Doll Hair Projects - Suri Hair Calculator

Suri Alpaca Doll Hair: Project Estimation

Choosing the right amount of fibre ensures your custom doll turns out beautifully without running out of hair mid-project. This step by step guide will enable you to calculate exactly how much Suri alpaca you need for a perfect finish

This guide is for doll makers that create dolls through all kind of methods and specifically is for:

Needle Felting

Re-rooting

Wefts

Wigs

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Imagine and visualise where you want the doll's hair to fall (e.g., shoulder length, hip length, or dramatic floor length.

Measure you doll standing upright - so you know exactly the length from the crown to the end of the hair - this is the length of your style BUT not the length locks you need

When you are creating your doll hair, remember that you will loose some of the length due to the preparation.

Depending on your method, as locks are hemmed in a weft during installation/ ends are needle felted into your doll head or made into wigs, and some people also like to ensure all the tips are trimmed straight, purchase locks that are at least 2–5 cm longer than your target style

Wrap a flexible measuring tape around the widest part of your doll’s head (right across the forehead and around the back of the skull).

Small Heads (10–12 cm)

Standard Barbie (Millie, Silkstone, and vintage 90s sculpts), Fashion Royalty, Integrity Toys, Bratz, Winx Club. BJDs & Articulated Tinies: Lati White, PukiPuki, RealPuki, and 1/12 scale pocket dolls

Medium Heads (14–16 cm)

Fashion Dolls: Monster High (Generation 1, 2, and 3), Ever After High, Disney ILY 4EVER, Novi Stars.

BJDs & Anime Styles: Lati Yellow, Pukifee, Obitsu 11 (OB11), Capsule Chix, and 1/8 scale anime dolls

Large Heads (24–28 cm)

Fashion & Big-Head Dolls: Rainbow High / Shadow High, LOL OMG, Pullip, Descendants dolls.

BJDs: 1/6 scale BJD "Tinies" (YOSD range), Meadowdolls Twinkle

Extra Large Heads (24–28 cm)

Collector & Quarter-Scale Dolls: Blythe, Pullip (older vinyl models), 1/4 scale BJDs (MSD range)