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Step 11Insert the whiskers!
Choose one of your two hat halves, and set this aside. This is going to be the outside part of the hat!
Cut 8 six inch lengths of the black wire. You can shorten them later if you want!
Swirl one end of each of these, so you have a couple loops. Take a small crochet hook or the metal end piece of a mechanical pencil, and poke four holes about a 1/2 inch apart near the front of the hat on each side. (You might want to try the hat on to get an idea of where you want them to be. Enter hat hair, as demonstrated below.)
Push the wire through from the wrong side of the hat, so that the swirly bit is on the inside. :)
Now, take a needle and some white thread, and secure these loops to the inside of the hat so they lay flat. This will make your whiskers stay in place and be more rigid! Hooray!
Once you've secured all of them, fold them up so that you can sew the whole hat together!
This step has a ton of pictures. I got excited. Sorry. :)
Cut 8 six inch lengths of the black wire. You can shorten them later if you want!
Swirl one end of each of these, so you have a couple loops. Take a small crochet hook or the metal end piece of a mechanical pencil, and poke four holes about a 1/2 inch apart near the front of the hat on each side. (You might want to try the hat on to get an idea of where you want them to be. Enter hat hair, as demonstrated below.)
Push the wire through from the wrong side of the hat, so that the swirly bit is on the inside. :)
Now, take a needle and some white thread, and secure these loops to the inside of the hat so they lay flat. This will make your whiskers stay in place and be more rigid! Hooray!
Once you've secured all of them, fold them up so that you can sew the whole hat together!
This step has a ton of pictures. I got excited. Sorry. :)
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Oct 10, 2009. 11:57 AMantz1290
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I couldn't find any black wire for sale within about an hour of me (nearest hobby lobby) and I eventaully found a spiral bound notebook with black wire around my house that worked great. Just a tip!
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Oct 29, 2009. 6:56 AMAllyxJo
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oh wow! i would have never thought of that! thats great because the wire i have is reallyyyy thick and heavy and i dont think it would work. Thanks much!! ♥ (:
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Oct 11, 2009. 7:59 AMEmMa kitty
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That's a pretty brilliant idea!!! If I make another one I might have to try that...
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Oct 28, 2009. 3:16 PMawoodger
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I used "fine" beading wire--it's super light, almost feels like real kitty wiskers
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Oct 12, 2009. 11:47 AMantz1290
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My whiskers turned out a little floppy so I poked them through a light plastic backer about the thickness of a milk jug to give them a little extra rigidity.
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Oct 14, 2009. 9:35 PMthreadbare
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Dang, I wish I would have read this before I made mine.
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Oct 13, 2009. 10:06 PMDonnaLyn
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This worked great! I cut a strip off a milk jug and poked the wire thru that. Actually I used pipe cleaners since I couldn't find black coated wire. The pattern and instructions are well thought-out. Thank you! Here's a photo of my kids with another instructable Wild Thing.
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Oct 12, 2009. 11:48 AM
jessyratfink (author)
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jessyratfink (author)
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That's a really good idea, actually! I wish I would have though of that. :D
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Oct 11, 2009. 2:23 PMfraffle
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I used light-gauge white florist wire and painted it black. You can get it in packs of 30 for like $1.50 at Walmart.
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