Createlivity: It's a Ginger

So I finished - including hair - the second crocheted doll today. No. Don't ask about the first doll's hair! Don't do it! Second doll today!

rockin a mini!

The first doll was a light tan, that I wasn't sure would be a great color for the doll's "skin," but is growing on me, actually. I used what I had in my stash at the time. I think that is appropriate when trying out a pattern. For my birthday present, Carl took me yarn shopping, and we ended up with a couple of "skin" colors, including this pale, pale pink which has turned out well, I think I even have enough in the skein for a second doll, if I want.

I had a very soft yarn for her hair so I decided to do a latch hook type of technique to attach it. I cut all the strands one length, even though I realized that would make the front strands shorter when they were pulled to the back, which I was planning to do. I didn't want to experiment with too many facets at once, however. I wanted to see how that latch hook technique would work. I thought I would have to hook some in every stitch on that doll's head, and I started at the scalp seam, worried I should have started at the center and worked my way out. Turned out much easier than I thought it might, and much less tedious than I was afraid. The first two rows I did provided a good amount of hair, so I skipped a row, and then did a row the rest of the way to the center. Since there weren't THAT many rows, and the number of stitches decreased going to the middle, it went much more quickly than the first two rows did. It needed the middle done, though, to provide fullness at the top of the head. Still it made a LOT of hair.

All. That. Hair.

I haven't trimmed it up yet. I think it needs a little, especially to even up the bottom, but I like the "layers." I pulled the front back and tied it with a length of red yarn. I think eventually I will find a ribbon or something of the like to add in.

I just pulled the hair from the front to the back and tied it with a very small amount of the hair from the back, just to hold it in place.

Hello beautiful!

I may have to reinforce the stitching at the front of the neck as all that yarn tends to pull her head back a little. Then she's looking up a little more than I like.

I modified the pattern a little for this doll, giving her feet more than the original pattern calls for. I modified what the pattern does for shoes, and socks, and made it a little smaller so the shoes and socks would still fit as made. The toes of the socks and shoes need stuffing to keep their shape for the original doll. I'm very happy with how the second doll's feet turned out.