How to Make Doll’s Hair by Tantehilde

Posted Tuesday 6 October 2009 and filed under: Embellishing, Tips-n-Tricks
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Tantehilde makes extremely cute rag dolls. She shares a very helpful and clear tutorial on how to make a doll’s wig from knitting yarn, and how to attach it to a doll’s head to get this kind of hair style:


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Find the tutorial here: How to Make Doll’s Hair by Tantehilde

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How to Make Hair for Amigurumi by My Gurumi

Posted Thursday 30 October 2008 and filed under: Embellishing, Tips-n-Tricks
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This is a comprehensive article providing different ways of making hair for amigurumi (i.e. crocheted softies). I suspect that you could also adapt some of the ideas in the article to knitted or sewn softies.


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Find it here: How to: Amigurumi Hair by My Gurumi

Further reading:
>> An exceptionally written and detailed amigurumi hair tutorial by Owlishly

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Options for Eyes and Noses for Softies by Planet June

Posted Friday 24 October 2008 and filed under: Embellishing, Tips-n-Tricks
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Related to the previous post, Planet June has an article on the different options available for eyes and noses for your softies.


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Her article is based on her experience with amigurumi softies but the options are also very relevant for sewn softies. She also provides good tips on attaching each type of eye/nose and links to additional resources.

Full article here: Eyes and Noses by Planet June

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