Lester after is spa session! All clean! While I was washing him I realized that his head tuft and tail are pretty matted, so any suggestions on how to fix that are appreciated.
Hey Furby friends! Today, I’m making an in-depth guide on how to brush your Furby, AND how to pick out a good brush for your Furby.
Chances are, if you own a used Furby, the fur might look like the Tiger Furby skin as shown here on the right. In comparison to the Church Mouse Furby skin on the left, the fur has a “fluffed out” appearance, feels matted to the touch, and goes in different directions all over the place!
While this fluffy look is still pretty cute, if you want your Furby to look as if it came fresh out of the box, this small guide is perfect for you.
(I highly recommend washing your Furby skin before brushing it out. It will look a lot cleaner in the end.)
CHOOSING A BRUSH
If you don’t already have one, now is a good time to pick out a brush for your Furby. Avoid using brushes like the ones on the top - they tend to not have many bristles, and are spaced out in a way that giving a consistent brushing is difficult.
Instead, choose a brush like the one on the bottom. This particular brush is called a slicker brush, often used for brushing animals with thick coats. It is rectangular and has many metal bristles that are relatively sharp, which are perfect for getting out little tangles and mats in faux fur. Some slicker brushes have gel tips on the bristles to make brushing less painful for the animal being brushed, but in this case, it’s best to skip out on the gel tips.
BRUSHING
Now that we know which brushes are best, it’s time to actually do the brushing! As I mentioned above, I highly recommend washing your Furby skin before brushing it out, so that the end result will be extra clean and soft.
When brushing your Furby, it is important to use your slicker brush correctly. DO hold the brush upside down, as shown in the first image. The brush’s handle and bristles SHOULD both be facing up towards the sky, NOT down. Now, simply brush in the direction that the fur is flowing (brush downward). Brushing like this minimizes the chances of pulling out too much fur. After all, the bristles are sharp, and it’s easy for them to get caught in the fabric by accident.
DON’T hold the brush right side up, as shown in the second image. The brush’s handle and bristles should NOT both be facing down towards the ground. Please refer to the last paragraph on how to properly use your slicker brush.
RESULTS
Remember that Tiger skin from the beginning? Well, here he is all brushed out. It might be a little hard to see any difference, but in real life, he feels so much softer and looks almost like he was never even played with.
I hope that this tutorial helped you or anyone who needed it! I plan on posting more tutorials very soon! Thank you for reading.
I´m new to actually writing patterns up for others to use, so please tell me if there is anything that´s hard to understand or if you find any mistakes. Also, if you do make your furb a beret, please send me a pic or tag me in your post, I would love to see what you make!
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Gauge: 10st X 5 rows -- 6,5 cm X 2,5 cm (I used a 3, 5 mm hook)
Finished size (fits a 1998 furby): total diameter - 11cm, head hole diameter - 9 cm
Abbreviations
sc - single crocet
ss - slip stitch
inc - increase (two into one)
dc - invisible decrease (go through only the fron loops of two stitches, sc as one)
[] - nuber of stitches in the row
() - repeat sequence
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Main hat - stripes not included, I changed color every 3 rows
R1 - chain 50, ss into first stitch [50]
R2, R3 - sc all aroud [50]
R4 - 10sc, (chain 9, ss into 10th stitch from hook), 14sc, (chain 9, ss into 10th stitch from hook), sc rest of the round [50]
R5 - sc all around [50]
R6 - (9sc, inc)x5 [55]
R7 - sc all around [55]
R8 - (7sc, dc)x6, sc [49]
R9 - (3sc, dc, 3sc)x6, sc [43]
R10 - (5sc, dc)x6, sc [37]
R11 - (2sc, dc, 2sc)x6, sc [31]
R12 - (3sc, dc)x6, sc [25]
R13 - (2sc, dc)x6, sc [19]
R14 - (sc, dc)x6, sc [13]
R15 - 6dc, sc [7], bind off and leave a longer tail
Take your taill and your needle and "pick up" the remaining 7 stitches (just whip stitch around), pull on the tail to close the hole
Weave in your tails
Pompom - please look up a separate pompom-making tutorial, i suck at making pompoms. After you make one, just use the same thread you used to tie the pompom together to sew in to the beret on top
The trim - entirely optional, I used a crochet thread and a 2mm hook
(ss, 5sc, ss) into each [50]
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Decorating ideas
different trims! just look up "crochet trims" and find one you like
more stripes! crazier stripes! center-out stripes!
replace the pompom with someting else - a flower, or a bow maybe?
crochet emroidery
add some lace or a ribbon
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