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Published: 2011-05-12 07:18:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 34260; Favourites: 299; Downloads: 96
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UPDATED WITH BETTER PICTURES YAY!This tutorial is for a single tuft of fur and you will likely need several to complete any given project.
This process is very time consuming but worth it if you want 100% customization of colors in your fur.
For information about my tails please see my website at
ziakiyarntails.webs.com
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Love this tutorial. What you would suggest on out to, and what to make out of, for the core?
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If you're making a big tail, I suggest a four braided base (made out of yarn, nothing else). For a medium tail, a loose, but kinda tight triple braid. For a feline tail or just a tight one, a really tight triple braid. Hoped this helped, and sorry for the late reply!
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If it's acrylic, wouldn't the yarn melt or something from the straightener? I was just worried about that. Would any yarn melt from it? Or are they all generally fine and won't?
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Well, it depends how long you leave it under the heat. Hopes this helps and sorry for the late reply!
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If you are using a high quality acrylic yarn it will not melt. Acrylic doesn't neccesarily mean plastic it just means it didn't get shaved off of a live animal.
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No, acrylics are definitely kinds of synthetic plastics, but just because they are plastics doesn't mean they have a super low melting point.
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Some cheaper brands definitely do.
I highly suggest to people getting into yarn tails to try out a little bit of each brand that is available to them and find out what works best for you.
I've been doing yarn tails for over 3 years I can say with experience
1. Redheart has melted, crinkled, matted on me.
2. One Pound saver bundles of Caron come out rough and dull, regular caron simply soft is ok in a pinch but sometimes comes out choppy.
3. Some varieties of Lionbrand do not brush out to a nice tip but instead brush out to a flat tip that ends up making your tail look choppy.
Bernat and I Love This Yarn seem to be the best I've come across so far.
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I've made a few yarn tails. And Red heart yarn if you willing to take out the time to do extra brushing comes out alright. When it comes down to flat ironing it it's best to to not over due it I've never had the yarn melt on me or anything like that before. You have to like really really really over due it for that...It doesn't come out as silky but yeah if your looking for something to do like first time wise or a cheap solution it works. But this is not the kind of yarn you can take short cuts with...I learned that with my very first yarn tail. Here is my second yarn I had did using ALL red hear yarn..it took time and alot of brushing. Red red heart yarn is the easiest to brush but Light pink is one of the HARDEST to brush out. Don't ask me why it just is what it is. It's a 1ft long tail red backside, light pink sides and one Hot pink stripe down the middle.
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That's some valuable information there, thank you!
Which varieties of Bernat yarn do you usually favor?
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I haven't bought any in a while so unfortunately I don't know off the top of my head. Next time I go to the store I'll have a look.
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I read through your website yesterday and I think I found something about it in there, but I don't remember what it said, and I can't seem to find it again today. XD
Glancing through their products on their website the Bernat Satin looks promising.
Edit: Oh, what I read wasn't on your website, it was right here on this tutorial. XD You mentioned Caron Simply Soft up there.
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Yea Caron is ok in a pinch but sometimes comes out choppy.
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I bet that could be fixed with careful use of a hair trimming razor, but it would be more worthwhile to start with a better yarn.
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Oh, good! ^w^ Fantastic! Thank you!
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Out of curiosity, why would you choose to use yarn instead of fake hair like kanekelon? Is it just for accessibility to materials?
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I wouldn't in a million years work with fake hair. It's ridiculously expensive and a pain to work with.
Yarn (assuming high quality here) comes out very realistic, soft, and shiny and is very easy to work with and create custom blends.
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This didn't really help... I followed your steps, used the brand called Brenta, and I ended up with a fluff the size of my thumbnail. Any suggestions?
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Are you using acrylic yarn?
The only time I've had this happen to me is when i've tried to use cotton. It just fell apart.
You have to use a high quality acrylic yarn or wool works well for a more natural texture.
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Yea, I am.
I'm using Lion Brand right now, and I finally got it to work, although it's fragile and falls apart easily.
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it's true you cant sew it to strechy material ( unless you leave alot of slack in the thread. but if you hot glue the bundles the fabric will still stretch.
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hummm.. i did the same thing but with a curling iron (don't have a straighter) but i didn't do the brush thing.. i by hand unwrapped the yarn i might have to do the brush next time
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I imagine it takes quite a long time to unravel each one by hand >_<
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I JUST bought Red heart black yarn. I cant afford a diff kind ;-; Can I just put my straightner on realllyyy low?
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Did the Red Heart work for you?
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If you already have the yarn and you can't take it back you might as well try.
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I love that yarn too, but I hate the price and how far away my hobby lobby is :<
Yay for Caron Simply Soft being on clearance the other day ($200 of yarn later...)
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And the yarn doesn't melt? Kind of think it would ((well, okay Edge, of course not, look up there....ahahahaa)) but do you use a low heat setting?
Also, I'm planning on doing this to a pair of my leggings so I can....well, basically to see if I can do it....would this be washable or not?
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It won't melt if you use a good quality yarn (read don't use Red Heart).
I use different heat settings depending on how thick the tuft of fur is and how thick the yarn it'self is. I've had my hair straightener turned all the way up and never had anything melt on me.
Yarn fur is NOT washable in the sense of throwing it in the wash machine. If you do that it will mat and clump up beyond repair. You can spot clean with a damp towel and you can brush it.
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Okay, thank you! I'll have to buy some more yarn, then, since alot of mine is Red Heart, lol.
I figured it might, so I'm glad I didn't try it. XD Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! You really are talented at what you do.
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Thank you much. I appreciate that.
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i can't sew even if my life depended on it.....
I'm currently making a half fursuit. I'm going to be using this tehnique for the big areas because I can't afford fur....
do you think gluing it on would still work? and also, wouldn't you be able to feel bumps where the knots are?
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You can feel the knots through the fur. When I use it on tails it makes the tails feel like theirs an actual tail bone in there so it's kind of neat. I've never tried using it on anything else though.
Another technique you could use to make your own faux fur is to get a large latch hook grid and latch hook the yarn onto it very very tightly in the pattern that you want and then iron (dry iron) / brush it out.
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oh okay lolz.
ill try it thanks ^^
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Idecided to try this but I didnt have a slicker brush so I painstakingly went through and pulled apart the fibers. *sigh* it took forever. I never thought of the straightener until I saw this. It makes it look so much nicer than if you just left it. thank you so much for this tutorial
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No problem. I'm glad it helped. Slicker brush is definitely worth it. You can get one for a few bucks at a pet store.
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Can you also use this to make fur-like doll hair?
great tutorial, btw!
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Yea probably. You would just use less yarn per tuft so that the knot is smaller. Then just sew it onto the base.
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Very good tutorial! But how do you attach it to a plush? That's what i'm having trouble with D:
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I glued it on. You need to be careful though, you can feel the knots.
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I've never tried attatching them to a plush since I mostly use them for tails.
However i'm sure you can do it the same way by just sewing them onto the base of your plushie at the knot.
Unfortunately you'd have to do this by hand and it can get pretty tedious.
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