Firstly to address the big deal and apparently putting hair on dolls is not a big deal. According to my Mechanic (hubby) anyway... I was so excited to show him all my hard work and all he could say was "It's such a big deal for you, this hair stuff, hey?"
Well, der! Of course it is. It's my sanity amidst hours of baby babble and toddler reading, between washing dirty nappies and pulling at matted hair. It's what I look forward to for every moment in the day when I need to do all the usual house-wife-y stuff that no-one really notices. It's productive, it's creative and it's ME!
Ok, now that that's out of the way, on to some other sad news...and the big break. While I was taking a few minutes to do something for myself today, I decided to get that last couple of stitches done on the 2nd doll's hair. I was working quickly and getting so into it and then......SNAP!!
There goes my needle. And not only did it snap, but it snapped INSIDE the doll. UGH!! I spent the next couple of moments thinking very hard about how I was going to rectify this terrible situation and then finally, with a lot of squeezing and mooshing, I got one end of the needle out. Yay! Then to the shorter end. And I thought it was hard to pull out the needle when it was full length. Man was I wrong. That wasn't hard, THIS was hard. I had a whole centimetre to hold and pull with a big bulky bit of yarn on the end, OUCH! My fingers will continue to remind me of that moment - or few moments - for the next week or so, I imagine. Ouch!
So there goes another Monday, sunny, warmish, coldish and over. And here's what I have to show for it:
I guess all the drama and pain was worth it. Only one more doll to put hair onto, then to trim them up, and finally I need to work out how to do faces. It might be a while before they get done though, I'm not too confident doing that sort of thing. I guess I'll get better as I go along. I hope so anyway. Plus, it's way more fun trying out different hair styles while I think about how to go about the faces.
Thanks for reading. I'll be back with another photo tomorrow.
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