I have made hair using the whole 4ply yarn (Fingering) and I have split the 4 ply yarn to thinner strands (see photos below).
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.
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). |
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)
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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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