tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478275857746529071.post1688125493730776566..comments2022-04-04T11:52:45.902-07:00Comments on Off the Hook - Crochet Hints and Help: STUFFING YOUR WORKWolfDreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01562755975750136319noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478275857746529071.post-50086718894668926682016-02-07T08:04:30.647-08:002016-02-07T08:04:30.647-08:00The idea of a darning needle for the stuffing is g...The idea of a darning needle for the stuffing is great, but I cut a bit off the eye end to make it like a fork, which works fantastically.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895479598645327996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478275857746529071.post-80277806109857099422013-09-26T00:22:14.491-07:002013-09-26T00:22:14.491-07:00use a nylon stocking in black, or a nude color (do...use a nylon stocking in black, or a nude color (double them up if needed) to contain the fluff and to make it a lot harder to see the white common stuffing. No matter what kind you use. Just start with a little stuffing in the nylon and then place the nylon into the piece and since the nylon streches just keep stuffing as usual. And this way you can also use rice as a weight filler along with unpopped corn, beans and those plastic pellets. PS using a fun color of nylons can make interesting depth or contrast.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18179341297989295018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478275857746529071.post-56143878173381622352013-02-11T02:34:41.615-08:002013-02-11T02:34:41.615-08:00I have the stuffing bit down. I'm having troub...I have the stuffing bit down. I'm having trouble sewing together the seperate parts while also keeping proper proportions. Like, I'll have placed all the peices, but once I begin to sew my opening i make the much too small. Not sure how to do this properly.Dereck_Donzellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17300096515451935042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478275857746529071.post-61400330836625343682012-02-08T16:03:35.175-08:002012-02-08T16:03:35.175-08:00Yes, that will do it! Try just 'massaging...Yes, that will do it! Try just 'massaging' the strawberry (kind of like fluffing a pillow) and see if you can get the stuffing back into the right shape. The firmer the item was originally stuffed, the harder it is for it to loose it's shape. You can usually get the shape back to fairly close tho, with a little work.WolfDreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562755975750136319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478275857746529071.post-896188846836162442012-02-08T14:55:08.477-08:002012-02-08T14:55:08.477-08:00The way you add the stuffing and shape the piece g...The way you add the stuffing and shape the piece gives it the shape we see in the nice pictures, right? So is it normal for the toy to look very little like the original object after extended periods of being snuggled? I made a strawberry last week and my cats keep sitting on it so it looks like an apple/strawberry hybrid x.xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478275857746529071.post-30311950967291092362011-08-24T05:17:10.107-07:002011-08-24T05:17:10.107-07:00I don't suppose you have any ideas where I cou...I don't suppose you have any ideas where I could find dark stuffing, do you? I've been looking online for hours and can't find anything - I have a real problem with overstuffing and was planning to make a big black dragon, so there's no way I could stop the white stuffing showing through =/ Thanks :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478275857746529071.post-29680659052013057232011-08-13T21:51:52.117-07:002011-08-13T21:51:52.117-07:00I agree that photos would be great. I hope to be ...I agree that photos would be great. I hope to be able to do that at a later time. I'll be honest, most of what I do on these blogs is in my free time (I'm a homeschooling mom of four - although two of my kids are now 'past' that schooling stage - housewife, and also have a business at home). <br /><br />I don't have a camera worthy of doing the photos at this time, and I'm currently working to save that last 20 bucks to buy my middle child a new computer for her birthday. I do plan though, on adding photos at a later time. For now ... I'm stuck with just words LOL <br /><br />The photos we take for my patterns are done with my oldest daughter's camera, which I don't have access to all the time... but we'll try :DWolfDreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562755975750136319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478275857746529071.post-73478377185142428062011-08-13T19:39:39.825-07:002011-08-13T19:39:39.825-07:00Great first article! I look forward to more. I'...Great first article! I look forward to more. I've made at least 5 of your pieces so far, and think you have a great talent for shaping and doll/pattern making! I'd LOVE to see some photos/examples with this article though. (show the differences in the loft stuffings? show lumpy/bumpy stuff vs same stuffing "refluffed" etc?) It may help me or others even more! LOVE LOVE LOVE it though! Thank you! :)jmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481612096796370437noreply@blogger.com