The more times you wrap it around the fatter your doll will be. It was the back off an old A4 writing pad. I wrapped the yarn 30 times around a piece of card that was 21cm (8 ¼ “) wide to achieve that size in the end. The one shown in this tutorial is 17cm (6 ¾ “). Labels (for dammit dolls) – Dammit doll labelsĭecide on the size of your doll. Yarn – any material or thickness – selection of colours from Amazon If you like to watch a craft being done then scroll down to the bottom of this tutorial and watch the video instructions. T his page contains affiliate links meaning I earn a small commission if you use those links at no cost to you. Involve the kids in making them with you! However you can just make them to play with as countless generations have done already. These make great gifts or craft items to sell. I have included a free printable sheet of the labels to use if you would like ‘dammit dolls’. I first encountered them many years ago as ‘dammit dolls’. Thank you for your support.A yarn doll is really quick and easy to make and is a fantastic use for leftover yarn from other projects. Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links. He still makes me smile, even without a Snapetastic Dammit Doll poem. I kind of like him just the way he is.ĮTA: No cloak or shoes, or anything else for that matter, but Dammit Snape still lives in my sewing room. I’m may make some shoes and a cloak for him, but I haven’t decided yet. I think if I used a tighter fabric, I wouldn’t have the same problems. The black fabric was a little too loosely woven, so the stitching was pulling out. I think it was more the fabric than the pattern. I had some issues with the corners (under the arms, neck, etc). For the hair… I wrapped black yarn around a 6″ ruler, then stitched it down the middle, hand-stitched it to his head then gave it a trim so to achieve those “greasy black curtains” of hair. I stuffed it & stitched up the hole I’d left for stuffing. I then attached hands, feet & head, then sewed front to back. Now I need a Snaperific poem to go along with him.įor the pattern, I drew out the shape I wanted then cut the hands, feet & head away from the body, cut those out of muslin and the body out of black adding seam allowance to all the pieces. One of my friends has suggested Voldie, Umbridge & the Malfoys as possible future candidates to be dammit dolled. I’ve left him with a, shall we say “blank” expression? (Read: I suck at faces.) I’ve seen Snape as a dammit doll before and decided to do one of my own. I’ve been feeling a bit… erm, craftipated, and decided on a simple & fun project that might help me get back on the crafty track. My original post on Craftster, January 27, 2007: What? Sometimes a girl has to vent her frustration! Of course, I can’t do that in an ordinary way, it has to have a fandom twist to it. Just grasp it firmly by the legs, and find a place to slam it,Īnd as you whack it’s stuffing out, yell, Here’s a little dammit doll you cannot do without, When you want to kick the desk or throw the phone and shout, If you’re not familiar with Dammit Dolls, the idea is this: a basic soft doll with long legs to hold on to, usually accompanied by a poem that goes something like this:
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