Pom-pon#Clothing

As the regional or the Bommel ( also Plümmel, Bolle, Boppel ) or Pompon (from the French ) refers to a manufactured from wool or cotton yarns Posament that serves as costume jewelery. A bobble is usually round as a ball.

In an elongated brush-like shape is called instead of tassel or tassel.

Use

Pompons serve the embellishment, but can also be used as a handle to hat or zippers. In Germany, the bobble hat with bobble is particularly popular with children and adolescents. As a fashion accessory it gives, depending on the shape and usage rather original, rustic or traditional costume similar impressions.

Some traditional garments are provided with many small pompoms or tassels. In costumes small bobbles are often attached in large numbers to cloths that are worn on the head or hung around the upper body. The Mediterranean Mandili example is a black geklöppeltes headscarf that is usually worn by women widows. The tassels symbolize the tears of the woman, and for every deceased relatives in the extended family are sewn new.

For use in uniforms see ( uniform) Pompon.

Production

A Bommel can be made ​​by hand in different ways and has at its core usually a node that is made up of many threads or holds them together, then hang out as fringe. If the surface of the bobble be completely covered with fringe, additional threads are often sewn or engraved in the nodes.