![]() It will not be a series of loops like the body, but rather, it will be a long bundle of yarns.ħ] Divide the bundle into three sections and tightly braid. You now have a bow at the girl’s neck.ĥ] To make the arms, wrap yarn around the board 35 times in the same manner described above BUT this time, tie off the yarn 1″ from the bottom of the board.Ħ] Cut the yarn on the front of the board 1/2″ below your tie. Then, tie the 2 loops of the bow again to prevent it from untying. Again, tightly tie off the thread on the front of the doll. Keeping the yarns straight, and the tie at the top, wrap your piece of yarn around the doll’s neck 2 times. This creates the head and neck. Young children will some help making sure their knots are nice and tight.Ĥ] Carefully slide the yarn loops off the board. Slide it under the yarn at the top of the board and tie a tight knot. DO NOT remove the yarn from the board yet.ģ] Cut a piece of yarn around 10″ long. Note: Do not stretch the yarn while you are wrapping or when you remove the yarn from the board, it will “shrink” as it resumes its unstretched state. For my 7 1/2″ doll, I wrapped the yarn around the board 70 times. Begin wrapping the yarn around the board. ![]() Basically, the doll will be as tall as the wrapping board you use.Ģ] Begin by taping or simply holding and end of the yarn at the bottom of your wrapping board. You can cut a piece of cardboard to get the exact size you want. for your wrapping boardġ] Choose a book or lid that is the size of the yarn doll you want to make. If you want to make yours larger or smaller, just experiment until you find satisfying proportions. How tall you make your dolls will determine how many times you need to wrap the body. This is a great craft to share with young crafters, and soon, everyone will be busy creating a community of yarn dolls! Making the dolls is an “ish” thing. This doll's hair was sooooo wonky and long that I trimmed it to make it look better.If you have a skein of yarn and 15 minutes, you can create a yarn doll following these easy yarn doll directions. Sometimes I trim the hair, sometimes I don't. This isn't some wonderfully, fantastic doll, it's supposed to be whacked! Don't worry about perfection on this one! Hand stitch the hair in place along the stitching line on the yarn. Sorry about the fuzzy photo, if you look closely you can see the white stitching line that goes through the yarn to secure it. Slip the yarn off your hand and use your sewing machine on a straight stitch to sew right through the middle of your yarn. ![]() The more open your hand is, the longer the strands of 'hair' you will have. Wrap about 10 wraps of Lion Brand Fun Fur (or whatever yarn you have in your stash) around you hand. Do the neatest job you can sewing up the seam. The photos I took of stitching up the open seam were terrible! Sorry about that. ![]() Stuff! I use some poly fill, but you can take apart an old stuffed animal and re-use the stuffing, or use pieces of quilt batting. I use a tube to help turning it right side out, but using a dowel or the eraser end of a pencil works fine, too. I also trim really close to the outside curving seams (you can see how close I clipped the seam around the head.) I clip everywhere there is an inside seam so rounded seams are smoother when you are done stuffing. You can see the little clips on the inside seams. Sew all the way around the doll and clip the seams. It makes it easier to sew around the curves smoothly. Set your stitch length to 1.5 (or whatever a small stitch length is on your machine). You can do it after, no worries, but it's easier when you don't have to bury the knot. Transfer the marks to the upper arm so you don't sew there.ĭammit! I forgot to sew on the face before I started sewing! It's easiest to sew the eyes and mouth on before you sew the doll together. I'm a fan of rotary cutters, but not when the curves are this tight!Īll cut out. Pin your pattern and cut out with scissors.
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