Yarn doll hair styles

Most cloth dolls have headgear of wire. If this is a style of doll Raggedy Ann or Waldorf, horse tail hair or a mop - top accolade, you can create the hairstyle you want for your dolls of cloth with thread. Wireless headgear require some skills to sew, so refresh your work needle and thread or join with a more seasoned needle worker.

Doll artist Gayle Garbarino creates style Raggedy Ann dolls of cloth with two options of different hair in a variety of colors. A style is a wig of wire, created by sewing together wire hair before placing it on the head of the doll. Garbarino sews his wigs complete at the head of the doll, while the other creators doll glue or Velcro wig in place. Alternatively, Garbarino hand-loops each wire individual strands of hair at the head of the doll which creates the Raggedy Ann hairdressing dilapidated, classic. For wigs, Garbarino uses a mixture of lamas and wool lamb while loop hand hair require the use of a more robust acrylic yarn.

To create the classic Waldorf doll hair, wrap the color desired wire wool around a CD case or book. The amount of the wire wrap you depends on the length of the hair that you prefer. The wire of the band with the Ribbon of the painter on both sides of the CD case, leaving the thumb of the wire between your pieces of tape. You will need to cut the wire from the bottom of the CD case, which leaves the thread in a single long piece, tape still in place. After covering both sides of your son with a piece of tissue paper, you can use a sewing machine for sewing together the wire directly between your pieces of tape. Place the seam and the Centre of the head of the doll and PIN in place. Handstitch thread at the head of the doll.

You can create ponytails and braid with first sewing thread on a few strands of wire slightly longer than the width of the head of the doll. You'll want this thread to lie through the middle of the head and attached on each side, just to the point where you want the ponytails to begin. If you want to the doll hair to have a party, stitch it in place in the Centre of the head more. Once the wire is secure, joining an equal number and length of wire strands on both sides of the head of the doll to create the ponytails. If your ponytails are long, you can also twist, securing the bottom edges with tape.

Curling wool yarn will create loops tight corkscrew or long loose loops for hair for your doll. You need 100 percent wool yarn and wooden pegs about 8 inches long are the thickness you want your loops to be. Attach a strand of wire at one end of the ankle and wrap the yarn around the ankle closely until you have reached the end opposite the ankle and linked to the coast. You will need to repeat this process for each strand of yarn required for hair for your doll. Once all the pins are tightly wrapped, plunge them into a pot of boiling water for about five minutes. When you delete the ankles, wrap them in a towel and press gently to the excess water. Place your ankles on a cookie sheet will allow you to warm up in a 175-degree to the dry kiln. Once dry, your wire is permanently closed and ready to be sewn onto the head of your doll.

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