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Posted by Pam (Dragonfly) on August 27, 2009, 10:17 pm
On Aug 27, 2:16=A0pm, "Leslie& The Furbabies in MO."
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> First of all- why the #$%@&$ can't yard be sold in balls rather than mess=
ed
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> up/knotted up skeins????
> Whew! =A0Glad to get that off my chest! =A0Now my project- I am making a =
costume
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> for the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz for a local theater group. =
=A0I am
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> working on the mane. =A0I want 6 in. lengths of brown yard stitched down =
in
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> horizontal rows on the hood that will be the costume's head covering. =A0=
I got
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> as far as neatly wrapping the yarn down the length of my 6 X 12 in. ruler=
- a
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> single layer deep. =A0Now I need to get it off the ruler and stitch it to=
the
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> costume's hood/head covering.
> Should I cut the yarn at one or both edges of my 6 in. ruler? =A0I could =
cut
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> one edge and have it folded in half to make it 6 in. long or cut both edg=
es
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> and have 6 in. pieces. =A0How do I keep it from getting all wonky as it c=
omes
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> off the ruler? =A0Can I somehow stitch it in a long row before it comes o=
ff
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> the ruler? =A0Should I stitch the yarn to a narrow piece of fabric then s=
titch
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> the narrow piece of fabric to the hood?
> HELP! =A0My brain is on overload from doing the poppy costume prototype a=
nd I
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> can't think any more!
> Leslie & The Furbabies- wandering lost in OZ
When I did this to make a "Randolf the Wizard" beard for a LOTR spoof
play a couple of years ago, I cut it down one side, laid them out flat
right next to each other, and stitched down the middle to catch them
all. Then fold those over to one side, and lay out another row, with
the stitching a half inch or so away from where the first row of
stitching was. (Did that explanation make sense?)
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yarn laid out
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|||||||||||||||| <yarn folded down so it's all going one way
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| | | | | | | | <next row of yarn laid out, ready to stitch.
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final look:
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Pam (Dragonfly)
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