How to string a doll
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Many people have emailed us to ask how to string a doll. Here are the basics....
stringing 1
These diagrams show how the elastic goes into the doll.
You'll need elastic, and neck hooks or E-Z links and also something to secure the hooks into the hands and legs, such as epoxy putty .
<--- You'll notice the little slots on the upper part of the baby legs - you put a washer or an EZ Link through the leg.
All these things do is give you something to attach the elastic to and hold the limbs on.
stringing 2
You'll need a wooden neck button or washer or coil screw or something to put into the doll's head that you can run the elastic through also.
 
Arms are strung with elastic together - arm to arm.
Elastic to legs goes up into the head.
There are many excellent books giving complete instructions. Both Martha Armstong-Hand's Learning to Be a Doll Artist and Helen Schaeffer's Beautiful Dolls Made Easy, found in our Book Section, have detailed instructions.