Recycled Stretch Glove Doll

Materials:

stretchy glove *
Lion Brand Yarn boucle yarn
Loin Brand Yarn crochet hook #4/3.50mm
polyester stuffing
unwaxed dental floss
cotton fabric
sewing machine
scissors
embroidery thread
6mm black seed beads

* Tip: Use a variety of colored gloves to make a colorful array of dolls!

1. To the make doll body: Put a glove on and pull it back off, turning the glove to the wrong side. Carefully clip open the cuff (figure A).

2. Lay glove out flat. With a marker and ruler, draw a line up from thumb joint and ring finger joint to the top of the cuff (figure B). Sew on these lines.

3. Cut off excess glove (about 1/4 inch from sew lines) (figure C).

4. Turn right side out. Stuff the two figures (these become the legs). Stuff up to the first cuff line (figure D).

5. With dental floss, do a running base stitch around the cuff line. Pull tight and knot off (figure E).

6. Place a small amount of balling in the "head." Cut 30 to 40 pieces of yarn 14 inches long. With the crochet hook, put the yarn through the glove/cuff, loop over and tighten (figures F and G).

7. Repeat and fill in rest of the hair (be sure to leave an opening for the face) (figure H).

8. Finish stuffing the head, do a running base stitch with dental floss, and tie off (figure I).