Handbound Book with crocheted freeform doll
A few days ago, I cut out and painted the wooden covers for this book:
The wild dancing alligator is a year or so old. I bought a key chain at the second hand store, that was all purple plastic beads. I took it apart, painted the head, hands, legs and tail, and gave the plastic purple pony beads (say that really fast!) back to the 2nd hand store :)
Then, I just started crocheting, and playing with the bits and pieces of the alligator, as well as some glass beads. I didn’t worry about making a pattern for it, as it’s one of a kind.
Ah, freeform crochet can be so relaxing!
Often, my crocheted, woven and spool knitted flat dolls will end up as embellishments on bags, or as part of shawls or vests. But, I am having so much fun making these books that an awful lot of them are going to be ending up on handmade, handbound books!
Oh, yes, to reclaim/recycle paper and make the pages for the book, check this link: Pages for books
The cord that holds the book together is spool knitted hemp.
Hope this will inspire you to make some handbound books, too!
hugs all round,
Noreen
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3 opinions for Handbound Book with crocheted freeform doll
Jacqui
Mar 28, 2007 at 1:27 am
Oh! a dancing aligator. and he’s not crying crocodile teras either. I love it Noreen. Would you consider selling the book?
Noreen
Mar 28, 2007 at 8:58 am
Hallo Jacqui!
No crocodile tears at all for the dancing alligator! ROTFLOL!
Someone else has asked me about selling these books, too, and I had originally said no. My reasoning was that I would like to have them as samples for teaching workshops. BUT… at the rate that I am producing them, I could soon fill the studio! :D And, I could have pics of the sold books at workshops…..
So, yes! we can certainly talk about you adopting the dancing alligator book!
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