Everyone Needs a Beard

[alwaysinmyroom]

I decided that everyone needs a disguise for those special days when you just don't want to face the world. So, I obsessed on making a yarn beard to help me out.
As usual, the project grew to include various accessories associated with beards:

bread crumbs (made of painted latex foam from an old pillow)
snot (made of dried up hot glue)
grey hairs
and hidden inside, a cockroach

You can use your imagination and add a multitude of other things...like sunglasses...a kerchief...a pipe...



And see, it works!  Guess who!?



I gave it away to a friend who is crazier than I am, so if you don't recognize someone who seems familiar, remember, it might just be the beard...

Oh--and do not wear this to a bank...I will not be responsible for anything that might happen if you do (disclaimer suggested by my attorney...)...

[craftylittlemonkey]

Brilliant! How did you make this beard, please tell. I am often in need of a disguise just like this

[Tropic_Rose]

Hahahahahaha! How unique!

[rackycoo]

I LOVE this! You are right; everyone needs a beard! You have a very lucky (if slightly crazy) friend. 

[Tylon]

HAHAAAA this is... AWESOME!!!!!!

[Fullmoon]

I FREAKING NEED ONE OF THESE XDDDD

This is awesome!!!!

[rackycoo]

I still think this is hilarious. I featured it today on Craftster's Facebook page. Thanks for sharing. 

[craftylittlemonkey]

Way to go Rackycoo! Well deserved and now she'll have to show us how she made it! Awesome. Everybody needs a beard. I want to make some for my kids, ooh, for our family portrait! Oh man, my parents are in for a laugh this year.

[alwaysinmyroom]

Pretty simple but time intensive!

I drew out a basic pattern for the beard with flleece and then cut yards and yards of suede yarn.  I sort of hooked it into the fleece with a crochet hook and tied each one of those suckers!  I did the same thing with the mustache only I interfaced it first...

Sewed the mustache onto the beard, covered up the back with more fleece--attached elastic!

For the accessories, I sewed snaps behind the beard and mustache and then onto the end of the accessories...I used fishing line to string the snot and the bread crumbs...

BUTTTTTTTTT...if I had to make another one, I would lay the yarn over the fleece in loops and sew through it, row by row, starting at the bottom...the thing took way too much time, but I was obsessed!

My family came at Thanksgiving and everyone got a picture of themselves wearing the beard...whodda thunk that such a goofy thing could make us laugh so much!!!

The entire thing is washable because you know that it has to be shared by all that see it...and a grungy beard is not a good thing!

I hope the family that got it has fun with it!

[Gizmoto]

 
That is one sweet looking beard! I must make one for my brother.