How to create a nature table doll head

Watch this how-to video to learn how to create your own soft sculpture doll head. Great for Waldorf nature table dolls and other needle felted characters.

Creating jointed limbs for soft sculpture dolls

I'm working on someone new and am pretty happy with how the limbs have turned out.  I've got the joints together just right so she can sit perfectly in any position. 

Yummy, golden hair!

How to create a Wool Sleeping Beauty Doll

How to make a Sleeping Beauty doll with wool:

Materials:
* 6 inch cotton pipe cleaner
* 4 inch tubular cotton stockinet
* some cotton, doll makers Jersey fabric for the skin (an old t-shirt will do)
* Sewing needle and some thread
* some colored wool of your choice 
* woodland wreath
* felting needle (optional)

Create the head

Sew on the skin, then place the pipe cleaner in the center to make the arms.  Be sure the arms are the same length.

Sew the skin around the arms 

Wrap some wool roving around your pipe cleaner  

Repeat on both arms

Create a shirt by wrapping wool of another color around the arms and body

Make a hole for the head in a flat layer of wool

Push the head through the hole, and over the arms in the front.
Wrap a small "string" of the same color wool around the waste nice and tight. 

Move the wool around to get it where you like it on the arms

Finish off by needle felting or sewing the hair, and drawing the face.

Place her on the woodland wreath, or anything else for her to rest comfortably on while she sleeps

How to make a doll wig without crochet

I had a lot of request on how to make my wig without crocheting and here is the end result happy wig making and remember you can always contact me 

Mohair weft tutorial

Please use  the instruction for your personal use or on your dolls for sale if you are giving tutorials based on my technique please  be so kind and give credit when credit is due.that is the right way of sharing knowledge.   Starting today I will teach you how to make a wefted Mohair wig .  I want to make sure that you will be making the best wig ever. And for that you need brushed Mohair or yarn of your choice I just like brushed mohair and weft of your choice . And this is how you make a nice and tight wig . And you probably wonder how can I do that well is the size crochet hook I use the smallest I can possibly crochet  with it is a little bit harder but the end result is amazing you will not have any gaps and it will appear more natural so get yourself a small crochet hook and then lets start .

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Here you can see how small my hook is but trust me it is worth it 

it is hart to see but I first crochet into the weft about 4 and then I fold it over to crochet in the round

crochet two single stitches in one opening to MAINTAIN a flat surface

just remember crochet two single crochet in one whole till it measures 4 inches ,or what ever size you need

Just keep going in the round 

Depending on the circumference of your dolls head Measure the flat part, mine measures 4 inches That's for a 13 inch circumference on my doll and then I start to single crochet 

because  you only crochet one in each hole you're not adding stitches anymore and it should start forming a cap

Doll Making Wig Tutorial

Here is a link to the wefted mohair wig tutorial I made.

This is what you need:
Mohair yarn to match your weft or wool (www.mohairwig.com Susan Doyle)
Crochet needle

Instead of every other row, single crochet the weft in every row.

This wefted Mohair  wig method is my personal one, but I give it to you as a gift to use for your own doll making.  You may use my wig tutorial to make wigs for the dolls you sell, when credit is given to me for the technique.  This tutorial is not to be copied and resold as your own wig tutorial. Also, wigs made from my tutorial are not to be sold individually. Thank you for respecting and honoring my work.

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