Embroidery floss for rehair?

[DancerKim82]

Ok, so I have used yarn and I love it! Its perfect for small children. I was wanting to make some with embroidery or crochet thread/floss and wondered if I could get some input.


what types work the best, and I guess my biggest question is ~ does it unravel easily? how do I keep it from doing this, should I seal the ends somehow?


Thanks everyone!

Post Merge: February 15, 2012, 05:32:03 PM

Oh, and may I please see some pics??

[pop-girl]

BluePegasus uses embroidery floss in all of her customs.
Here are links to some of her ponies...
http://bluepegasus.deviantart.com/art/Dream-Castle-Pony-110451067?q=gallery%3Abluepegasus%2F2104270&qo=73

http://bluepegasus.deviantart.com/art/Ema-for-Ebethalan-144753036?q=gallery%3Abluepegasus%2F2104270&qo=46

http://bluepegasus.deviantart.com/art/Pastoral-Symphony-Pony-137148222?q=gallery%3Abluepegasus%2F2104270&qo=48

http://bluepegasus.deviantart.com/art/Bunne-114107221?q=gallery%3Abluepegasus%2F2104270&qo=67

I'm almost positive she would unravel it on purpose once she was done with the rehair but I'm not 100% sure.

[NoDivision]

embroidery floss unravels on its own pretty easily, especially with handling like combing the ponies hair. If you want it to stay put, I think you'd need to seal the ends.

[murbella64]

I know that she uses metallic tapestry thread because I am the proud owner of one of her ponies.  You don't have to seal the ends of that, it will stay put because of how they integrate the metallic fiber.

[ZennaBug]

I think of BluePeg when I hear embroidery hair.  I've never tried it, personally.

[StrawberryMeadow]

those customs are beautiful! Really really stunning. Might have to try some of that in my test/learning customs to see if I can do it! 

[kCherry]

Here is my BluePeg custom; she's the lavender pony on the left She has cool hair!

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I have used metallic embroidery thread in place of tinsel, but I've never done a full mane or tail with it... yet..

Here are a couple of my babies accented in metallics,

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[TwistedRainbow]

i use this
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[DancerKim82]

those are all awesome! thanks for sharing with me!
twistedrainbow~ how thick are the strands? (sorry I know nothing about embroidery floss) I have looked at some in the store but it seems the finer strands would unravel easier, or maybe you want them to...? Like I said aside from nylon hair, the only other thing I have used is yarn, but im trying to venture into the unknown here...LOL

[ZettaMomo]

I used basically the type of embroidery floss that TwistedRainbow has used for her customs. I have it all over the house so I used it for one of my first projects. I try not to brush mine all the time, but unless it is a tightly braided kind of floss it will unravel even as you are rehairing the pony. If you are worried about that you could just put a little dab of glue on the ends?

Here is my Embroidery Thread girl
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