Oh rats! I have been waiting to post about the
Doll Celebration in Japan. In the back of my mind, I was convinced it was May 5. I figured that I would just google it to confirm that, and wailie, wailie! The doll festival was March 3!
Ah well, today, May 5, is still cause for celebration. […]
One of the most common ‘FAQ’s’ that I receive is:
Q: What can I spool knit with kids? (or my 8 year old or 7 year old etc)
A: That depends on your child. When my daughter was tiny, she was more skillful at a lot of the needle arts than many adults.
So, you’ll need to […]
Part one of the Spool knitted Worry Doll tutorial
Part Two: Shape the Worry Doll’s body and head, and make the sweater
Part Three: The Skirt for the Spool Knitted Worry Doll
Part Four: The Hair for the Spool knitted Worry Doll
And, here are the links for the
Cornstarch Clay Worry Doll
This Spool knitted Worry […]
Part 3 of the Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial was about the skirt.
Part 4 of the Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial by Noreen Crone-Findlay ©
With 3 or 4 pegs of your spool knitter, spool knit a cord that is approximately 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) long.
Tie it in a loop.
Take a stitch or two to […]
Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial Part 3
by Noreen Crone-Findlay ©
Part 2 of the tutorial was about shaping the body and making the sweater for the Spool Knitted Worry Doll
Now, to make her a skirt:
Cut a 4 inch (10 cm) long piece of 5/8 inch (1.5 cm) wide ribbon.
Sew the short ends together.
Then, go in and […]
Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial Part 2
by Noreen Crone-Findlay ©
Part one of the tutorial got things started with spool knitting the body, legs, head and arms.
And now, to shape the Worry Doll:
thread the yarn ends at the ends of the cord into a darning needle and weave them into the cord.
Bring them out […]
I’ve been avoiding writing about Worry Dolls for days,
while, at the same time, obsessing about them.
We live in Worrisome Times.
I bet the Middle Ages felt calmer on some days than the ruptious and distressing stuff that passes for the ‘daily normal’ on most of the planet right now.
So, if you are a worrier […]
When I was designing and making this Worry Doll:
I started out by basing my measurements on another little doll that I made a few years ago:
and I ended up transforming her, too.
So, she ended up like this:
I figured that she’s such a little cutie that I should probably upload a tutorial on how to […]
Worry Dolls have been on my mind lately. I blame Marcie
She teased us by saying that she’s got a posting coming up in a day or so, about Worry Dolls.
I did a few sketches of some potential Worry Dolls a day or so ago, but they were rrrrrrrrrrealllllllllly rough…. as in the dolls […]
Spring! oh, spring!
Finally! Spring is sprunging!
I need to celebrate Springtime!
How better than with a Springie Rabbit?
When I designed the Spool knitted Kitty Bookmark
I saw that I could use it as a starting point for a Rabbit….
and so: Here’s to springtime!
Spool Knitted Springtime Rabbit Pin
by Noreen Crone-Findlay©
When I decided to make the Spool knitted rabbit pin, […]
For the love of knitting, crochet, spoolknitting, spinning and weaving!
Written by Noreen Crone-Findlay [email] for b5media.
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