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Pompomania
Liquorice Allsorts are in my Top Five Sweets Of All Time. The yellow or pink coconut rolls are my faves. Guess what?! You can buy packets of just those ones. They should be called Liquorice Sorts.

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To make the nasty blue one (the one that gets left in the packet until you are desperate for something to eat) wind three shades of blue yarn together across 
a 3.5cm (1 ⅜in) maker.

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  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 1
    Step 1

    Wind 20 wraps of black at centre of one half of a 3.5cm (1 ⅜ in) maker, creating a wedge.


  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 2
    Step 2

    Wind 30 wraps of citron (or fondant) on both sides of black wedge.

  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 3
    Step 3

    Wind 30 wraps of citron evenly over entire maker. Fill other half of maker with citron. Complete and remove from maker.


  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 4
    Step 4

    With black spot top and bottom, trim pompom into a neat round, then trim top and base into a slightly flatter shape.

  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 5
    Step 5

    TO MAKE THE PRETTY STRIPEY ALLSORT
    The most common of the Allsort family, this three-layer delicacy comes in various colourways but always with a centre liquorice stripe.

    Wind 60 wraps of white 3 on a 3.5cm (1 ⅜in) maker, leaving far edges empty. Wind 30 wraps of black, filling gaps at edges.


  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 6
    Step 6

    Repeat on other half
of maker using walnut (or fondant or aster) and black. Complete and remove from maker.


  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 7
    Step 7

    Flatten pompom with white and walnut top and bottom. Trim sides into a square. Trim top and base into a flatter shape.

  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 8
    Step 8

    TO MAKE THE SUPER-SIZE ALLSORT
    You do not get many of these Allsorts per pack, but it is the sweetie that everyone wants as it is simply massive.

    Wind 75 wraps of white on a 5.5cm (2 ⅛ in) maker, stopping before both edges. Wind 50 wraps of black, filling half of empty gaps at both edges.


  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 9
    Step 9

    Wind 30 wraps of pink over black, filling in rest of empty spaces on both sides. Repeat on other half of maker. Complete and remove from maker.


  • How to make a pom poms. Liquorice Allsorts Pompoms - Step 10
    Step 10

    Flatten pompom with white top and bottom. Trim sides into a square. Trim top and base into a flatter shape.

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Tara Gypsy Apples
Tara Gypsy Apples · Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, ZA · 41 projects
Oh my god I am so excited about this!!!! Happy
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