I have made hair using the whole 4ply yarn (Fingering) and I have split the 4 ply yarn to thinner strands (see photos below).
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Split strands for Little Red Riding Hood.
The thinner strands use less yarn than the whole 4 ply yarn and it looks nicer too. When you use yarn which is smaller than the yarn for the doll, you can use a smaller hook to get the yarn through the stitches. You can read how to insert the hair on the head on EssHaych blog.
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The thinner strands use less yarn than the whole 4 ply yarn and it looks nicer too. When you use yarn which is smaller than the yarn for the doll, you can use a smaller hook to get the yarn through the stitches. You can read how to insert the hair on the head on EssHaych blog.
![]() | Sometimes I create a hair cap in the color of the hair. Do this when you cannot insert a lot of hair strands. The hair cap gives a full look and hides the bold spots. For the Pippi doll I could not use many strands: otherwise the braids would be very big. To hide the bold spots she has a red hair cap. (See photo left of the haircap for Pippi). |
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Pippi Longstocking
Instead of adding a hair cap you can also change the color of the head to the hair color. This I did with Jazzy the Mermaid and Nurse Jazzy. (This does not show on the photos below.)
Wow! Thanks for posting this...!
ReplyDeleteIt's a big help to self-taught crafters like me Ü
Thanks from Spain
ReplyDeleteOh, you do such nice work ... very sweet little girlies :-)
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! I've been wondering how you made the hair look so good! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteErin
Fantastic :o)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Anne:)
Ah! Thank you so much for posting this. It is seriously something so simply to do - split up the thread for the hair, but I honestly never thought of it :p. Thank you!!!!
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