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Best of Luck ,,,Lisa ,,, The years i made Puriem custumes for my children and half the street , were hectic , i also recycled materials from custum to custum over the years ,,,, mirjam

When I knit with the fake fur I use another yarn with it at the same time.....a color that bends in and usually in fingering weight. Makes it easier for me.....not much but it helps to keep track of the stitches.

Donna

Good luck, Lisa! I love the picture on that pattern page, but I wouldn't care for knitting (or crocheting) with the fake fur yarn.

I've made costumes for my son (hand-sewn, and one knitted) every year since he was old enough to go out trick or treating on Halloween.... and I *still* make them for him now that he dresses up to answer the door for the other young trick or treaters on Halloween. He enjoys it as well as decorating the yard and foyer, and the kids (and parents) all love it too! :o) This year he is going to be a werewolf (he loves wolves and found a perfect grey wolf mask), so I bought some fake grey fur to make his arms and lower legs furry, and to have some fur sticking out from rips in his shirt and jeans. We also found a ghostly woman mask with white hair attached, and we bought some white flowing material that I will use to make a gown type thing to attach to the mask to hang outside along with the other decorations from last year. Nothing knitted or crocheted in the costume department this year... just hand-sewn. ;o)

lisa

had to use inch-think foam and ended up sewing most of it by hand, sewing machine refused to go thru 2 layers of the stuff! still have the pattern and the fish itself, my DH uses it every once in a while for bets at the office. thank goodness this year she wants to go as Audrey Hepburn from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" in the party scene..got the dress, need shoes, tiara, and gloves ..should be easy to find.

Donna in S. Indiana