Rerooting Instructions

#1 Remove the old hair   Depending on the hairstyle, this is one of the most difficult steps of the whole rerooting process. First you have to remove the head. To do this just cut the cable tie that is around the neck. There is a hole where the end sticks out. Be very careful not to cut the material of the body. There will also be a plastic plug inside the head that needs to be removed. Then cut off all the hair you can from the outside, making sure that any of the loops are cut through. Then use pliers to pull the hair out from the inside. Pony hairstyles can go very quickly, sometimes taking only about 15 minutes. Loopy hairstyles however take much longer.

Tools needed The only tools I use are a pair of pliers (not the needle nose kind), and a large craft needle with an opening just big enough to get the yarn through. Any biggen and it will not fit through the holes.

Loops To start the loops, use the pliers to push the needle through a hole from the inside of the head. Then use the pliers to pull the needle through from the outside. Leave about 1 inch hanging on the inside. Then push the needle down through the next hole and pull through until the right sized loop is formed. Next go back up through the next open hole but this time go back down through the hole of the last completed loop. Then keep going up through the open holes and down through the loops making sure that all the loops are the same size. The inside will braid itself together making the loops really secure.  At the end of the strand cut off the yarn on the inside leaving an inch hanging and then start back up with a new strand of yarn.

Replacing the hair To reroot the hair hold the needle with the pliers and use it to push the needle through the holes from the inside out. For loops I work with strands of yarn no longer than 2 feet. Any more and it gets tangled together. I usually start at the front of the head and work my way back.

Up through the hole

Down through last loop

Ponies Ponies are much easier than loops. Just cut a piece of yarn the length of 2 strands of hair. (I always allow plenty of extra length)  Push the needle down through the hole and bring it back up the next hole. On the next one, go down through the hole of the last strand and back up the next hole.(just like the loops except now you are working with individual pieces of yarn).  Keep doing this until all the hair is in place.

This is my method of rerooting CPK hair. It takes longer than some of the "top reroot" methods but the hair is more secure and will not come out easily. Please feel free to email me with any questions.