Guest Posting Place pins where you want the hairline to be. Wrap Twigs Wrap the twigs with various colours of yarn or embroidery floss. Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates on what I am up to. Once you have roughly decided the end-recipient for your doll, then you can consider the hair style that most suits their personality. "The detailed pictures really helped my understanding. It is the hairstyle I chose for my precious doll Poet. I would be most grateful. If all else fails, head to Dollmaker's Journey where they have a very wide selection of hair materials for your doll. You can find them online over here: Little Oke Dolls and Kamrins Poppenatelier. Lift one side of the hair up at the part and apply a thin line of glue, spreading it around the side of the head. July 2015 Comb through the hair gently to make sure all the loops are cut. The price includes shipping. If you're using yarn hair on a plastic doll, you will want to use tacky glue instead of hot glue. 1. Most of the time I am using pieces of yarn and it can be quite thick. January 2016 Step Two Now put the pearl bead in between the loop you just tied a knot in and spread the strands over the bead. 3. Tie and wrap strands of yarn around small wooden dowels. Explore. Cut your embroidery floss so you have a sufficient length (at least 4 to 6 inches/10 to 15 centimeters) to finish wrapping the arm and second hand. When your rows reach the back of the head, start mixing in strands of darker floss. ** Fairy making just got easier! For a brilliant way of embroidering the hair on your doll, you can check out this tutorial by Carley Biblin on her Little Red Riding Hood doll (pattern included in Storybook Toys by Jill Hamor). 6. Yarn hair is more often used for medium to long lengths but is sometimes used for short hair. You want to buy it by the total length. The doll is made with woven cloth, which is a different material than the one we normally use for our "Waldorf" style of dolls but like I said, Agnes at Lalindadoes embroidered hair like this and it works wonders. Choose a pipe cleaner which is similar to the skin tone of your doll. July 2014 You can use the same yarn as the cap, to minimize shock value but you can also get very creative and not only vary the colour of the yarns used but the type and fibre. In which I show you how to add straight hair to your crochet dolls. You might be able to find some beautifully hand-dyed roving at your local yarn store as well. November 2016 Find it here: https://www.patreon.com/faerieringsRoboskater by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Artist: http://audionautix.com/ My doll head is all stuffed firmly and already stained. As a more detailed alternative to making simple arms and hands from pipe cleaners, you can wrap wire with embroidery floss to shape simple loop or mitten hands for clothespin dolls. Place the bundle of yarn right in the middle of the doll's head (middle part) and sew to the head over the stitches you made with your sewing machine. If you would rather, you can use museum wax/tacky wax to hold the head on the body so it can be repositioned for other uses. Last Updated: November 17, 2021 If your doll will be wearing a head covering (like the Gele on the Nigerian Doll), you may not need to paint hair. If you're struggling to hold the needle in one hand, and the hair in the other, ask a friend for help. Discussing doll hair: fabric cap on a Cloth Fig doll, via Fig and me. After every few rows, use the eye end of the needle or a plastic comb to carefully separate the strands of floss. It may be helpful to go over the seam twice. {"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":"