Woolie Chaps

[mulefool]

those look great, it would probably take me TEN years to get them finished. I do have a tip on keeping the hair away from your sewing. I do make a fair number of anqueros (the saddlebags with the angora flap) I pull the angora away from the stitch line and then run a line of packing tape over it to hold it back. I also clip the angora down to the skin right at the hair line where the stitch will go. when they are finished I pull the tape and the long hairs cover where I clipped it down. Not sure if that will work in all situations but it's helped me keep from tearing my own hair out. Chris

[ClayB]

Thanks again you all for the nice comments, and the sewing tips. If I ever do another pair of these, I am going to have to try the tape tip. Johanna gave me the same tip, but just a little late. Kathy, I do think that the Yak hide would probalby make a great pair of chaps. You should make a pair and let me know!!! Chris, I'd love to see pictures of the anqueros you make. If I had any of this sheepskin left, I'd make a set out of it. Another thing to add to the list.

[freak]

cool doesn't began to describe these chaps. They are so much more then that !!! The first thing i thought of when i saw them was , Looks like Kathy had another bad yak. I don't care how long they took to make, the end result is well worth it. The leg straps look fine but if it really bugs ya, you could die them black.

Man, i'd wear those all over the place. That one week that we have cold weather here, i'd wear them the whole week long. You need to make some matching sleeves also. Like the ones welders wear.

Now we're talking goodtimes !!

BTW, you do know you have a saddle in your living room , rite ??

[PANTHER]

ClatB,

WOW! Can I play with your legs? Those are just outstanding! Well worth the five years till they were finished.

The thing I would have done about the leg straps is used leather straps covered in black rabbit fur with maybe two or three small tooled leather conchos down the center of them or just black tooled leather straps.

Believe me though I'ed take them as is! Great job!

Panther

[ClayB]

Thanks Freak and Panther!

If I decide I really dont like the straps, I could make some black ones. They probably wouldn't stand out so much that way. I was just trying to keep all the tooled leather the same. I'll have to live with them for a while the way they are and then decide.

I can just picture you in these Freak, with the arm sleeves. But if you tried welding in them, I think you'd be taking more chances of catchin on fire than Spider on his bike! Stacy said I have to tell you that the saddle isn't in the living room, that's the downstairs family room/storage room for finished leather projects that have no other home. (There's a couple more saddles around the corner)

Panther, that cat in you avatar looks like it might make a great pair of chaps too!!!!

[yaklady]

I wish any of my rooms looked like your downstairs storage room! The pig sty looks better than my downstairs storage room for finished leather projects that have no other home. When do we get to look around the corner?

There was a little yak at the stock show that would be a very good candidate for chaps. I almost lost my hand trying to pet him. He was for sale. If you want, I could find him. All of my present yaks are much too nice for that kind of thing.

[PANTHER]

Panther, that cat in you avatar looks like it might make a great pair of chaps too!!!!

Nownow ClayB!! It took me days to talk her out of shape shifting and going after you for that one. She likes humans but she said to tell

you, "don't push it...bub. you never know what I might show up as!!!!!!!!!"