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Restringing Tales

Mar 14, 2018

    1. I'm not a fan of restringing tbh, mostly because I usually have all my pieces laid out, I'm very careful, take it slow, I think everything is going great, and then I'm done and...I realize one of the legs is...upside down...:doh
       
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    2. I try restringing my 'easy-to-restring' dolls (2 MSDs + 1 Yo-SD) about once a year and I feel like I never do it right xD
      Honestly, I'm not sure what I do wrong, because I always follow the indications of the company in terms of lenght and so. Maybe is because of the string I use, that it's an old one. Or maybe I just can't find the right tension.
      In any case, they always end up floppy or kicky or some weird in between.
      With the 'hard-to-restring' ones (3 tiny anthros) I haven't even tried since they got home because they seem okay (not completely true but I can manage) and I don't want to mess them up like I do with the rest.
      I really need to try sueding and even wiring, but I never seem to find the free time to do it.
       
    3. I developed Dupuytren Contracture from hard hand work, at work, contrary to it be hereditary because mine is not, it's painful in the palm.

      I was pulling off my dolls head to restring her then something snapped in my palm and it bled under the skin and Boom no more pain since!

      normally it's hard to resting a doll for me but after that day, it became easier! ;)
       
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    4. Mostly its a struggle, but felt so smart yesterday realizing I could use a needle and thread to help get elastic through really small channels
       
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    5. FYI for US collectors - there's a store in Iowa called CR's Crafts. They sell 12-inch and 15-inch restringing tools for less than $3 (plus shipping/sales tax).
       
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    6. I had an S hook hit me in the face once when I was stringing… it was a bit of a shock to say the least. I actually restrung a doll for the first time in maybe 2 years the other week and as I was doing so I thought I’d lost one of the thigh pieces and ended up turning my living room upside down looking for it only to find I’d left it attached to the leg *_*

      I have an older Soom body that I could never work out how to string properly and it took me weeks to work out how to get tension just right on it so now it’s never getting unstrung :XD:

      The body from my first doll is unstrung in a box in my room and it really needs restringing but somehow every time I try to do it I end up getting very frustrated :| I really need to give it another go soon~
       
      #67 Jareth, Jun 20, 2023
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    7. Restringing stories? I'm usually very careful but

      (Painful injury warning)

      I had one s-hook jam um under my thumbnail and be pushed there by the elastic and I had no help so I had to get my pliers to get enough slack to free myself. Then I ran outside and grabbed snow, and jammed it around my poor thumb. OH it hurt.