Trimming Fringe

To straighten fringe before trimming, comb it out using a wide tooth hair pick type of comb.

Fringe

If you are adding fringe to a poncho, afghan or a scarf or whatever your project is, here’s an easy way to cut even lengths of yarn. Cut an empty paper towel tube to the length of fringe that you need (mark the tube length the future use). Then cut a 1" length-wise wedge out of the tube. Wrap your yarn end-to-end around the tube. The curve will keep your yarn from sliding out or off the edges. Cut the ends of the wrapped strands and you’ll have the proper length of fringe. You can store several different lengths of tubes inside each other so you always have the right length to cut fringe.

Attaching Fringe

To attach fringe, use a latch hook tool (like the ones that come with latch hook rug kits). It will pull the yarn through the hole smoothly and not split your yarn.