This is the snow tomten. He (the only male character Delia plays) is wearing a fur capelet and a fur hat, as you can see. The fur was kind of disastrous to work with. It's been over a month now since I made this outfit, so the fur particles floating in the air and on every surface in the sewing room are finally gone, but I am still a little traumatized. I serged all this because hemming wasn't a great option. It all turned out fine, but again, working with the stuff wasn't fun. Having said that, I worked with fake fur again recently because I felt compelled to—being on this furry/black forest/pelt kick this winter.
The hat. You can see how I finished the capelet collar there, just a serged edge, which was much easier than trying to make a lining. I found many tips online for sewing with fake fur, all of which I read and then promptly ignored. If I hadn't, it might have made this project less swear-y, but I don't know how I could have avoided the fibers getting in my nose, which was the worst part.
No patterns here, which was fine for the capelet. That was just a circle cut up one side and then adjusted. But the hat was a bit harder to make up as I went, especially in fur. This was hat attempt #3.
And from someone very special—the tomten now has keys! The tomten whispers a very gruff "thank you" and goes back to his barn/cave.
