Making a Mane
November 29th, 2007 by Jen Love
These black and white striped mittens caught my eye as I walked through my favorite store. What an easy, instant way to make a zebra!
So I grabbed a variety pack of googley eyes, felt, and yarn and introduce Zeal the Zebra!
The part of Zeal that I was most proud of was his mane.
To make the mane: I held out my index and middle finger and using black wool yarn, held the end of the yarn with my thumb and ran the yarn around my two fingers in a figure eight. Then I carefully slid the looped yarn off my fingers and onto a piece of velcro about 5″ long (the soft side). Spread the mane out on the velcro as you desire and sew down the middle holding the yarn in place. Then attach the mane strip to the mitten with fabric glue. I used fabric glue also to stick on the eyes and a rounded pink strip underneath for a tongue. A quick 10 minute addition to your kid’s puppet show!
If Zeal is for you I have one left in my etsy shop and his sweet friend Skip the Skunk!
November 29th, 2007 at 11:53 am
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November 29th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Super cute idea!!!
November 30th, 2007 at 10:52 am
What a great idea!
November 30th, 2007 at 11:17 am
What a great, quick gift idea! I’m thinking about making some for my grown-up sister (she would love a squirrel!) and my little niece. Thanks for the idea!
December 2nd, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Very Cute! Love the zebra!
December 4th, 2007 at 8:25 am
I LOVE those!! My youngest is obsessed with zebras right now..her future plans include being either a zebra artist (one that dresses like a zebra, not draws them) or being a zebra ballerina. Not sure that there is a huge demand for either, but I do know she needs a pair of those gloves!
March 20th, 2010 at 11:23 am
very nice thanx
April 6th, 2010 at 5:02 am
the mane worked well for a class project fro my 5 yr old