Oh those wobbly doll heads

We have been having quite a discussion on Doll Street regarding wobbly heads, or more specifically, how to avoid wobbly heads.

Seems that the most popular method to use is to put a stick of some sort in the neck and pack stuffing around that. Some folks like popsicle sticks and some just use dowels.

I like to use a short piece of dowel myself, the size depends on the size of the doll.

One trick that I didn't see mentioned is to keep the length of the dowel/stick fairly short depending on how you are going to joint the doll. There's nothing more frustrating than trying to get your needle through the body only to run into a solid piece of wood! So keep it small and you shouldn't have that problem.

Make sure to put a bit of stuffing into the top of the neck before you insert the dowel too - helps keep it from trying to pop through.