Continue to fill in rows at the back of the head as well until they are about 2" from the front hairline. Keep winding the yarn until you've moved 3 to 3.5 inches across the DVD. Once you understand the procedure, try experimenting with a variety of yarns to create texture and more life and movement hair-wise for your doll. Also, the felted layer of roving will prevent further damage to the cotton skin fabric, as the felting needles will definitely break some of the threads, causing runs and small holes into the knit fabric. So there you have it, I think I have touched upon the most common methods to create hair style on dolls, and have mostly recommended using natural fibers for such purpose. Tips And Techniques Cut 6 strands of embroidery thread or yarn. Use a leather thimble or any other tool you feel comfortable with when you are sewing the cap to the doll's head, to protect your fingers. Take the paper off the 2 hanks of embroidery floss and lay flat. [10] If glue is not holding the hair in place and your doll is fabric, you can sew the hair to the doll's head. 1.Spider web rose. Use full strands of embroidery floss which are not separated into threads. Stitch another row of hair 1/4"-1/2" above the previous one. When you choose to work with mohair, there are two considerations: whether to use the long-staple mohair that creates the fluffy cap or use the boucl mohair that gives you a more curly look. As you can see, hair is forming. To make the hands and arms by this method you will need a 4 1/4 inch/11 centimeters length of 18 to 20 gauge wire, preferably wire which is wrapped with thread or paper (try the cake decorating or floral departments of a craft store). Synthetic hair is what you see on most collectible dolls, and plastic dolls like Barbie dolls. And here let me stress this point: the age/personality of your doll. Once the glue is hot, put a line of glue down the seam you just made and press it to the top center of your doll's head. To make the front part of the hair I cut a length of yarn twice the long edge of the card and laid it across the short end. It helps to look at pictures to get accurate positioning. You can sew ponytails, or buns or whatever you see fit. If you're struggling to cut the yarn, get a sharper pair of scissors. Pattern Design For a tutorial on how to use this method of hair, please visit Antique Lilac. Every doll begins with a blank piece of fabric and I sketch their faces freehand with embroidery thread. If you find that your rows are getting uneven, place pins at symmetrical intervals to help you even them out. Use small, tight stitches. |. Thank you kindly!. Another very playful method, as well as easy both to maintain and create, is to crochet or knit a cap for your doll and then add strands of yarn to this cap. All floss ends should be glued in place to the wire or floss layer beneath. Making doll hair for natural fiber art dolls, via Fig and Me. For the dolls, we used a length 4 1/4 inches/11 centimeters and turned the ends back into loops to make hands that can hold accessories. For the fluffy cap, you will basically make a cap or hat that will fit your doll quite snuggly. Stitch up one side to the end of one arm, but make sure to leave a 1/4-inch seam allowance. April 2016 If you're struggling to hold the needle in one hand, and the hair in the other, ask a friend for help. In the end, I had to replace the hair and I chose a more suitable material for a child to play with the second time around. Wow, what amazing hair, and you have incredible patience! If you want your doll to have bangs, add them before you get too far on the side rows. Keep removing small bunches of hair and smoothing them out until you have a long line of synthetic hair. If you do go this route, please share with me your insight as to its durability and the way you handled the material, please. July 2014 I have made a very in-depth tutorial on how to use long Suri Alpaca locks to make them into a weft, which includes suppliers, how to prep the fibre, how to prep and wash the wefts once made and how to sew it down to the dolls head, with step-by-step photos, as well as some guidelines on how to take care of the dolls hair later on. These are watercolor based so they need to be finished with a fixative or gloss overcoat. I have several dolls from childhood made this way and now I can appreciate them even more seeing the time and detail that is involved. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/b\/b6\/Make-Doll-Hair-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Make-Doll-Hair-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/b\/b6\/Make-Doll-Hair-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/aid746973-v4-728px-Make-Doll-Hair-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"