Hair

Ok, so I left the last post kinda on a loose note, and even though it's only been half an hour sense I finished the doll, I have to admit, the doll needs hair!!! So I'm gonna show how to make wigs for your new doll.

Here we go! First you'll need and F hook, and some worsted (aka medium) weight yarn.

Wig Base: We will be working in a continuous round.
 Row 1: ch 2, sk1st (or magic loop) sc 6
 Row 2: sc 12 (inc in every st)
 Row 3: sc 18 ({inc sc} 6 times)
 Row 4: sc 24 ({inc sc 2} 6 times)
 Row 5: sc 30 ({inc sc 3} 6 times)
 Row 6-10: sc 30 
Fasten off. Leave long tail.

Now you can leave it like this, if you making a guy. Or you can attach yarn (or doll hair yarn) to make it look  more like hair. I really only know one way to attach the yarn and that's sticking the hook through the base and pulling a looped strand of yarn through sticking the end through and pulling it tight. I know there are other ways and if you don't like this method you can look for one you do. At the bottom of this post I'll leave a links for a posts I found helpful.

Here's how I did my dolls hair. I did the hook and loop thing, mentioned in the last paragraph  all the way around the bottom edge. then I took two strands on each side and over lapped them and continued adding two more strands and "weaving" them together till I got the desired length  Then I sewed along the last "woven" line, with some thread. After that I took four strands on each side and tied them together with a hair tie, then all that was left was to sew it to the head with the end of yarn. Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'll try to make a video later and show you what I mean.

My Gurumi: Hair Tutortial
The Green Dragonfly Princess-Poppy*
Ana Paula's Hair Tutorial
*Kinda gave me the idea for my hair.