I Did It!! Magical Angel "Larkin" Restrung :D

[kCherry]

So, it took me weeks and weeks to finally get up the gumption to restring my poor guy (he arrived to me very tightly strung with broken calves/shins D: ) and I have to say; that wasn't so bad.
  I read tutorials. I watched tutorials on youtube. I played around with a completely unstrung "junk" doll to get familiar. Then I prayed and got to it.

  Here he is with his poor broken little body, patiently waiting for me to get the nerve up. Soooo patient.
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And here he is all disassembled and being UV protected. I was quite shocked at how very strongly I felt about him being in pieces. It really, really bugged me. He was taken apart for less than one week and with my schedule that really is saying something. I am slow as molasses in the studio, but not this time!
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  It was a great learning experience; for instance, MA has smaller 'tubing' for their SD sized dolls, the size of regular drinking straws, and not boba straw size. My eldest boy made me a nifty restringing tool that was too large. Which also brings me to another great lesson learned; ribbon makes for a great restringing tool when you are in a pinch!

  Everything went well except that I also learned that three hands are absolutely Invaluable!!! I chipped my poor boy with my hemostats getting him restrung. Owwee!!
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  But, honestly it was a small price to pay for what I got out of the entire experience. And now my boy has whole shins and I won't freak out if the sun touches him.
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   Such a beautiful boy! I bonded with him so much during this process. I can't recommend restringing enough if you have the confidence to do it. I'm almost looking forward to the next restringing..... Almost.

[Vertefae]

He looks amazing!! I'm so proud of you.

[Alicat]

yay Cherry!!
I think I will wait till I see you in the fall to attempt, lol!

[barbgirl1999]

Yay!  Great job...I was the same way with my first restringing, but once she was done I did three more of my dolls as soon as I could get elastic.  Now I really like stringing them and glue-sueding them.  I always get excited after I do a little dolly maintenance, lol.

[Tiella]

Oh great job! Maybe I will finally have the courage to restring my two Hujoo Freyas.

[kCherry]

He looks amazing!! I'm so proud of you.

  Thank you, Hunny!! For everything you've done to encourage me in this wonderful world of dolls!!!

yay Cherry!!
I think I will wait till I see you in the fall to attempt, lol!

  LOL I'd be more than happy to help you restring one of your babies if any of them need it! It's like an adventure!

Yay!  Great job...I was the same way with my first restringing, but once she was done I did three more of my dolls as soon as I could get elastic.  Now I really like stringing them and glue-sueding them.  I always get excited after I do a little dolly maintenance, lol.

  Yeah, I was sooo nervous about it and when I got done, I was like, "What was I so afraid of?!" hee hee
  Ooooh, I haven't tried hot-glue sueding, but I think my little Lallah may be on the table soon; she is just soo hard to pose! I love hot glue! LOL

Oh great job! Maybe I will finally have the courage to restring my two Hujoo Freyas.

  Thanks, Sugarcube!
  You have two freyas?! Are they twins by any chance? If they need it you should have a friend "hold your hand" and just do it! Research pumped up my confidence level just enough so that I knew what to expect (more or less; dang the MA dolls have odd feet! ) and it was so gratifying to know that I was finally actually fixing up my Larkin!