PHOTO TUTORIAL -- Yarn fiber rehairing! [VERY pic heavy!!]

[rosierjay]

i gotta keep track of this one!

[Sawkinator]

So do you have to straighten each plug individually? Or could you do a bunch at once without burning/melting the yarn?

[SilkSpun]

So do you have to straighten each plug individually? Or could you do a bunch at once without burning/melting the yarn?

You can straighten several at once, but then you usually wind up having to brush out/straighten over them a couple more times extra, anyway - if any fibers fold over or cover each other because you have a larger bunch, they don't get straight enough. It kind of winds up being the same amount of work either way!

[kaoskat]

This is awesome! Thanks for doing this!

[Peach]

Is there a way I tell if the yarn I have is acrylic or cotton/wool/alpaca?
Great tutorial by the way, thank you for sharing it

[SilkSpun]

Is there a way I tell if the yarn I have is acrylic or cotton/wool/alpaca?
Great tutorial by the way, thank you for sharing it

Had to look that up, but here you go! Maybe that'll help. I always keep my yarn labels tucked into my yarn balls (or obsessively catalog colors in a text file, heh).

Or if you just have NO idea, try brushing out and straightening a bit anyway - because hey, if it works, who cares what it is? Generally, if you brush it out and it frizzes instantly, loses a lot of fiber and gets really short, then doesn't straighten well at all, it's probably a natural blend.

[Peach]

Is there a way I tell if the yarn I have is acrylic or cotton/wool/alpaca?
Great tutorial by the way, thank you for sharing it

Had to look that up, but here you go! Maybe that'll help. I always keep my yarn labels tucked into my yarn balls (or obsessively catalog colors in a text file, heh).

Or if you just have NO idea, try brushing out and straightening a bit anyway - because hey, if it works, who cares what it is? Generally, if you brush it out and it frizzes instantly, loses a lot of fiber and gets really short, then doesn't straighten well at all, it's probably a natural blend.

Thanks a lot I'll just try it out!

[LadyDi]

So you're popping the hair in from the outside then. What's the tool you use?  It looks like a seam ripper.

[SilkSpun]

So you're popping the hair in from the outside then. What's the tool you use?  It looks like a seam ripper.

It's a rehair tool! I just made my own, but you can buy them from people online too. Mine is just an xacto blade handle, the tip is an embroidery needle with the eye cut at an angle. There are tutorials on youtube showing how it's used. It's a LOT faster than using the needle-and-thread method for me!

[LadyDi]

Thanks!  I felt kinda dumb asking cause you DID call it a rehair tool, but I'd never seen one before.   I have an embroidery needle.  hmm....off to make one LOL

I have a yarn rehair in progress.  I'll show you when it's done.  Thats for the inspiration

[Mirnyj]

Great tutorial, thanks! 

[LadyDi]

This is my girl so far you rock for posting this!

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[SilkSpun]

This is my girl so far you rock for posting this!

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OMG, SO FLUFFY. 

She looks great so far, I'm so glad you liked the tutorial! As a tip I think I forgot, once the glue is dry, you can get her hair more tame and sleek by giving her another brush-through all over, and if you want her hair to lay a certain way, get it wet in very hot water, smush it down, let it dry, then brush it out again.

[LadyDi]

OMG, SO FLUFFY. 

She looks great so far, I'm so glad you liked the tutorial! As a tip I think I forgot, once the glue is dry, you can get her hair more tame and sleek by giving her another brush-through all over, and if you want her hair to lay a certain way, get it wet in very hot water, smush it down, let it dry, then brush it out again.

Haha I know right?! The fluff is amazing! Thanks for the styling tips I'm hoping to tame it a little more after the glue dries.

[flutterwry]

This is my girl so far you rock for posting this!

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Holy cow, this is amazing! So this method DOES make perfect "floating" and show accurate Princess hair for Luna and Celestia...