~MNN's Yarn Perfume Puff Rehair Tutorial~[Picture Heavy]

[SpookyTrees]

Wow this is is amazing!!! I knit and crochet thus have a lot of yarn lying around. Will totally be trying this!

[achab1984]

That is so cool! I was wonder how they were done!

[MonstarNomNom]

I am so glad everyone liked the tutorial! I hope I wasn't too vague. ^^' I did add to it that you should use 100% acrylic yarn since I forgot :3

Artemesia Floc: She is so adorable! I just love Cotton Candys with white hair. I need one for my own army :3

Moony: That fox tail sounds heavenly! Could probably double as a nice pillow ;D

FainneRoisin: Awww you are too sweet! I am so glad you like them

4Lindy: Yay! I am so glad you are going to give some of them a new home

Miss Violet: No problem! I am so glad you liked it. I hope to see some PP rehairs from you in the future

minercia: Thanks so much! I bet that would look so super cute :3 I just love pastel rainbow. If I ever get a rainbow baby that needs new hair that might be just what I do with it

wyndeboo: I am not so sure to be honest. Haha! Any kind of slicker brush from a pet store should work Combs work great too!

Thrice: I would love to see if you do end up trying :3

squishy turdl: Yay! I am so happy you like it and found it to be helpful

gemini_pony: I must see when you finish!

Ivaness: You will get the hang of it! It gets a lot easier the more you do it ^^

SpookyTrees: I must see when you try it!

avene1984: I am so glad you liked it!

[MiRaja]

I always enjoy tutorials!  It's so interesting that Perfume Puff can be managed in so many different ways!  My own technique is a bit different, I don't even use normal MLP rehairing tools!  The hardest part for me is always trying not to overload the needle and crack plugs.  Pretty good now, can do most ponies without a cracked plug, or if I do, it's one cracked plug and it's because I totes thought I could get away with packing one more plug!    Your technique definitely makes it easier to measure out plugs.  I actually pull the yarn apart before rooting it, and make it fluffy first before rooting it.  I also don't glue.  There's no need.  The yarn sort of swells up in the plug and it works just dandy like that. 

Psssst, you should try a 2nd set Princess pony.  I don't know why, but their plastic is the most 'Goldilocks,' plastic ever.  I've done several Moondusts and a Taffeta and the amount of hair I can pack onto my tool and root with is ridiculous and they don't crack or split.  I only split one plug on one of the Moondust's I had, and it was more because I had already rerooted her once, and was redoing her, and I was using a thick, Japanese kinkoma embroidery thread to redo her tinsel forelock. 

[Colorscapesart]

Adding this to the Arena tutorials, great work!

[Wardah]

What size needle is that?

[PinkiePosh]

I'd like to add to this: You can just buy white yarn and dye it any color, even ombre! Saves money. Loved the pics and tutorial!

[MonstarNomNom]

MiRaja: Oh my goodness your method sounds like it needs so much more patience than I can ever be capable of. Haha So many props to you! I have anyway been curious, does brushing it out before or after putting into the plug make a difference? If I do ever get a 2nd set princess that needs rehairing you can bet I will! Finding ponies with haircuts seems very rough these days. lol I have been looking around to not much avail.

CSA: Thanks so much! What an honor!

Wardah: To be honest, I have no idea. Haha I think it came out of a variety pack of sizes I bought a long time ago. Needles with bigger eyes do work best

PinkiePony: Cool suggestion! So happy you liked the tutorial

[MiRaja]

MiRaja: Oh my goodness your method sounds like it needs so much more patience than I can ever be capable of. Haha So many props to you! I have anyway been curious, does brushing it out before or after putting into the plug make a difference? If I do ever get a 2nd set princess that needs rehairing you can bet I will! Finding ponies with haircuts seems very rough these days. lol I have been looking around to not much avail.

It *is* getting harder to find bait ponies with chopped up hair.  I bought a Moondust the other week for the plans of rehairing, and backround was black, but I swear to you it looked like she was missing most of her hair!  So, I thought yay!  She comes in, she has a full head of hair!  AND BRIGHT PINK AND THICK.  The heck?!  Like I can chop that off!  Sheesh, no! 

I don't actually brush mine out, I pick it and pull it apart, and the acrylic+yarn blends pull apart really quickly.  I assembly line it by making about 20 or so plugs worth of yarn in about 2 minutes then go to town.  I think it still takes less time than a rehair with normal nylon fiber her, but I dunno.  If I could make the SE meet this year ( yeah, miracle please, long as it's not leaving me without a job ) we could totes geek over some perfume puff rehairing stuff!  I don't know if it makes much of a difference either way, maybe a slight difference in texture? 

Oh!  If you get bored, I totes suggest trying to flat iron one of your creations.  ;3  Start low and work your way up, it makes a really cool effect.  Wouldn't want to do every PP like so, but it's fun to try.  :3 

[MonstarNomNom]

Oh no I hate when that happens! Excitement for a bad hair pony then it arrives and the hair is just fine. It's the worst! Sounds like you got a lovely Moondust out of the mishap though ;D

Oh wow I would have to observe that in order to figure it out I think xD I am so used to brushing it! I will be honest and say I can't stand rehairing with normal nylon. The hairs that get everywhere drive me absolutely nut balls. Lol I am going to be crossing my fingers and toes that you can make it by some chance of a miracle ;D (likewise that does not leave you jobless. Lol)

Oh yeah I think I remember seeing a tutorial on that a while ago. I will have to try it one of these days ;D
Also we should totally do a PP rehair trade. Just sayin'. Lol xD

[cloverofmist]

My son and I have tried your method and he totally loves it and I like it and believe its much faster than re hairing with nylon hair..

Thanks for sharing your method with us

[MonstarNomNom]

My son and I have tried your method and he totally loves it and I like it and believe its much faster than re hairing with nylon hair..

Thanks for sharing your method with us

You should post pictures! I would love to see what you and your son came up with I am so glad you like it! I think these rehairs are a blast to make :3

[MiRaja]

Oh no I hate when that happens! Excitement for a bad hair pony then it arrives and the hair is just fine. It's the worst! Sounds like you got a lovely Moondust out of the mishap though ;D

Oh wow I would have to observe that in order to figure it out I think xD I am so used to brushing it! I will be honest and say I can't stand rehairing with normal nylon. The hairs that get everywhere drive me absolutely nut balls. Lol I am going to be crossing my fingers and toes that you can make it by some chance of a miracle ;D (likewise that does not leave you jobless. Lol)

Oh yeah I think I remember seeing a tutorial on that a while ago. I will have to try it one of these days ;D
Also we should totally do a PP rehair trade. Just sayin'. Lol xD

Moondust has kind of a baity body despite her super nice hair!  That's the funny thing of it all!    Busted medallion and lots of permanent marks! 

I found a trick that makes rehairing nylon at least bearable, and that's spritzing it with water.  It won't run away as bad.  Still, the new nylon is hardly as good as the old stuff.  My bunko needles seem to tear it and snap it when I rehair with it, though I've reused good G1 hair ( tails out of bait ponies ) to rehair a couple to wingers and to do an exact match on a German Bluebell, and that stuff didn't snap! 

And I will be looking for a job on Monday.  Today was horrendous, just a lot of things building up for the worse.  The place is fabulous money but the owner is seriously anal retentive to say the least, so we'll see where that goes.  It got so bad, one server walked out tonight, and he sent another one home, who is his DAUGHTER. 

Oi, but a trade sounds lovely! <3 

[Prideth]

This is fantastic.  I'm going to have to give this a shot some day.  Thanks MNN!

[carlabarla]

I have a bright glow with horrible hair but beautiful body, this would be fun to try on her. Thanks for the tutorial!