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Want a better scarf? (under construction) Whether you never had one for your 9" doll, want to upgrade, or are needing one for your newest custom, what exactly are your options? Read on, I'll let you know.. |
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In the beginning... When I got my first Deny's Fisher Doctor doll, he was loose from the box with no scarf and no sonic screwdriver. I, fortunately, lucked out. I bought him at a Doctor Who convention and another table was selling Doctor Who accessories to dress up stuffed dragons as the Doctor (gotta love conventions). So when you see pics of the Doc in the knit scarf on my site, it's not that I'm flaunting off a keen, upgraded, custom-designed scarf. It was just all I've been stuck with since a kid. To the right is the Doctor in the original Mego scarf the dolls came with. |
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| So tell me, sparky, can you knit? As you can see from the pic on the right, whoever originally made that dragon scarf knit it. Yarn at that thickness for a 9" scale doll is WAY too thick. There are thinner types of yarn if you're up to the challenge of knitting one yourself. No? Not many of us are. If you're lucky, maybe you've got a grandma you can get to do it for you, and put her to work like a third world child in a sweatshop ala Kathy Lee Gifford. "No, no, no!It goes tan, THEN red, Grandma!" A more realistic option, if this is the way you want to go, is check online for custom doll clothing makers. From Barbie to American Girl, there are a lot out there, and their sites will tell you if they can knit too. For a scarf with that many colors, they very well might charge you an arm and a leg, but it will be an authentic scarf. If you go this route, make sure you buy the right thickness and color of yarn you want to be used yourself. Also specify exact length and give lots of good reference. When comissioning out you need to be as exact as possible. |
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What are friends for? Another great idea that turned sour for me was using "friendship bracelet" string, sold in craft sections around the country. I personally have no idea how the hell you make them, but you know what? Girls do. Nieces. Little sisters. Wives. It's just an inheirant girl thing I guess. I got my wife to try it, and she came up with this, it looked great, but the process of making it made it come our diagonal. I mention this, even though our attempt was a failure, because, hey, maybe she did it wrong! Maybe there are other ways to do it. If there were, this way would end up looking very nice. Remember, when you can't do it yourself, bribery is usually the way to go. "Grandma, it's awefully quiet back there. Have you quit working?" |
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Da bomb! Honestly, the least complicated way to get a nice scarf for your custom is to find a fabric with stripes that work in a 9" doll scale (or 12 " if that's your medium)in the proper colors of the scarf and use that. Do you know what the chances of that are going to be though? Pretty slim. I looked for years and never found the right material... until recently! This material is called "Camel Stripe Lurex", and is near perfect, except for the thin refective gold strands that are intermittantly mixed as one of the fabric's stripes. For me, this is a small thing and didn't prevent me from wanting to use it. For American readers, I bought the fabric on clearance at a Joann Fabrics, inventory/sku number: 5644851. For those elsewhere, I don't really know if that Sku number is universal, but it might be. I'm told there are also "Fabric Hubs" on-line where you post what you're looking for and people and stores try to help you out. |
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