Hackling - more hair loss!!

So I created a device called a hackle.

I drilled holes in a piece of plastic, and stuck nails through them, the piece of plastic is then screwed to a block of wood! I used industrial velcro on the back to stick it to the carpet, and it works a treat!

Essentially this makes a giant comb. I use  this to rune the hair through to blend it. 

I think you need to run it through the ends first to take all the knots and kinks out (you lose a lot of hair!!)

Once that's done hold very tightly at one end and whip the other end through the hackle . I do this about 5-6 times before rotating it around. As you are holding one end really tight it isn't going to blend much until you let it go and swap over :-)

Before

Hackling

Finished result #27 on the left and #6 on the right - the centre is the blended one! Works nicely :-)

Day 8 - waist

So the waistline is approaching now.

You will notice the pattern at the top of the trousers has to match the top as it will be over the top of it

Day 7 - Legs...ongoing

More legs... And crotch !!

Day 6 - #44 old Wookiee grey!

Finally got round to he grey parts of the legs. My wife and I have been latching like droids this weekend And this is where we're at..

Day 5 - more leg

More leg being latched...

Day 4 - ankles

Ankles done all the way around now on both legs!

Furring the beast!

I am going to document the stages of latch hooking the fur to the suit, from strand one, right to the end!!

Yes, that's strand number 1...

It's gonna be a long year...

Started off using far too much hair here - as you can see i was doing roughly 1" diamond patterns, (2 holes diagonally and 4 holes vertically). I use about 1/3 of that amount of hair now. 

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