Shake pompon. Open 2nd skein, cut 1
end, then cut into 7 equal parts, and complete same as 1st pompon. Tie 2
pompons tog.
HEAD: Open 3rd skein, cut 1 end. Set aside 2 lengths for tying. Cut
remainder of skein into 5 inch sections. Place each section over the
other and complete same as large pompon leaving tying ends for leash.
Tie head and body pompons tog. Cut and trim into shape. Brush slightly
for fuzzy effect.
FACE: Using diagrams on page 35 cut eyes, whiskers and mouth from black
felt. Slash mouth, eyelashes and whiskers along indicated lines. Cut
tongue and nose from red felt. Cut ears from pink felt. Pleat ears along
straight edge. Glue features in place. Tie ribbon around neck. Fold tail
lengths in half and tie in place. Finish with ribbon bow. Tie leash ends
in bow.