How To Reroot Doll Hair With Yarn

Ethan before (left) and afterward (right)

Some dolls have low-quality hair or improvised "haircuts." Doll hair cannot regrow, but it tin can exist rerooted! Rerooting replaces a doll's quondam pilus with any pilus you want: saran, yarn fibers, tinsel, etc. There are many means to reroot hair, and 2 of the near common are the knot method and the reroot tool method. This tutorial outlines the knot method, a very slow, but beginner-friendly, style to reroot doll hair. It features a lovely 2nd-hand doll, Ethan, whose head I removed in a previous tutorial.

You Will Need:

Doll
Big-eyed Sewing Needle
Pilus (old wigs are perfect for this)
Pair of scissors
Pliers
Tweezers (optional)
Cup of h2o (optional)
Towel (optional)

More afterward the leap!

1. Ready your work area. Remove your doll's head along with as much of its original hair every bit possible. Employ tweezers to remove stubborn sections from inside the neck-hole. Hole patterns on the caput determine the doll's hairstyle, and tin can be altered for dissimilar hairdos. Select a few hanks of hair, and lay them aside. Longer is better: call back that the final length is half of the hank half the strand (so a 12-inch strand of pilus volition be only 6 inches after rerooting.)

2. Thread the Needle. Put one end of your hank into a loving cup of water. Separate a thin strand of hair, and thread your needle with the wet side. Then silde the needle to the center of the hair-strand, like a "needle necklace."

three. Sew a Plug. Push the needle into a head-pigsty. Cover your hand with a towel for added pressure. Slide the needle out of the neck-hole. You might need to use pliers to pull the needle out through the neck-hole.

four. Tie a knot. Tie a knot at the finish of the hair. Cut off the needle, and then tie the loose hair-ends into a tight knot.

v. Pull the Plug. Pull the plug up into the neck-hole. Repeat for each hole.

Now you accept mastered the Knot Method! This is not my favorite method, considering it takes forever! All the same, information technology is useful if yous do not accept a reroot tool. To run into what Ethan looked like once he was finished, check out my Makeovers Folio!