making a waldorf doll - the eyes & hair

                 

                                

eyeseyeseyeseyeseyeseyeseyes

you will need:

embroidery thread in your chosen colour

long doll making needle

jerry garcia {playing}

following the instructions in your guide, or here , embroider the dolls eyes in the

places you have marked with pins.

it can be a bit tricky marking those spots.

you will put them in, take them out, say to yourself are they too close? too far apart?

in the end, you will get it just right.

 {if you don't, take them out and do it again.}

 practicing your intended stitching first on a scrap is a GREAT idea.....

the mouth is very simple.

thank goodnes..

just two simple stitches.

for some great inspiration look at the faces here .

hairhairhairhairhairhair

the hair is my favorite.

my book has the most amazing hair instructions.

for this doll, i have chosen hair from a goat.

a southern speaking texan angora goat.

{this must be one.gorgeous.goat.}

right. the hair.

i am taking three strands and twisting it in the middle.

 take a threaded needle and begin to sew down

the dolls hair by taking the needle thru all layers where twisted to the

center of the head.

start in the front just where your head stitching begins.

going down this sewn line,

repeat this until the top of head is covered.

next step is to go down about an inch on the left side and go right

round the head with small stitches

tacking down every other bit or so of hair down to the head.

i have placed pins below to show you where to begin and end sewing.

maricristin sealey has some excellent directions for curly hair, short wispy hair, etc.

so if you were using yarn she recommends that it be cut to shoulder length

when doing this method.

since i am using animal hair, which is quite short, i am winging it with my own method.

underneath the top layer of hair, i have made two additional rows of hair.

by tacking down  twisted strands of hair all the way across. i left the curly ends untacked.

repeat this until the hair looks full all around and no bald spots.

i finished with three layers :: top layer down the line, and two layers across underneath.

.:: seal of approval ::.

next ..... the clothes!!