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Take a small hank of viscose and gently 
brush it to smooth it out.
I like to use a "Barbie" brush, 
but an eyelash or eyebrow 
brush works well also.

Note: Pull the viscose from 
end to end, 
Do NOT cut it blunt at the end 
as this makes it hard to wrap 
around the needles or 
paper clips to curl it.

Wrap a piece of viscose around a 
knitting needle or paper clip. 
(You twist the hair as you wind it.)
Dampen with water 

Okay - I just run it under the 
tap water of my kitchen sink, 
nothing glamorous here.

If you need lots of curl add 
a small amount of setting lotion, 
conditioner, or fabric softener to 
a cup of water, and dip 
the rods in this solution.

Blot on paper towel.
Put in warm 200 degree oven 
to dry and set the curl.

 


No PHOTOS of this next step were necessary:

1) After the viscose rods have dried, either use your stove top flame (my choice), or a candle.

2) Hold the rod by one end and quickly run it back and forth over the flame. 

You will be able to judge how far to keep it from the flame by whether or not it 
goes up in flames, (just kidding).

* You don't want it right in the fire, as viscose will catch on fire. 
** You just want to run it over the flame, and the heat will cause the little stray 
hairs and fuzzies to quickly melt away.
*** The trick is to keep the hair moving. Rotate the rod and make sure it gets 
heat all the way around.
3) Then flip it to hold the other end (be careful it may be a bit warm), 
and continue burning the fuzzies from that end as well.

Let the rods cool completely.

 



The photo above shows viscose 
that has been wrapped 
around un-bent paper clips. 
I love using these for tiny curls 
or a tighter curl. 
The bigger/thicker 
the hank of viscose you use, 
the bigger the curl will be. 
The thinner the hank, 
the smaller/tighter 
the curl will be.

The hair in the bottom photo shows yet 
another technique where the hair is 
just twisted really tight until it twists 
back on itself.. 
This makes nice random waves and 
does not require any needles.

Here is a very nice clear 
example of a curled section of hair 
that has been singed over the flame 
to remove the fuzzies. 
It is now ready to be slipped 
off of the knitting needle.

 

 

 

 


More examples of using different 
thickness and different size needles/clips. 
You can achieve tiny 
"sausage" curls or wavy curls.

 

 

 



Use sharp scissors to cut the curls 
either in half or in sections depending 
on how long your curls are, and 
how long you want your 
doll's hairstyle to be. 
Notice the great tiny pin curls at the end. 
I always save these for the tiny 
detail curls as you will see 
further along in this tutorial.

 

 

                                                          

 

               


 

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