whats that sound? Jenny .. step away from the rooting.........

Snap........  snap.................. snap...

oh.. that's me ROOTING.. and breakin needles..


Thought I would share a picture to make y'all laff............  specially newbies......

in my journey of learning how to root.......... a few years ago.........

this is an example of how NOT to root .. SPARSLEY.....


(no wonder it took me MONTHS and a lotttta money to root that reborn).. LOLLLLLLLL   She looked like she enough hair
to get ready for PROM!!!

You were the queen of toddler rooting and didn't know it. How long did that take you ?? I still break needles though. I root watching T V . I have a tendency to watch to much TV without looking down then I hear a snap!!

At one point I told my husband I was going to change the name of my business from Sharon's Kids and Kitters to Bush Babies! Now I am a little better but I think from all the years doing porcelain dolls with wigs... I still fight the NEED to fill every minutely small spot with just one more hair!!

bearysweethearts wrote:

 You were the queen of toddler rooting and didn't know it. How long did that take you ?? I still break needles though. I root watching T V . I have a tendency to watch to much TV without looking down then I hear a snap!!  

hehehe

I think it took me two months off and on... I would get a painful neck and cramped fingers, so I didn't do it more than a couple hours a day... I kinda thought I was getting into trouble but by then I had done the whole back of the head and I wanted the rest to "match" OMG.. LOL... I THOUGHT maybe... once it was wet I could just "thin" it out.. HAHAHHAHA

I am proud to say, I NEVER did that .. again!! LOL I laugh so hard every time I look at this picture!!! hehehe She had over $100 just in HAIR!!! LOLLLLL

SharonR wrote:

At one point I told my husband I was going to change the name of my business from Sharon's Kids and Kitters to Bush Babies! Now I am a little better but I think from all the years doing porcelain dolls with wigs... I still fight the NEED to fill every minutely small spot with just one more hair!!

heheheh Bush Babies!!!!

I know, right? That was me.. wanting to fill in everyyyyyyyyyyyyyy lil spot!!! Im wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better now!! I just have to keep tellin myself

"Jennyyyyyyyyyyy.. step away from those empty spaces!!!"

Oh I remember that head so fondly.........

Lara wrote:

Oh I remember that head so fondly.........

hehehee - Laraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa you saavedddddddd herrrrrrrrrrrr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLi-KJJTSyc

That is one hairy baby! I have often wondered how many hairs get rooted into one square inch of a head for "sparse" "medium" and "heavy" rooting. I may just have to mark off a one inch square on my next rooting project to see what I do? Anyone have a clue or interested in giving it a test and a photo?

Girl....didn't you know that breaking needles is PART of the rooting process??? So is poking your fingers, so do please be careful

Lara wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLi-KJJTSyc

HAHAHAHAH TINA TURNER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSS!!!!!!! (I think my baby had even more hair than Tina!!!) LOL

pia46 wrote:

That is one hairy baby! I have often wondered how many hairs get rooted into one square inch of a head for "sparse" "medium" and "heavy" rooting. I may just have to mark off a one inch square on my next rooting project to see what I do? Anyone have a clue or interested in giving it a test and a photo?

I hope someone does!! As I have no clue!!! It is something I STRUGGLE with each and every time I root!!!

Tinabloomfield wrote:

Girl....didn't you know that breaking needles is PART of the rooting process??? So is poking your fingers, so do please be careful

Ohhh I have done the needle in the finger thing.. OMGOSH does that hurt!! Havent done that in a while.. prolly cuz I havnt rooted much LOLLLLL

Too funny Jenny!!

bdtimm wrote:

Too funny Jenny!!

hehehee makes me laff now!! (back at the time, I was saying...I REALLY need to learn how to PAINT hair!!!) heheeh  

Wow, that's a head of hair! LOL!!

pia46 wrote:

That is one hairy baby! I have often wondered how many hairs get rooted into one square inch of a head for "sparse" "medium" and "heavy" rooting. I may just have to mark off a one inch square on my next rooting project to see what I do? Anyone have a clue or interested in giving it a test and a photo?

I counted the hairs across and down, forming a square inch on my last doll. There averaged 30 hairs across, and down. Most are single hairs but there are some doubles and fold-overs in the mix.  That would be 900 per square inch for a micro-rooted baby. I consider my babies' hair to be mostly medium-sparse, although my AA babies usually have multiples in the plugs if the customer likes a full head. So I guess it depends on whether you micro-root or multi-root. It can take the same number of pokes to produce a variety of heads. I find I spend as much time pulling OUT hairs as I do putting them in!!  Here's an example of the 900-ish per square inch rooting.

Thank you for doing the counting. I will mark off a square inch when I start rooting the next head and see what I come up with and what to call it!

Susan wrote:

That would be 900 per square inch for a micro-rooted baby.

WOW, that's a lot of hair...and a lot of needle pokes!

Susan wrote:

pia46 wrote:

That is one hairy baby! I have often wondered how many hairs get rooted into one square inch of a head for "sparse" "medium" and "heavy" rooting. I may just have to mark off a one inch square on my next rooting project to see what I do? Anyone have a clue or interested in giving it a test and a photo?

I counted the hairs across and down, forming a square inch on my last doll. There averaged 30 hairs across, and down. Most are single hairs but there are some doubles and fold-overs in the mix.  That would be 900 per square inch for a micro-rooted baby. I consider my babies' hair to be mostly medium-sparse, although my AA babies usually have multiples in the plugs if the customer likes a full head. So I guess it depends on whether you micro-root or multi-root. It can take the same number of pokes to produce a variety of heads. I find I spend as much time pulling OUT hairs as I do putting them in!!  Here's an example of the 900-ish per square inch rooting.

Thanks for doing that Susan!! I had no idea!! (PS - Your rooting is beautiful)!!!

That's me too (root - pull out - root - pull out) !!

AmyR777 wrote:

Wow, that's a head of hair! LOL!!

I did put her up-side-down and shake before the picture .. for added hair drama!! hehehe