i wanted to make a little friend for nina… with brown hair. but i made a mistake. the original pattern uses a yarn called “wool cute” sold apparently only in Hobbyra-Hoobyre stores. it’s a little expensive, but it’s very fine, and – now i can appreciate- it is very straight.
So I bought another kind of fine wool yarn, called Ski Yarn, which is great as it comes in alot of colours. What is not great is how wavy it is! I love my own wavy hair, but I don’t think it suits this dolll. It does not make for a nice fringe (bangs). And I was afraid of bald spots so I actually ironed her hair before I put it on! It was painstaking. This photo shows the left side which is part-way ironed and the right which is unironed.
Let this be a note to self: use the right stuff for the right job.
Let this be another note to self: If you have to iron yarn, please do it when it is still wrapped around the cardboard before cutting! It would have been alot easier!
She’ll be finished soon…
Thanks so much for reading about Darby (inspired by you!). I, too am far away from home (3000 miles-from one coast to the other). When we moved a bear my husband had given me when we were first dating got the axe, but Darby remains. Since I read your post on whip up, I’ve been thinking about sentimental toys. My husband has a puggle he won’t give up, and my dad, a well-known attorney in New England, has a stuffed rabbit he once told me must be buried with him. Writing about Darby took me back to my childhood in a very intense way. Thank you so much for your inspiration.