IO can't see them either. Maybe someone can help. Target has some little skeins in their dollar section and I got one but can't see the stitches either.

I think someone said last year that if you combine it with a skein of regular yard (you can either match or find another color that looks good with it) makes it easier.

I honestly just suffered my way through it last year and made about a half dozen scarves. I was really just learning and they may not have been perfect but they looked good in the end and that's all that matters, right? LOL

I still have a skein of pink fun fur and one of the Tiki stuff that I have yet to do much with. I just can't decide! They're colors I don't think I'll use much and I think that's why. If my DD would only wear a scarf!

I only knit with this stuff. Now I have some left over bits of it, and I am considering trimming flip flops with some of it. The pictures of them look cute. And that is a crochet project.

Sheila, I did a pair of those flip flops. You only have to single crochet around the strap, so it's not hard. I think it took me about 30 minutes to do them, and every time I wear them I get lots of compliments!

Donna

You don't even have to crochet the yarn on the flip flops. My step sis did them and with the directions she had, you just wrapped the yarn around. It didn't take too long. The hard part was untangling her yarn because she made one heck of a MESS!

Oh good, so I am not alone! I have knitted and crochet since I can remember and this stuff is driving me nuts. My 3 year old daughter saw a hat made from it and I told her I would make her one. Now if only I could see the stitches! LOL!

It's kinda odd that they are geared toward younger girls for learning to knit and crochet.

Rebecca

Knitting with the fun fur is easier than crocheting; you need Really Big Needles. If you can't knit and want to crochet a scarf with it, use a BIG hook (I think I used size N) and (trust me on this one...) crochet it lengthwise instead of across the width. This way, your mistakes and skipped stitches won't show as much.

The fun fur is also great mixed with other yarn. I am a new knitter, but had no trouble at all combining it with regular yarn to make a scarf. Rebecca, your daughter might enjoy a hat made this way, and it'll be much warmer too.

Fun fur also makes ADORABLE hair scrunchies (crochet around an elastic pony holder) and headbands.

I used up some too bright baby weight or fingering yarn with fun fur that was varigated. The baby yarn picked up one of the colors. The finished product was quite attractive.

I agree with those above who said to use a big hook and consider combining it with a plain fingering or even worsted yarn.

Fun fur is pretty much all fluff and little substance and when I first used it last year I found that I had to work slowly so that the stitches didn't slip away from me. Sometimes I had to tease the yarn through a stitch loop. That happened when I was knitting a scarf and the needle size was really too small for the materials I was working with.

Last ditch effort for the mittens if the project isn't working out, crochet the mittens and using a small tapestry needle sew rows of fun fur around the cuff.

I just finished some flip flops yesterday with the fun fur. They're adorable, and it wasn't hard at all.

Use the force, that is what I do LOL. Actually, I don't depend on seeing the stitches or catching every one. What I do is keep count of the stitches as I go. If I end up short, simply add stitches by doing more than one in a few stitches to even it up. Usually I am only off by one or two so it's no big deal to increase to make it up and not visible in the finished project.

As you work you will develop a Zen for where the stitches are and how to hit them without skipping. I will echo the sentiment that it's easier if you combine it with a strand of regular or thin chenille yarn in a matching/contrasting colour. Combining it in this way gives you a project with more body than just using the fun fur itself, and makes the "lashes" stand out better IMO.

Has anybody else noticed that the fun fur from Target seems to break easily. Anybody used it?

Hi, I had my daughter pick out some fun fur for a scarf, I thought I had a pattern, but now I realize I don't. I will surf the net, but if one of you has one that you have made and wouldn't mind posting that would be great...I am sure it is something simple. I am returning to crochet after many years, so don't want something too complex.

She picked out two colors, do you think it would work to crochet with two strands of fun fur?

Or I also ordered a coordinating Lion Brand Jiffy Thick & Quick, I could use that as a second yard, or do you think it would be too thick?

Lots of questions, I know, but you guys seem so willing to answer questions! I really appreciate it!

Sherri

jiffy thick & quick will be way too thick. try just the plain jiffy instead with size 17 needles. that works out beautifully for me.

Hi again,

I found some hot pink eyelash with variegated yarn included with it. I am knitting the hat this time and it is going much better. All I had on hand were size 5 knitting needles and it is coming out fine. I WILL be picking up some large needles next time, LOL!

Rebecca

I was at JoAnn's and saw some fun fur yarn I couldn't pass-up. So I bought it along with a pair of size 13 knitting needles. (I haven't knitted since I was about 11 years old, that's about 40+ years ago). The directions were on the inside of the label and it said to knit one row and then peral the next. I mostly crochet so I felt akward with the knitting needle and like you all have said you can't see the stitches. But after several attempts, I finaly marked the peral side with a safty pin and I just count the stiches and so far so good.

I've just made a bunch of fun-fur scarves for my Mom's care-workers at her nusing home: size 13 needles, one strand fun-fur, and the other strand Paton's "Brilliant" (I matched the colours perfectly and the brilliant gives a bit of Christmas sparkle!;-)

Cast on 15 sts, and knit to the end of your ff yarn! Unfortunately, the Brilliant tends to shred, so it's not suitable for a fringe, so I'm going to gather the ends and add a nice marbled 'leaf' to each end that I'm making out of Sculpty!

I would imagine 2 strands of FF would make a really nice scarf, and there is a pattern for it on the LionBrand or Berroco site.

Happy knitting!

JDee, try knitting every row. That way, the scarf will not curl. When you use Fun Fur or Eyelash type yarn, the stitch pattern does not show up. I just knit every row, and usually on really big needles.