A Tiny String, A Little Bit of Yarn, and Some Hair

Well, seeing as Tuesdays are my long days at work, I really didn't get much done today. Most of the pictures I have tonight are from last night after I had posted my update. I did get a miniscule amount done on one outfit tonight after work while I was trying to get my leg muscles to quit cramping. They have been complaining about the increase in my work schedule, but they are just going to have to get used to it.

Pascal

I did do a tiny bit more work on Pascal last night before going to bed. Not much, but I finished his head, other than stuffing it. It looks like a little mitten, lol.

Jasmine

The one outfit I did manage to get a little bit of work on today after work was Jasmine's red pant outfit, mostly because it is just straight stockinette stitch. No counting. No putting in garter stitch on the edge. Nothing. I am designing the pants. I hope they work.

Here I am measuring the pant leg against Jasmine, because what I had written down and what was measuring on the doll was not matching. Yes, I know it's pants and I have it laid out as a skirt. Since I am working the piece flat, laying the pant leg across the front of both legs was just the easier way to measure the piece.

A little ways further, measuring with the sewing gauge. Just about 4 cm to go (or roughly 12 rows).

This is the same amount done, just measured on the doll. It would work for shorts right now. :)

Tangled Hair - Aurora

Well, before going to bed last night, I thought I would get a little work done on combing out Aurora's hair. Here it is untouched. I thought it was going to take forever, it looked so matted.

But, like the dolls before, it really was just matted and not really all that tangled. I guess that Ariel doll I started my doll restoration experience with was an exception, not the rule, to Disney princess dolls and messed up hair. This is after not even five minutes of work and I'm already about a third of the way through.

As I kept combing out small sections, I noticed the back of her head looked bald, but she didn't seem to be missing any hair plugs. I hoped it was just how her hair ended up matting in clumps that was causing this look.

And it was. Here she is after about ten minutes of work, tangle free. But her hair was very gunky, so she was in desperate need of a wash.

Just a front shot before washing.

This morning before work, I took Aurora off the side of the sink to style her hair and it looked like I had never even combed it!!!! But at least it wasn't gunky any more. And it wasn't tangled, this was just the odd curls that she dried in.

Her hair isn't long enough for a braid, so I just pulled it back into a pony tail.

Front shot of the finished doll.

A Trio of Dolls - Cinderella

After the dolls I have aquired, I have ended up with three Cinderella dolls, which is a good thing in figuring out their hair. Two of the dolls are by Mattel (the right two) and the other one came from England with Megara, so she's from a different company, though her head stamp still reads Disney, and that is why she looks different.

The first doll I received first (far left) and combed, washed and braided her hair. I was a little upset because it looked like the hair had been cut and the seller did not disclose this in the buyer info. The other two came in the same doll lot and are the same model. The middle doll in the picture had hair that was still nearly perfectly styled, so I put another layer of hair spray on her and decided to keep her hair styled as she came. The far right one has the same hair style, but it is drastically falling down. So, I am going to take it down and see if the hair has shorter sections (which it looks like it does) to try to determine if the first doll's hair was cut or not.

Here is an individual shot of the first doll. I lifted up her braid to show the shorter/cut section.

You can see it a little better in the side shot. Her braid is much thinner than any of the other dolls. She definitely has the least amount of hair.

This is the doll whom I decided to keep styled hair on. It's a really fancy updo that I don't think I could replicate.

Here's a side view. It's really hard to show the detail on blond hair with a camera flash reflecting off the doll. Maybe I can get I better picture in the sunlight.

This is the last doll. I just took a picture to compair to the one above to show how much her hair was falling down already.

A Treat for Me - Esmarelda

So, I have to say, one of my favorite Disney heroines is not a princess at all. She didn't even marry a prince. She married the captain of the guard. She's Esmarelda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. And her doll was in the lot of dolls that my sister helped me get!!!! Once I have gotten along far enough in the dress project that I can work on a little something for myself, I am going to make her gypsy outfit. But right now, her hair is a mess (big surprise, right?). Her hair is somewhere around the length of Jasmine's and fairly thick (though I don't think as thick as Megara's hair is). Here's a before picture.

And a back before picture. I haven't done much work on her, and she's probably just going to get a little bit of work done on her at a time. After I took this picture, I found a twig caught up in all that mess!

And the little bit of work I got done. I know it looks like a good amount, but not compaired to the thickness of her hair. She will also have to have a wash afterwards. I'll have to do some research as to how her hair is styled in the movie so I can style it after it's all done. Since this is a doll for me for display and not a dress for a child to play with, I will be doing the outfit in crochet thread and her hair will be styled and then she will be displayed as a OOAK doll. I might even have to get a display case for her, because I don't want her getting ruined after I finish her up (especially since her doll is a little hard to come by - not as hard as Meg, but still not as common as the princesses).

166 DAYS REMAINING!!!