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How to Make a Sock Doll

I have made funny-looking dolls before I got them to look like humans. The main thing is to think of them as people that you want to make perfect. (However, it will take you a while to get a really pretty one, unless you are a *super* sewer.) Please remember that this will take about a whole afternoon and don't get frustrated. Take a break before attatching the arms so that your back doesn't hurt from sitting so long.
First, you'll need:

*Two socks

*The right color of embroidery floss (a color for the eyes, pink for the mouth, etc.)

*Yarn: brown, black, yellow. This will be for the hair

*Batting, yarn, cotton balls, something to stuff her with

*Of course you'll need the basic stuff, a needle, thread (preferably white or off-white), scissors.

Cut the first sock to make legs. Cut from the top to where the funny patterned part stops. Then you'll want to stuff the inside from the toe to the heel until it is the right thickness. Sew up the legs- not together, sew the front and back together. Make sure your knots are really tight and won't come out. Then stuff it. (You may end up stuffing the heel of the sock when you do this. Use a pencil or something to stuff it all the way in.) Sew up the ends and then tie a piece of thread around the bottom of each leg about 1/2 inch from your seam. This will make it look like little squarish feet. (This is where that break comes in.) When you come back you will sew on the arms. This is where you use that other sock. You cut off the patterned part and cut it in half longways. Sew each half like the legs and sew the bottom up. Stuff them and then you can sew them *tightly* to the sides. If you want you can tie them like the feet to make hands. Then sew on the hair. This is kind of tricky. First, cut a lot of pieces of yarn all the same length and as long as you want the hair to be. Sew them to the top of the head. Don't just sew back and forth, get inside the hair and make small stitches. If you are really patient, sew over each individual piece of yarn. Then cut more pieces of yarn. These should be just a little longer than the others. Sew half the pieces to one side of the head and sew the others to the other side. (This way your face won't look weird because it has no side hair.) After this you embroider the face on. The mouth isn't hard as long as you take small stitches. The nose is the big problem: you don't want it to be the most prominent feature but you want it in there. Finally I figured it out: sew horizontally with white thread where you want the nose to be. This will cause part of the sock to stand up if you pull it tight enough. This makes the *cutest* nose! The eyes: just satin stitch until it looks like little eyes. You could sew a small circle and satin stitch in the middle if you want.

You've Finished!

I just thought of something. If you want her to have little short close-to-the-head hair, cut short pieces of yarn, sew them on at the top like you did the other way, and then sew it again near the end. This will make the hair stay close to her head and make it look like it is curled outwards. For curly hair unravel the yarn before sewing it on.

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6:08 PM, Mar. 9, 2006 .. Posted by Mrs. Happy Housewife's daughter

Thank you for the instructions because I really wanted to make those dolls. Your dolls are really pretty.

Elizabeth

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