{"id":19957,"date":"2021-04-21T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T15:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=19957"},"modified":"2021-04-21T10:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T16:45:56","slug":"doll-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/doll-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Doll work 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I have made some progress on the doll I started in February.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the back of the head. I line up pins in a row where I want the part to be and wrap yarn around each pin, then and around a stick. The stitches you see on the right are the anchor stitches for all the facial embroidery. When I do the other half of the hair on the back of the head, they won’t show at all. Also, ignore the needle in this picture. I’m just using the head as a pin cushion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I use upholstery thread to sew each loop of hair down, followed by a tack stitch to keep it in place. (By tack stitch, I mean a small stitch right beside the stitch that I have already made through the loop of yarn. This keeps the thread from coming undone.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here is a closeup of the stitch I make through the loop of yarn, just without the pin in the way. I am actually repeating what I have already done for the picture. I don’t normally do two stitches through the loop of yarn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A friend passed away before I could finish this doll for her. So, I really don’t who needs it, nor do I have a great plan for the hair. It will probably be two ponytails or braids. I placed the hairline back from her face to allow for bangs, but I could always add more long hair in front of I decide against them. My observations about yarn are that woolen yarns seem prettier to me, and the thicker the yarn, the less work to fill the head with hair. I have used all kinds of yarn, thin and thick, acrylic, pure wool, and woolen blends, and I actually have a very pale blue yarn waiting for my next doll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing that takes the most time, at least for me, is the decision making. We’ll see what develops. Somehow, even though this doll represents a missed opportunity and the loss of a friend, she smiles at me, and I know it’s okay that I didn’t finish in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To see earlier progress on the doll, here are links to the posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doll work 5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doll work 4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doll work 3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doll work 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doll work 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A friend passed away before I could finish this doll for her. So, I really don’t who needs it, nor do I have a great plan for the hair. It will probably be two ponytails or braids. I placed the hairline back from her face to allow for bangs, but I could always add more … Continue reading Doll work 6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,40,39,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-handmade-dolls","category-hope","category-joy","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19957"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19987,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19957\/revisions\/19987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}