Knit doll dress

Barbie dress #1

I knit this with baby yarn. It was a test knit of the top half of dress. I then went back and crochet the bottom of dress. And since the baby yarn made it bell like, I added a tulle underskirt.

Barbie dress #2
I used a finger weight wool, purchased at the thrift store.
I mostly followed the pattern for this one.

And Acorns
Each Acorn top was about 1 1/4 inches.
The leaves are paint stamped on felt.
Each Acorn body has three sections, using scraps of fabric from my Dear Jane quilt project.
I was thinking mini pincushion, but think it would make nice ornament as well.

Waldo

This is Waldo. I made him last week, while I was sick with a summer cold.
I made him for me. He has already suffered through one dog attack. This attack required major surgery. I had to remove the entire muzzle and redo it.
Now I make sure Waldo is always placed someplace out of the dogs reach.

Hopefully this cold will be the last for awhile. School is out for the summer so fewer illness should be brought home through the kids for a few weeks.

I have several projects I am wanting to work on, if only I felt up to it.

Baby Doll

(McCall's 5515)

This is one of my favorite doll patterns.
I made this with fabric left over from this Baby Quilt.

Knit and sew

Myra is going to a Birthday party today. We Made the birthday girl a Doll. Myra picked out the fabrics and trims. She also did all the stuffing. I did the sewing and knitting.
My favorite part of this doll is the swirl fabric used for the hair.

Doily and a Dolly

A sewing project with a little bit of crochet.

The Doily is supposed to have a ruffled edge. But after making the doll I decided it was a perfect shawl for her and stopped where I was.

(Sorry for the Blurry photos, I think I need nes batteries.)

Introducing Stickman

While working in the yard today I found a stick man. It reminds me so much of the vacations I took together with my Grandparents. Grandpa found one. I remember making the one he found a little vest out of leaves, with grass stitches.
The man I found today was quite large. I may have to dress him up too.

August update

Stitch markers with dragons! I made these with beads I purchased on vacation.

Work in Progress: a My Melody address book cover.

A quick finish basket, I worked up to feel like I got something done.

I purchased a hand crank spool knitter, as a reward for spending three days cleaning up my craft area. (the mess is why you have not seen any "Dear Jane progress", (huge amount of clutter))

With the spool knitter I was able to put a quick finish to this amulet doll necklace. I had been putting off making the neck cord for several years. Yes I said years.

A Fun Little Bird?

Part Duck...

Part Dragon...

And very Silly!

This was made for the "Salad Bar" Challenge Summer 2008, on the Silly String group, on Ravelry. Although I was not a full participant, (getting my list from another member of the group as part of a swap) I thought this looked like great fun. And it really was fun to make up this creature.

The list given to me by my son:

Bird type,
Head: fangs, beak, pointy ears, open mouth, tusks, visible tongue,
body: wings, scales, dragon tail
Extremities: legs bend backwards, pincers, flippers for feet
Extras: Glasses that serve as the eyes, shoes, and a “Mario” hat.

I think he was being purposely difficult.

I Just went with the list and whatever inspiration occurred along the way. I worked on it until inspiration stopped and the project seemed to be saying "I am done." I did not work in the tusks or scales. My son says the variegated legs look like scales.

Pixie Doll

This Little dolly is a Pattern test for Becky She is a very small doll with lots of tiny details. Love!

I think I must be procrastinating on my Dear Jane quilt. I hope to get back to it as soon as school starts. It will be much easier to work on those tiny quilt block with fewer interruptions.

What I did this week..

Coasters! Two above are from earlier this month.
The four below are from the last 8 days.

A Dishcloth made with orange cotton yarn.
Pattern found free online.

The Start of a pair of Geek Mittens.

And just for fun we put Cthulhu in a pickle jar!

I also spent a little time knitting on my garter stitch shawl, Trying to use up the acrylic yarn.
I should probably not call it garter stitch, since it is turning into a make it up as I go along project.

It's a Boy!

I went to Target, to get a Boy doll. They must have had about 100 of them on the top shelf. There was not a single boy in the bunch. So I got a bald girl baby and did a makeover. (Last month Target had two boys. If only I had know I needed it then.)

I went to the Cabbage Patch web page and renamed him, Norville Roger.

$1 Store Socks...

....equal one cute monkey!

One pair of socks = one monkey.

Bookmarks

After I made my Japanese Paper Doll, Myra wanted to make one.

Using a pattern and instructions found on the Internet, we made bookmark dolls.

My First Doll

This is my first attempt at making a doll from the "Paper Dolls of Old Japan" book I got for Christmas. The measurements were somewhat hard to follow, but I think It turned out nice for the first try. I think for it to look more like the pictures in the book I need to double the measurements for the Hair. It should be a lot fuller (puffier).

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