It seems simple enough, an adorable haircomb! All you have to do is select a few different colors of embroidery thread and wrap them around a plastic comb. Yeah. Right. When you follow the link to the blog this photo came from, there are somewhat detailed instructions for creating this cute hair piece. Here are a few things that got left out:
1. Make sure you leave plenty of thread on the end of each comb. The directions don't tell you that you have to use a needle to weave the leftover thread under the wrapped thread on the comb. Without doing that crucial step, you have to glue the tread into place. Not only is this ugly, it doesn't hold. Haircombs have to be made from stronger stuff than that.
2. Make sure you really secure the starter threads to the comb. This is where glue would come in handy. If you do this, threading the actual comb is WAY easier. Make sure you leave plenty of time for the glue to dry!! If you don't, everything will turn into an icky mess.
3. Lastly, these little plastic combs are surprisingly hard to find! Rite-Aid is really the place to go. I went to Target, Walmart, the grocery store...nada. For the starter clips you have to go to a drugstore.
The final product: If you click on that photo, it will bring you to my Pinterest boards, and the blog that this project is from so you can try it yourself. Here is how mine turned out:
From the front: Not so bad!
From the back: What happened there?!?
As you can see, ladies and gentlemen, this is what happens when you don't leave yourself plenty of thread to work with. Those puny strands were glued onto the back of the clip, looking ugly and already falling apart! Whoo! So learn from my mistakes! Use a needle to thread the remaining string under what you've already wrapped around the comb. It will look beautiful and actually stay in place.
Love it! I'm putting a link on my blog, add mine too! :o)
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