Rerooting
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 09:19 | Written by Sebby | 
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You will need: - Tweezers. - Bear-thread. (Or similar.) You will need thread that is fairly thick, and won't wear out while being pulled through holes. - Doll needle. About 10 cm long needle, with the hole equally wide as the stem. Can be ordered online or bought at some local craft shops. - Hair. Can be ordered online for example at RestoreDoll.com or dollyhair.com RestoreDoll sells hair in one long roll, that you can easily cut to the lenght you want to use, while Dollyhair sells precut hair packages. (I prefer to cut my own because I don't necessarily know what lenght of hair I want on the day and on the doll I start it on.) - A tray that you can easily move away when you want to take a break. The top lid of a shoe box works fine. - Sixsors |
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- Behead the Barbie. Be careful not to break the neck joint if you want to use the same body on the ready doll. The older the doll, the more brittle the neck will be. To make it easier, you can warm the head with hot water, it will soften the vinyl and will make it easier to pull out. The head itself is not brittle. Pull directly away from the neck, and don't twist strongly. If you do break the neck and have the joint suck inside the head don't panick! You will get it out by tying a loop of thread around the neck joint and a pen, that you can use as a handle to pull the joint out. You can find a new body on the doll later on. - Remove all hair off the doll's head by cutting it as short as possible and then pulling the rest out with a pair of tweezers. - Cut the hair to lenght and set it on the tray. You can devide it into smaller parts so it will stay tidier until the end of your work. (Of course you can take a part at a time as you go along.) - Begin operation reroot by making a big sterdy knot at the end of the thread as if you were sewing. Pull the thread trhough a hole in the top of the scalp (plan your route as the holes are in kind of an order). The middle of the head is a good place to start because you won't be blocking your way to the next hole like you would do starting from the edges. (Been there, done that.) |
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| - Pull the needle inside out, like in the picture, and pull through until the thread stops. |  |
| - Pull the thread to the side so that you can push the needle back through the same hole more easily. |  |
| - Pull the thread through, but leave a loop. Take a small amout of hair (about 15 strands) and pull that through the loop as shown in the picture. |  |
| Pull the thread back into the head. |  |
| ... until the thread disapears and holds steadily inside the head. |  |
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- Continue endlessly. In the photo you can see how to hold the already set hair out of your way as you work. |
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