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Published: 2011-12-27 01:50:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 125894; Favourites: 1210; Downloads: 242
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My very first yarn-tail. Not as fluffy as I hoped, but very fluffy nevertheless. The core is made from the wire of a normal hanger, is very flexible, yet suprisingly stable. Shaping it is quite hard and for small parts, like the loop connecting to the buckle, you have to use tools.You can find a Video here: [link]
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Nice! Using a hair straightener on the brushed out floof, will help you get the results you're after.Β
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The amount of time that must have took... but it looks AMAZING!
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Yes but yes. And I had worse ^^Β°
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WOOOOOOOW
What is the core made out of? :0
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Wire of a cloth hanger. See the linked tutorial also
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OOOOOH COOL THANKS SO MUCH
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I notice I'm a shallow bit late on this, but what wire did you use for this?
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I guess I have to write an FAQ on this, especially this question allone, which I also answered I don't know how often X) I used a cloth hanger, very cheap and durable
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did you use a flat iron?
and did you trim the tail? cus mine always turns out with a pointy tip
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Yea, a flat iron (don't know what happens though if you use a riffeled one though... more volume? ), but never altually had to trim (except when I wanted a thinner part or a pointy tip ^^ )
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I guess not, cause the markings will blur. Maybe you wanna try it out by yourself.
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Ok i may do cheeta spots air brus wold probably work if you did it right but i dont have one so if you wold like if i make the tail wold you like to here how it goes?
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Thanks for posting this! I had no idea you could get such great results from yarn.
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I used your tutorial to make some fur for my husbands costume, thanks so much for posting! I made sure to link back to this page as well.Β
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Wonderful, would love to see the finished costume!
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using a hair straightener on the yarn at a 360 degree temperature would help make the yarn longer and nice and silky, plus would probably add the fluff you want ^-^ just saying! It is a beautiful tail tho! I wish my first tail came out that nicely. :3
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Yea, forgot to mention/do that the first time I made (and documented) the tail XP
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What did you use as the core? And how did you get the core to stay on the hanger? I'm looking to make a tail for a cosplay of mine. ^^
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If you want the "fur" to be sleek and shiny, all you need to do is run it through a hair straightener then brush it out again. It makes the fluffs so soft and form nicely if you're making a fox tail. ^_^
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i absolutely love this tutorial. it looks so nice! does it move nicely or have a stiff position? also I noticed there were a lot of questions about how the core was made and im sorry I have to ask just for a little more detail on it, but would you braid some then glue it down then braid again, continuing with that action? plus is there any specific length to cut the fur and where did you start sewing from? im assuming the top but I had to ask. I ask a lot of questions >~< sorry.
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I'm happy to see that so many people like this tutorial 
It doesn't matter when you glue it on. The glue is only important to stop the braid rotate around the wire, so it doesn't mess up any pattern you create. If you don't have a pattern at all, or you even want to create a spiral or always changing pattern, you don't even have to use glue.
I cut the yarn to about handlength, but the yarn will rip at a specific length when brushed anyways. If you want to have the least waste, just try out which length the yarn will keep.
Start from the tip of the tail, otherwise the finished parts will be in your way
Have fun!
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thank you very much. im probably just going to use one color. again love the tail ^^
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I was wondering, have you used this method of making fur for a pair of ears? If so, do you think you could make a similar tutorial (with a little more detail so I can get all the directions) so I can do a pair. please?
I'm trying to figure out how to make a pair of matching fox ears for a tail I made so I could cosplay Caster from "Fate/Extra"
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I never made ears with this kind of hair. What I think would be cool is making a pair of ears and a tail with faux fur and fluffing the tail up with yarn-puffs, to make them look similar.
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How do you sew the tuffs onto the base? I've been gluing mine and I want to start sewing them for a more professional look, could you give me a brief explanation? :3
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Just sew them on. Use needle and Thread, go through the knot and then through the woll on the wire (I braided it around the wire).
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What type of brush did you use? I've tried a few of my bruses around my house and all they do is mess up my yarn..
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One to comb dogs with
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So to do the middle wire part did you just braid the normal yarn around it like you would do normally for the core with wire or not? And then once done you bent it into the shape desired?
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Yupp, that's the way. You can bend the wire whenever you want
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awesome thank you just made this account about to post my first yarn tails lol
and was very curious so I can do that in the near future!
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Have you tried it for longer fur? More like a wolf or fox tail? Either way, a great tutorial. Very creative ^^
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Yea, tried it but the yarn will rip at a certain length :/ You can use kanekalon for longer fur though. i recomend sewing a normal tail with fur and a wire core, then clueing kanekalon into the fur
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Okay, thank you ^^
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How do we make the core? It doesn't look like just a piece of coat hanger, so is there something wrapped around it, or what exactly?
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.I braided some woll around it
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Oh my gosh, thank you so much!Β I will definitely use this for my snow leopard lady.
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hello! im making a disney maid marian tail, therefore, its long like yours but very thick in the core. would the same wire still work?
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I don't recomend technique for foxtails, since they would be quite thin. I once made a yarntail with an thicker tuft at the end, a liontail. I used a bit of foam to make the small part thicker - and it was unbelievable how many more wollparts I needex x.x A whole tail like that would be terrible to make X)
I made a foxtail one, like that: Thick wire, about 4mm thick. This wire was able to hold the heavy tail, although it doesn't swing around like the cattail. But it does swing a little. Then I sewed a normal furtail around it, like here ( furforge.deviantart.com/art/Tu⦠). After that I used kanekalon, used this tutorial on them ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5QB7G⦠) and glued them into the fur. Works wonderful, feels wonderful <3
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How would you make the core? Just form wire and cover with material?
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I used a cloth hager for it. thick yet flexible
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I'm asking would you sew the yarn onto the metal core itself, or would the core have cloth covering it to sew onto?
My friend needs a tail for an upcoming cosplay.
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