So, you’ve prepared your scalp and you’ve chosen your mohair for rerooting. Now you’re going to want to choose the right crochet hook to get the look you want for your finished custom Blythe.
Basically, the bigger your crochet hook, the chunkier mohair curls your finished doll with have. I tend to go for small hooks to get skinny separated curls. The following image shows a scalp being rerooted with a 0.6mm hook:
This scalp is being rerooted with a 0.75mm hook:
The final look on the doll (in terms of curl-chunkiness) should be something like this:
Many customisers go for a chunkier look than this, using a 1mm or larger crochet hook. The effect is something like the hair of this gorgeous girl of Erika’s who was rerooted by Sherri of Gggroovydolls.
Of course, their are many other factors that affect the final look of your doll’s mohair reroot. Stay tuned for the next tutorial to find out more!
8 Comments
Add your own1. Jess | January 8th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
ohhh!! I never knew that!! Thanks Sue! I’ll be choosing my crotchet hook soon!
2. Lu | January 8th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
LOL did my mum email you? This is exactly the thing we were debating last night! I like the chunkier curls myself, so I better go tell her!
3. Brideen | January 8th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Thank you Sue. You are very helpful.Louisa knows what she wants so my hooks will be fine.
4. somedolly | January 9th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Wonderful info
Do you fill every hole when using the 0.6mm hook? I can’t quite tell from the photo.
5. Sue | January 9th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
hey there somedolly! whether you fill every hole depends on how thick you want the hair to be. if you skip holes, the hair will be very fine. that’s probably your best bet if you’re going to straighten the hair after you’re done. Happy rooting!
6. somedolly | January 9th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Thanks Sue
I have a worthy candidate in the wings 
7. elle | February 9th, 2010 at 2:33 am
I was wondering… are you doing a lock method? I got mohair that is only 5-6 inches in length, I loved the colour so I couldn’t bear to pass it up, but it didn’t occur to me until after, that it’s only going to be like 2.5-3 inches in length once I’m done. Do you have any ideas how I could maximize the length of her locks… could I just glue the hair on the inside of her scalp (this sounds horrific to me now, but can’t think of anything else!)
8. Sue | February 12th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
hey elle!
you can either use the locked loop method, but fold the hair about an inch from the end to maximise the overall length obtained, or you could try the knot method.
the knot method involves simply tying a knot at the end of each lock of hair and dabbing a tiny bit of glue on it. you then pull the lock of hair through with a crochet hook so that the knot is against the underside of the scalp. this maximises length. you just have to be careful that your knots are very small so that you don’t create too much bulk – you have to be able to get that scalp back on again!
Hope this helps. i’ll try to do some more photo tutorials in future.
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