I am LIVING for this video! The old fashioned video techniques, the hats! It's all too much! I love it!!
@TheLongHairedFlapper
Жыл бұрын
I’ve gotten a number of requests for a video on how I make my floofy-faux feathers, so here it is! I know there are some ethically-sourced feathers on the market, but these yarn “feathers” are a great alternative for those of us on a budget, are looking for a hard-to-find colour, suffer from feather allergies, vegans, or anyone who has had/has problems with moths and doesn’t want their hat feathers to be eaten away (which happened to me once with a vintage hat I had in storage and it was devastating!).
@leewilder2896
Жыл бұрын
Oh. My. STARS. Finally, a use for the crunchy acrylic yarn friends keep giving me! (I don't exactly enjoy knitting with it.) This is just in time for sunhat season, too. Thank you!
@TheLongHairedFlapper
Жыл бұрын
I actually came up with these feathers when I friend gave me a bunch of crunchy acrylic yarn that I didn't know what else to do with it!
@sarahallegra6239
Жыл бұрын
Oh, one other thought; there’s a doll maker whose videos I watch sometimes and he often creates the wigs for his dolls out of acrylic yarn in a pretty similar fashion. He just uses a very basic, square, wire pet brush to brush through all the yarn, which could potentially save you some time in separating and nicely combing it. It might give a different, fluffier texture though, I’d have to try them side by side and see which looks “featherier”, but I wanted to mention it just in case it was helpful!
@TheLongHairedFlapper
Жыл бұрын
Let me know if you do try it! I don't own such a pet brush myself but I'd be interested to know the results.
@toteoma3034
Жыл бұрын
Good Idea, I especially love using crochet-tiny (size 30) flowers too
@sarahallegra6239
Жыл бұрын
This is so cool!! I enjoy using feathers in costumes and clothing occasionally, but I’m always looking for feather alternatives as I’m vegan and don’t like using regular feathers. It looks so great!!
@ellecee453
Жыл бұрын
That was really interesting!
@SarahK86
Жыл бұрын
Very informative video
@thehappyflapper
Жыл бұрын
Amazing I love this I never even heard of this, great video!!
@MrsBrit1
Жыл бұрын
Might I recommend a dog brush for the combing out? It makes the task much easier if you have access to one! Very cute idea!
@TheLongHairedFlapper
Жыл бұрын
That would probably work well if you had one! :)
@jett8193
Жыл бұрын
These are wonderful, Kate! I used to sell (& still have quite a big collection of) antique & vintage hats + trimmings. Your fluffy faux feathers look quite a bit like the real thing~ Did you come up with this idea or find it among your magical, antique ephemera? I ❤that no birds were involved👒🐦
@TheLongHairedFlapper
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I came up with it 🙂
@emilyrobinson6080
8 ай бұрын
This is brilliant! Im currently embarking on a costume project that features a prominent feather design on a hat, and I really didn’t relish the idea of sourcing ostrich feathers the right color or, god forbid, having to dye them myself. This lets me get yarn the exact shade I need, and I could even make them as long as I need. I use a small wire pet brush for fraying out yarn and fabric edges I want an aged, tattered look on and I think ill try that instead of unraveling and combing out all the strands on their own, and I see some others have mentioned that idea as well. Thanks so much for this tutorial, youve really helped me out on a project I wasnt quite sure how to tackle otherwise
@naturalcambion3747
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant idea!
@dorothy8495
Жыл бұрын
This is brilliant!
@GeorgiaGeorgette
Жыл бұрын
I love this!
@ahhhlindsanityyy
Жыл бұрын
Cool!
@chezamoonangelaiemma497
Жыл бұрын
Love it ❤
@AveryMilieu
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. Close to two decades as a milliner and I never figured it out! Acrylic yarns?
@TheLongHairedFlapper
Жыл бұрын
Yup, acrylic :)
@AveryMilieu
Жыл бұрын
@@TheLongHairedFlapper What did they use before acrylic yarns were available? Silk?
@nartyteek
Жыл бұрын
I gotta do this! I have so much white and grey yarn since I let my friend dump her culled yarns on me. I don't know why I allowed that since I can't knit. The fake feather does have a historical feel, though, since there was eventually an environmentalist movement where some people eschewed feather hat decorations IIRC?
@TheLongHairedFlapper
Жыл бұрын
Yes, there was :)
@cherrylee1103
Жыл бұрын
try using a cat brush.
@TheLongHairedFlapper
Жыл бұрын
It might work well with one of those really wire-y ones, although my cat's brushes are all either too soft or have teeth too far apart.
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