What Makes Good Whiskers?

FISHING LINE!  I get 8 lb. test white or clear fishing line. The 8 lb. version takes being knotted without having the knots come loose, and it doesn't snap and break like the thinner type. You can also get fishing line in a green, which looks sort of gray when you use it, or in black. I prefer the clear type which is cheap and easy to find anywhere, including Kmart.

 

I used it on these two Siamese cats.  Their eyes are too big for the pattern, I only made a few of them and then changed the pattern for something different (didn't like the front legs being so floppy either).  But yes, fishing line works really nicely as whiskers. 

 

You cut a long strand, put only the tip of it through the needle because the needle will put a kink in the line where it presses, take a small stitch, pull the line evenly through it, tie two knots, then rethread the needle with the end of one of the pieces and take another stitch so it comes out in a different place. That gives you two whiskers for one strand.  Once you're done, pull all the whiskers forward in your hand and trim them all evenly in one slice of the scissors.