A bit of a blur

The past few days have been very hectic and busy. Once again I have been chain stitching various wools to weave through the now made up beards. As well as this I have been making up braids for the builders shoulders.

I was able to work through 3 balls of chunky knit multicoloured wool , which thankfully were quite quick to knock out and look effective with the various strands of colour. Along with 2 balls of garden string, these will be hanging off parts of the builders costumes. Each ball was stitched with a 8mm crochet hook as I have found that the larger the hook the larger the stitch. This makes it stand out as well as easy to weave with. My worry at the moment is that where I have used a variety of stitches throughout the beards, I am concerned that the stitches wont be able to hold the weight of the various other wools and fabrics. I shall have to try finding a lighter weight material to work with that can create a textural appearance without adding extra weight to the garment.