How To Sew On Wig Cap For Crochet Doll

Hey you guys it's Yolanda here from my pretty brown doll and wanted to come on really quickly and do a video and show you guys how I sew my wig caps on to the doll's head. So I get a lot of questions about how I create this subtle ripple effect around the edges. There'S some people who think that I'm leaving something out of the pattern, because they are thinking that, like I'm, skipping, stitches or doing larger stitches like half double or double crochet, to create this subtle ripple effect. And I am NOT. This - is actually created. Because of how I sew the week cap on, and so I am going to show you guys how I do that if you are interested in any of my doll patterns, all of my doll patterns are available on Etsy. I am etsy.com for size shop for it. Slash my pretty brown dolls on my pretty brown doll on Etsy. So if you're interested in making your own version of my pretty brown dog, you can find the patters on etsy, but, like I said this, video is going to show you how I actually so the week cap on. So I have a head here finish as well as her wig cap finished and when I fasten off the wig cap, I do leave a long tail, because the long tail is what I'm gon na use to sew the wig cap on. So I do have a long tail and I am just using a regular yarn needle so long tail yarn, needle and wig cap done and then we're gon na sew this onto her head. So I do smooth it down so how to make sure they are. No. There'S like no air underneath this or anything, so I make it as flush to her head as possible. As you can see, I kind of want the back of this pretty much touching almost where her neck starts, so probably like one row right before her next door. So I don't sit it like directly on her head. I do kind of slide it back a little bit and then we have, like, I said yarn needle the long tail and what I'm gon na do is. I will take this yarn needle and I am going to insert it right in between, like where the last stitch is like, where the last stitch was made. So I'm gon na insert it there. I'M gon na go through a little like maybe a little bit into her head like into the actual skin tone of the doll, and then I'm going to come up one stitch over right in between the stitches again. So I'm coming up one stitch over and then I'm just going to pull that up and then I pull just I don't like pull it real tight, but I do give it a nice little pool and then I'm gon na go right into that next stitch. So, right into the next one again we're going down into the stitch we're gon na pull up a little bit of the actual skin tone, and then I'm gon na skip a stitch and come up through the next one. It'S important in order to create that effect. That you're doing it around in between the stitches of that last row that you made, if you don't do it through the stitches of that last row, it's not gon na create the same effect and again when you're pulling it up. You just want to tug just a little bit like don't pull it like where it's super tight, but you do want to tug it just a little bit and what happens is you're starting to see like that. Little ripple effects happen around her edges and so again I go through down under the next stitch, pull up a little bit of our head and come up through the next stitch and just pull a little snuggly when I'm coming up - and we just do this - all The way around and like I said what you see is the subtle ripple effect happening around her edges. Now, as I'm doing this, I you continue to smooth this out because, like I said, I do want to make sure that it's not it's flush to her actual head and so again we're just gon na go all the way around down, pull up a little bit Of the head come skip, one stitch come up through the necks and tug down, pull up a little bit of the head up through the next stitch and tug and again that's it. It'S really simple, but I know it's easier when you actually see it versus when it's written out in the pattern. I think I say this is a whip stitch. My sewing people can tell me whether or not this is actually a whip stitch or not. I don't know what kind of stitch it is it's the kind of stitch that works. Her wig cap is going to be secure on her head, but, as I mentioned, it does create that subtle ripple effect around the edges that I like to make it look like her. Baby hairs are laid without having to do like swoop bangs and things like that and nothing against through bangs. It'S just not my thing yeah. I just feel like every girl, her bangs ain't swooped. It'S just not my thing, and so I just prefer this technique because it gives me the effect I want, but it's very subtle and again you're, just gon na. Do this all the way around and when you get back to where you started, I do do it. One more time - and then I take this yarn so now that we've gone all the way around and again you see how subtle that is just subtle, little ripples around her edges, I'm just going to now just weave this through the wig cap to secure it, and That'S it, that's all I need, and then I can take my scissors. I can snip off these edges. You can snip these edges off or snip snip off that and that's it so now her wig cap is secured and again just a nice cute ripple effect around her head around her head. All right, if you have any questions, feel free to ask them below. Like I said, if you need links to patterns, they are available in my Etsy shop. All right, you guys y'all enjoy the rest of your night.