Monday, November 11, 2013

Move-able head for knit dolls


I love making dolls with move-able heads.  It is a technique I learned from the cloth doll making community, and have applied to crochet dolls.  It is a technique that works well with crochet; crochet creates a sturdy fabric that is perfect for three dimensional objects like dolls.

Will this work with knitted dolls?  The answer is yes, if you stabilize the neck.  I used Fiona McDonald's travel doll to work out the details, and have a picture tutorial of the process on my photo share site, ipernity.  Here is a link to the tutorial:

Knit doll head joint tutorial

And for completeness sake, here is the link for the tutorial for crochet dolls:

Crochet doll head joint tutorial

You may need to alter your pattern to create the doll head and torso separately.  Give it a try!  You're sure to be pleased with the result :-)


5 comments:

  1. Thank you for all the information you share with us! What precious dolls you make. :)

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words, Lois :-)

      Beth

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  2. hi beth,

    the link for the knit movable head doesn't work anymore.
    Can you re-post the link?

    thanks
    alicia

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    1. Oops! I had that on another photo sharing site, that I no longer maintain. I will see what I can do to recreate this.

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    2. Try it now, Alicia. I have the tutorial on Flickr and it should work.

      Beth

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