You will need to give him or her some hair if you made a crochet or amigurumi doll.You can give your doll straight hair, but why not give her curly hair?You can make your doll's hair look beautiful with a few extra steps.If you want to give a cloth doll curly hair, you can still use these methods, but you will need to make a crochet wig cap first.
Step 1: You should have a crochet doll ready.
It works best on amigurumi dolls.If your doll is made from cloth, you will need to crochet a wig cap for it before attaching it.
Step 2: Wrap the yarn around a piece of wood.
The tighter the curl, the thinner the dowel is.It would be ideal to have something around 3/8-inch (0.95)-centimeter.Don't let the yarn overlap if you are only wrapping it in a single layer.The knitting needle can be used instead.A smaller size would be ideal.Tuck the tails ends under the first and last loops.The loops should be tightened by tug on the tail ends.This will keep the yarn from unraveling.
Step 3: The yarn should be soaked with boiling water.
Pour the water over the yarn after boiling it in a pot or kettle.To remove excess water, use a towel.You want it to be wet.
Step 4: The backing sheet has something on it.
The ends of the dowels should be on the rim.The yarn should not touch the actual baking sheet.The yarn may not dry properly if you let it touch the sheet.The yarn may be damaged by hot metal.
Step 5: You can bake the yarn in the oven.
First, preheat the oven to the lowest possible temperature, about 200 to 250F.The yarn should be stuck into the oven when it reaches the right temperature.Allow it to bake until it is completely dry.It's a good idea to check on it every 15 minutes to make sure it doesn't melt.If you use a soft variety of yarn, bake it for 55 minutes instead of raising the temperature.
Step 6: Before unwrapping the yarn, allow it to cool.
This will take about 10 minutes.After the yarn has cooled, gently unwrap it.It should hold its curl as you unwrap it.
Step 7: Wrap yarn around an object.
Choose a book, folder, CD case, or even a piece of cardboard that is twice the length you want your hair to be.Wrap the yarn around the base object tightly.Continue wrapping until you run out of yarn.
Step 8: Wrap the yarn around one edge.
You will have two folded edges when you wrapped your yarn around your base object.Pick one and cut along it.Keep the yarn folded if you put it off the base object.Your guide will be the fold.The yarn should be separated into strands.You will get 888-405-7720 888-405-7720For the rest of the method, treat the four strands as a single strand.
Step 9: Attach the yarn to the doll's head.
The crochet hook should be pushed through a stitch on the doll's hair.You can catch the strand by the middle.With your hook, pull a loop back through the stitch.Pull the tails through the loop and tug on them to tighten it.Push the hook through a stitch on the wig cap if you are using a crocheted cap.
Step 10: Attach yarn to the doll's head.
Work your way towards the center in rings from the outer edge.If your doll is small, you don't have to put yarn in every stitch.
Step 11: You should have a crochet doll ready.
It works best on amigurumi dolls.If your doll is made from cloth, you will need to crochet a wig cap for it first, then attach it.
Step 12: Attach the yarn to the back of the doll's head with a slip stitch.
The back-right of the doll's head has a crochet hook on it.The yarn should be pulled through the stitch with the hook.There is a short tail of yarn.The edge of the hair line is where you start crocheting.Carefully plan!You can use a crochet hook.Look at the label to find out what kind of hook you should use.
Step 13: You have to chain stitch your first strand.
Make your first chain stitch after attaching the yarn to the doll's head.It should be twice as long as you want it to be.As it Curls, the hair shortens.It will end up being too short if you make it the right length at the beginning.
Step 14: Go back up the chain.
Go through the third chain with your hook.The yarn can be pulled through the chain.When you reach the base, begin slip stitching down the length of the chain.If your doll is large, use a single crochet instead of a slipstitch.
Step 15: Move on to the next space by closing the strand with a slip stitch.
Go back into the starting stitch on the doll's head, and then out the next one.If your doll has thick hair, you might want to poke the hook out with a few stitches.
Step 16: The tail end of the yarn should be caught under the first chain.
Put the tail end of the yarn over your work.Pin it down with a chain stitch.
Step 17: Continue crocheting.
Make chains until you reach the left side of the doll's head.The tail should be completely hidden by now.You can trim it down if it isn't.
Step 18: Go onto the next row.
You just attached your last curl.If you want to poke the hook out of the next stitch, you should do it on the left.
Step 19: Continue crocheting your doll's hair.
You have to work left to right, right to left until you reach the front hairline.If you want to follow your doll's hair, make each row a little wider than the one below it.A dressmaker's marker can be used to sketch out a hair.The chains can curl on their own.Wrap them around your finger to help them curl.
Step 20: Pull the yarn through the last loop after cutting it.
Cut the yarn when you're done with your last curl.Pull the tail through the last loop of yarn using your hook.To tighten the loop, gently tug on the tail.
Step 21: If you want, you can trim the last row of hair.
It will help the hair on your doll lay down.The tail should be threaded through a yarn needle.The needle should be pulled between the last two rows of curls.On the last row, close to the base, push it through the first curl.The needle should be brought down through the next stitch.Curls as you go, stitching across the head.Cut the yarn after weaving the tail under a few stitches.
Step 22: If you don't have a crochet or amigurumi doll, you can make a wig cap.
You can sew or glue the wig cap to your doll once you attach the hair to it.You should use the same type of yarn for your doll's hair.
Step 23: There is a magic ring.
Wrap the yarn around the working and tail ends.The yarn needs to be pulled through the middle of the ring.Pull it up towards the top edge of the ring.
Step 24: You have to do your first round in the magic ring.
In the magic ring, make six single crochets.Finish with a slip stitch.To tighten the stitches, gently tug on the tail.
Step 25: Start the second round.
Chain stitch two more.In each stitch, do two half-double-crochets.When you get to the end of the round, use a slip stitch to close it.
Step 26: Do your first increase.
You should start your third round with two chain stitches.Next, do two half-double-crochets in the second stitch.The round should be closed with a slip stitch in the first half-double-crotch.
Step 27: Make your second increase in the fourth round.
Start with two chain stitches.Next, do a double crochet over the next two stitches.This is the increase.There are two half-double-croches in the third stitch.The round should be closed with a slip stitch in the first half-double-crotch.
Step 28: You should make your third increase for the fifth round.
Start with two stitches.Next, do a half-double-crochet over the next three stitches.This is the increase.You can follow it with two half-double-croches.Do it six times.In the first half double crochet, close the round with a slip stitch.
Step 29: The wig cap is one round away from being the right size.
The wig cap has to be big enough to fit over your doll's head.
Step 30: Increase round with a half.
Start with two chain stitches and 2 half-double-crochets.Continue where you left off, with a half-double-crochet in each stitch.You should stop when you are half-way across.
Step 31: Cut your yarn and tie it off after finishing with a slip stitch.
There is something that looks like a cap on one end.The front of the doll's head has a longer end.The shorter end is on the back.