Help! New Doll Emergency

i took pics of the restringing process to try & help you
my girl was sitting near me and i was like "i have to help out someone in need.. you'll have to do! +_+" and unceremoniously unstrung her lower arm XD

this is what it'll look like unstrung


loop the ribbon through the elastic..


slip the ribbon through the opening in the lower arm


and pull! angle the elastic so that it slips easily into the opening


pull more so that small loop of elastic shows through the lower arm, and stick a pen or whatever in there to hold it in place


and until you can get your girl fixed, that should do for now~ when she is fixed, just slip the s-hook back into loop and pull the pen out!

good as new

 

I know your pain hun. When I first got Kat her hands S hooks were just flimsy wire so her hand came off when I was changing her clothing. I freaked out but now I unstring and restring her all the time for body blushing and tattoo's. Just remember she is not glass...resin is fragile but it can take a little abuse. Not that any one should abuse their resin but i'm just saying.

I'm a craft nut so I have all kinds of usefull stringing items about. I use crochet hooks on mine...or I have thos knitting looms and the hokks for those work like a charm cause the bend super easy.

 

What wonderful pictures!! I am sure they will help her at least feel like she has some knowlege and her arm all set for the new hand.

If it were me I would get in touch with dollheart and ask them to contact the company and ask for a NEW hand! this way she will be perfect again. I bet they will help it can take some time but its worth waiting.

 

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82267 I used this tutorial, but I'm not sure if PWs are built the same way :0 it should cover the essentials though, i think.

if you're unable to pull the lower arm off maybe the hook really is stuck in there > < is it stuck on the inside of the arm? try looping ribbon or wire around the hook to pull it out then, that way you don't even have to unstring her arm

restringing is quite easier than it looks though, so don't worry!

 

You may not need to restring anything but the new hand, and the arms elastic is separate from the body elastic so you won't have to restring the head, legs, or body. The arms are usually strung with one loop of elastic that goes from one arm to the other. The hands are attached to that various ways depending on the doll.

If the remaining hand hooks one, the new hand will hook on. Should be reasy once the elastic is in the position shown above, waiting for the new hand.

Carolyn

 

oh god, that's awful ><
I know how u must be scared of restringing her, I'm scared of doing it to my doll too >< But as some ppl already said, arms are separeted from the body and they have their own elastic, so at least the rest of her won't be touched ^^;;
I DO really hope you can get that hook out of her ><;;; And good luck on getting another hand for her! ; ; *hugs*
Cheer up, everything will work out ^^

 

Don't feak out. ^^ Just be strong...Maybe with this toturous expirience you two will became more united.
Good luck!!

 

Good luck with this D:! Sounds like a scary experience - I think I'd have died if it had happened to me after just receiving my first doll!

Do you have a crochet hook at all? That might help you to reach in and tug that S-hook free of her arm - they're quite thin, but fairly sturdy.

 

Needle nose pliers are also a Godsend when trying to pull elastic/hooks maybe try pulling the hook back out to where the hand is supposed to connect? If you can't pull it maybe have someone stronger try. I know it is hard for me to do it sometimes because I can't pull as hard as my boyfriend can

 

I feel for you ~ I had received a Hound and I was changing his eyes. The elastic wasn't tied tight and zip ..shooch .. plop..plop ...the feet dropped, knees, thighs, butt all in seconds he was on the floor in pieces. AHH! I broke into a sweat and walked away leaving him in pieces on the floor. I had to wait a second and take a deep breath. It all worked out and he like Humpty Dumpty was put back together again. ~ See if Dollheart can send a elastic puller or get a wire and bend the end in a hook, it might help to pull the elastic through or unstick the hook. It will all be good in the end.

 

Aw hun, (hugs) hope Dollheart send you the hands. If they want her back my guess is because they want to check the reason she broke (ie if the resin is a bad batch or something) maybe suggest to them that you can't afford the shipping but can you send them the hand that broke? then they will maybe send you a spare hand in exchange.

Might be worth suggesting so you don't have to send her back.

(hugs Megan too)

 

You probably need something a little strong than a safety pin or something like that... that's why I suggested the needlenose pliers they are usually long and thin and can fit inside the arm. Goodluck with it all I hope you get her all straightened out soon

 

Hook the safety pin through it and then hook something else onto the safety pin to give you something bigger to hang on to? I second the Crochet hook idea, they're great and usually quite long. It does sound like the broken off hook has jammed into the elbow joint which is why you can't shift it. Try moving the arm around a bit to see if you can free it off some?