yarn puffs

Step 5 Step 05. Trimming

Start at the edges, and begin trimming the shaggy puff down. You'll feel like you are just hacking away at it for awhile, but have patience, and you'll start to see it become more puff-like. (It's kind of like giving someone a haircut - cut slowly, in small increments.) Depending on how much yarn you've used, the consistency of the yarn itself, and the radius of the object you've cast around, your puff ball will already have a predetermined optimum diameter that it will look its best at. Make sure to take breaks between trimming and fluff the whole thing up so you are giving it an even trim. When you are done trimming, you should more or less have a puff as shown.