How To Attach Weft To A Doll's Head | Sewing Hair For Natural Fiber Art Dolls
In today's video I show you the method I most commonly use to attach mohair weft to a natural fiber art doll. I like to crochet a matching cap in mohair yarn and attach the weft to the cap with hand sewing. A bit time consuming but so worth it!
#dollmaking #dollhair
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:55 Moving the mohair fiber down to sew the wefts
1:38 Pinning and measuring the mohair weft
2:08 Sewing the first row of mohair weft
2:33 Making a pretty front hairline on your doll
3:21 Covering the previous row and sewing another piece of weft
4:22 Reaching the temples of the doll and sewing on a spiral way
5:14 Sewing the crown or end of the weft
Here are some resources for you:
How to Make Doll Hair:
http://www.figandme.com/blog/dollmaking-tips-how-to-make-doll-hair
How to crochet a cap with mohair yarn:
https://youtu.be/YzoQy9rQ6SY
How to sew wefts using Suri alpaca:
https://youtu.be/uEYsWClPYVo
How to sew wefts using Suri Alpaca PDF e-book:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/631922827/doll-hair-tutorial-waldorf-dollmaking
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