There seems to be a general consensus among experienced needleworkers that eyelash yarn is more easily knit than crocheted as it is so hard to find the next stitch in crocheting such fuzzy yarn. Learn to count your stitches on each row as you work with this stuff. Be sure that the next stitch is really the next stitch and not a snag of the lashes. That is easy to mistake.

Also, I have not done this myself, but others have said it is easier if you use it along with another strand of "regular" yarn. You might try that.

Try going up a size in needles, or just knit more loosely on the ones you are using, this seems to let the stitches hang looser and make them easier to feel, see and find and also gives a lacier look to the scarf.

I agree it's easier to knit than crochet with this. I tried crocheting after I unraveled the first scarf and gave up after the chain stitch. I'm trying to knit looser but the fuzz doesn't always pull through smoothly. I saw a woman with a scarf she'd knitted with 3 different yarns and it looked beautiful. I just assumed an additional yarn would make it even harder for me. I'll give it a try next time. Until I finish this, I'm counting every stitch to myself just to make sure I'm not picking up or dropping stitches and PRAYING I don't drop a stitch, keeping all but the leading stitch way back on the needle. Thanks for the support, I needed that.

I've made quite a few scarves using the different novelty yarns. When I'm using a particularly fine yarn, I sometimes use cotton crochet thread with it - mostly so it won't stretch out as much. I've knitted all my scarves. I made several using only yarn (forget exactly what kind it was but it was extremely fine and soft - reminded me of a spider's web) and everyone loved them because they were so light and comfortable to wear. I've also combined the eyelash and fun fur or foxy - it's fun to experiment with the different textures and colors.

Yes, and also try to use a wooden needle as the yarn does not slip around so much on wood and accidentally slip off the needle. I made my wood needles for mere pennies with dowel from the hardware store. Directions for making them can be found on this site.

Wooden needles? Hmm. I think I'll give them a try. I remember reading about them here somewhere.

Blusky, do you use contrasting colors with the crochet thread or try to match. That sounds like a good idea. It seems thatit would keep the fabric from being too dense. I haven't experimented with knitting with more than one yarn. I have a few patterns that call for multiple yarns and I've shyed away from them because the large needles seem so "slidey".

Blusky's right. Whenever I make the "No Hair Day" hats with Lion Fun Fur I use my bamboo circulars for the same reason. The stitches don't whisk themselves off the needles before I am ready. Regarding using another yarn, I've seen it done both with a same or similar colored yarn and with a contrasting yarn. Both can be beautiful.

I used up some extra baby fingering yarn that was too strong a color with varigated Fun Fur. It made a big difference in the look as to which color in the varigated that I chose to use. It was a great way to use up the yarn I had no other use for, and by using such a fine yarn as baby fingering yarn, the overall look was still very much as if it were made with all eyelash yarn. Since these scarves were for San Francisco mufflers, I did not need even thicker yarn to make them warm enough. Also, the look really changes, and warmth, according to how large a needle you use. I have used size 8 to 3/4 of an inch homemade wood dowel needles.

I've used several of the novelty yarns and I only know how to crochet. I try to use larger hooks and it is important to keep counting and checking your stitches! Some types are harder than others. I didn't like the boa stuff AT all. I didn't realize until recently you can add other regular yarns in and I've attempted that once. It's easier than it sounds!

I haven't crocheted in about 3 weeks. My Gram gave me a bunch of yarn she had stashed and there is some really neat stuff in there but it's a headache, too!

Good luck!

I've used both contrasting yarn (bulkier yarn, though - like Homespun) and matching crochet cotton. I prefer the look of the cottom but it all depends on what you want...warmth or just something pretty. I used large aluminum needles cause I didn't have any circulars when I was making them. Now that I do, that's what I'd use - wooden circulars.

Have any of you tried making a clapotis scarf? It's one that incorporates lots of dropped stitches which makes the scarf drape nicely (or so I've read). They show it as a scarf or shawl. Very pretty.

I haven't tried it yet, but it looks interesting.

I found this on the web, too:
Pattern Error:
In the Clapotis pattern there is a typo. I know I've posted it on a few knitters chats when folks have asked, and it had been posted on another site, but it hasn't yet been corrected on the knitty site.

As written now:

Section 3 (straight rows)
Row 12: P1, k3, k tbl, [k1, k tbl, k3, k tbl] to last marker, k1, k tbl, k2, kf.

CHANGE:
End should be kfb not kf.

Wendy

Here is a link that might be useful: Clapotis Pattern

Another big help when working with eyelash yarns is a BRIGHT light. I use an Ott - full-spectrum, natural light - and it really helps.

I've seen a small Ott light. It sure would be nice to find a standing one - they seem like a good thing to have, expecially when mixing and matching colors, and while working on "difficult" yarns - good for picking out stitches. I know my eyes can go batty if the light is strange. Good point.

Yes, bright light did help. I went out to sit in the car in the sunlight so I could see well enough to unravel the scarf to pick up a good row of stitches so I didn't have to unravel the entire scarf. It really, really helped.

I make a lot of the scarfs and I just knit every row back and forth. It works fine. DH made me a pair of needles with 1/2 inc dowel rods. I tried post a picture but don't know how here.

I found, when crocheting a scarf with the fun fur, that it's best to crochet it lengthwise instead of width. That way, if you do drop stitches and mis-count, it won't show up as much.

Just started with the fuzzy yarn. A headache, so came here for tips. Great tip about working with bamboo or wooden needles! Here's one I don't see posted. After dropping 3 stitches and not realizing it for several rows, and swearing a lot, I put a marker on the needle every 10 stitches. That makes it easier to check to make sure I still have all the stitches I started with!