How to reroot a doll using the Knot Method 

I re-rooted my 1st doll and it was BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the tips!

I use a small crochet hook and scrape that around the inside of the head and use tweezers to pull the clumps out, as well as the stubborn plugs and stray hairs...much quicker than using just tweezers.

Thank you, this was very helpful! I may be able to help some of the poor "bad hair" Barbies and dolls that my daughter has. :D All I need is a long darning needle now. Thank you for showing all the methods, I didn't know there were so many different ways and it kept getting easier and faster, too.

@missparisnite heya - Tonner dolls are a notorious pain in the behind to reroot!! The main advice is to keep the head warm whilst you reroot - heating the head will soften the vinyl making it easier to work with and lessens the risk of splitting the holes. It can be done but is difficult which is why most people tend to opt for wigs for Tonners LOL Good luck!!

@earthentitymp a regular large eyed needle would work absolutely fine! The special doll needles are great as they are long - perfect for akward long necks or hard to reach places but there is no need to buy some if you find a sewing needle works just as well :) I hope that helps! x

This is the method that I used in the 1970s and 80s, and I can attest that it's just the best all-around method. I had 3 of the Sindy dolls. Many jokes about it in my family, as my name is Cindy. :D :P

@Megantan8 its totally up to you, experiment and find out what works best for you - I personally like to do the part line and thatching first, then work from the top down but you can start at the bottom if you prefer! There is no right or wrong way to start a reroot :)

I am so glad it has helped! :) You can get the needles either on the mylittlecustoms site or at any good haberdashery store xx

@AbbyTheZombie you can use real hair yes! It can be a little tricky to work with as it is much more brittle than synthetic hair but I have seen some beautiful human hair reroots in the past :) With hard headed dolls, you can warm them with a hair dryer or use hot water to soften the vinyl a little so it is easier to work on.

so just sewing in the dolls head kinda i wanna try to a reroot a monster high doll of mine soo thanks i love yur work

@Jennifer8Music it is a vintage Sindy doll :) I am glad the videos are helpful!

@Megantan8 hiya - it is not me who runs the site anymore as I sold it back in July but I shall let Elise (the new owner) know that your order arrived safely! xx

the anime eyes idea sounds super cute! Good luck with your custom :D

I'd say it depends on the hair. something like mohair or alpaca doesnt work so well with the lock and loop method but better with the knots, in my experience. Simply because the fibres arent as long as saran or nylon. If you're using nylon or saran its probably personal preference at that point.

@Megantan8 it might do, however, it is an easy fix. You can style it afterwards using water :) Smooth the hair down and give it a blast of hot water, followed by a blast of cold to set it and then leave to air dry overnight. (I hope that makes sense! )

Can this knot method be used for nylon hair? Also, must we glue the inside to secure the knots after we finish with the re-rooting? Thanks!

Thank you it was really helpful and I just wanted to say I absolutely love your accent you just have a really beautiful voice ❤️

Thank you so much. For a brand new, "hole-less" Cool Cat scalp, which method (lock-and-loop or knot) do you recommend, or are they equally effective/accessible? Thanks again!

Firstly, I love your accent.

Girl OMG....I am trying to re-root one of my tonner dolls, anyway his head is really hard and the hole are very small....I thing it could have been done by a machine....Do you have any tips for me, or do you no where I can get thin yet srong needles?

I've seen yarn being used instead of kanekalon for rerooting doll hair. It makes some really funky looking dreads. But I wonder if it's more difficult than using kanekalon.

That's awesome! Thank you so much for answering! Ah, this made me super excited. So many possibilities now!

no i was replying to cruminnie17 i know that shes a girl but crumminie17 is a boy and he was talking about a monster high doll reroot

it is personal preference really! What type of doll / toy were you planning on rerooting?

I'm gonna do this for my old Sindy , btw is there any way to fix the eyelashes ? Mine are so badly damaged , I'm thinking of getting sum acrylic paint also for the eyes ,

Really excellent tutorial. Thanks

Where can I get a nice Sindy head like that ?

@jadeishere101 I have not seen a Monster High in person (only online and they are awesome!) but if you can get her head off then YES! Any doll can be rerooted :) They take a long time, several hours at least! You can buy the hair & needles from specialist websites including my own (search for "My Little Customs" and you will find me!) - you would need around 2 - 3 packs of hair. I hope that helps! xx Robin xx

do you put the head back on and where do you get the hair

Hiya - I still check the comments don't worry! :-) We do indeed ship to Norway yes! x

I know this video is a bit old now, but I'm hoping you'll still see this comment. Do you happen to ship to Norway? I don't think we have any good alternatives her really, especially not when it comes to rerooting ... Though I really wanna do it!

if you do a search for "mylittlecustoms" that should lead you to the website for the hair (I can't post direct links in the comments area I'm afraid, RU-vid gets cross with me when I try!! )

One thing I was wondering is how you remove the head safety so not to tear the neck or break the join. What would I do? Watching you work has really made me want to try it out for myself.

For bratz there head is hard.How do u get the hair in?

@sailoreric97 cut the hair close to the scalp and then remove from the inside using either tweezers or needle nosed pliers :)

My monster high doll has dodgy legs , that just fall down when u try and pose her leg up they just fall bak down and don't stay in place wud it be easier to remove the head and put it on another same doll with better legs , they seem badly made :( the one I'm changing has bald patches and the other has loose limbs , plz help coz I don't know how to take of the head without breaking it if there made like bratz ?

Does this work for all dolls?

@missparisnite You could try using the very thin, long beading needles.

what was the name of the hair? or what should i tell to a sales lady to buy a hair?

I´ve been trying to do the same with my Ken but this method is really hard, so it doesn´t work for Kens :-(

How do u take of the head to put on a body that has got better working legs mine are so loose they fall down if u try and put them up ? :( plz help if u know a way of doing it without breaking the doll ?

@ronikapur the hair is Nylon - you can buy it from w w w . mylittlecustoms . com :) x

it should work in Ken dolls too! Does your doll have a particularly hard head? x

@dogluver2210 SHE was not using a monster high doll , they look absoloutly nothing like this whatsoever

Thank you your video helped me a lot!!!!! :3

Where can I find nylon? My dolls hair is falling out rapidly. :L

cut the hair as short as you can and then pull out from inside the head using tweezers or hemostats :)

Many thanks again! I will try do it!

you from england right

@reppinver the hair is from mylittlecustoms . com :)

I knew this is ghetto but, I tryed this with a weave neddle it woked with my barbie doll. love this video.

please answer really quick , do you have to take of the dolls head? like b efore rerooting?

OMG you sound EXACTLY like me....that is kind of spooky... Thanks for the tute - Will be looking up that website....

@ZIGGIEPRODUCTIONS1 My MH doll has very fragile joints too - I think it is just the way they are made although I love the posability of them!

if i got something can i use american dollers'

make more videos ! i miss themm

would an upholstry needle work too?

Hi Lily, you can buy nylon, katsilk saran and polypropylene from me! The link to my website is in the video info (top right) or alternatively, search for "My Little Customs" =)

this method is so much easier than others

@mylittlecustoms thanks!

would a huge thres needle work?

what type of doll is it your using in this/your videos? :) Love the video!

Hello, do you sell the hair from your website to germany too ? Pleeease reply !

Thanks for this.. now ill reroot my dolls hair after 3 days i need to choose one of them ;D ♥

Where can I buy that needle? I searched on Amazon but I just want to be sure I’m buying the right thing. Thank you much!

Do you know how to do a MH doll's hair? If you can, could you post a vidio?

It is a vintage Sindy doll head :-)

nuts? do you mean like dried glue?

Loved this! Thank you :)

I personally don't want "nuts"in my dolls head LOL!

can you pay for the stuff on mycustum doll in $ american $

Hi there I love your videos very well filmed and easy to follow! I was wondering if you could help me I want to do a hairstyle on a MH doll where she has 'cones' on the side of her head ( jinx from teen titans) you give me some pointers as too how to do this? Thank

as long as the eye of the needle is not so large that it would rip the plug holes in the dolls head :-)

Thx a lot. Now, I know that I have to make the saran hair wet. I had a fight with dry hair and it won :-(

thank you very much you helped me a lot to reroot my pony doll!!!

What a fantastic tutorial. You know you could make them professionally...and you could do voice-over work too. A very talented little chicken you are. (",)

can u do it with bratz dolls hair will it work??? i never tryed it do u think it will work??? XOXO, destinylol

how do you remove your dolls hair?

what if there are a lot of nuts inside the head??

That's cool!! I'd have to do a project like that under my cctv since I'm visually impaired.

I like the 2nd way. I'm going to try it soooon on my old barbie.

@MrDavidswife09 I am glad they helped! :D x

Yep, not a MH doll, a vintage Sindy doll :-)

@Bibit321 yes :)

awesome

make more videos I love these

Thank you for sharing!!

wow i will have to do that like a billion times to reroot all the dols hair surface. XD

Thank you ❤️

@monsterhighwinxlove1 you can do a MH doll using any of these rerooting tutorial methods! If a doll has hair, it can be rerooted ;-)

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lol .... I literally do! ;)

yes! :-)

pretty ring ^_^

mylittlecustoms :D xx

ahm no, but don't worry, I fixed it with yur other turoail , thank you :D

i like your accent :D

Thanks :)

Ty :)

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