In the photo you'll see several different ways to make yarn dolls.
Blue yarn doll at top left
This is the easiest doll to make as it does not have a waist. Wind yarn around your fist 50 times for a nice full doll head and body. Knot at the neck and ankles.
For the arms wind yarn around your fist 15 times and knot in the middle and near both ends to form the wrists.
Tie the middle knot around the main doll body at the neck. I've chosen 2 shades of blue for variety.
Orange and pink doll 2nd from the left
Wind yarn around your fist 50 times and knot at the neck to form the head. For the arms wind yarn 15 times around your fist and align through the center of doll body below neck.
Now, tie a knot around waist to hold arms in place. The body is orange and the arms are pink.
The 3rd and 4th dolls from the left
Make the same as the 2nd doll from the left except on the 4th doll from the left cut the loops at lower edge of skirt.
Pink and lilac doll at lower left
Make like the 2nd doll from the left on top row except after knotting waist, separate yarn in two and knot at each ankle.
Have fun decorating your holiday tree with yarn dolls!
More yarn dolls
Girl Yarn Dolls
Basic Yarn Dolls
Charity Note:
I'd like to suggest that if you spend time making doll clothes, anyway, that you collect a few dolls from friends and neighbors and sew a wardrobe or a complete outfit for each doll. Then donate the doll in the completed outfit to a charity that distributes used dolls and toys to kids that otherwise would not have any. When I was a little girl, nothing brightened up my face more than my mother making me a new outfit for my doll.
Article and Photo Credit Susan Kramer
