September Contest- Win a one of a kind doll by Noreen Crone-Findlay
The September hankeringforyarn contest is over……
The doll was won by Wendy Penner. Congratulations, Wendy!
I had to laugh…. Wendy won, I think, by sheer persistence! She entered ~a lot~ of times - and it worked! LOL!
What was the prize?
A one of a kind art doll that I designed for my book:
‘Creative Crocheted dolls’
Her hair, face, hands, feet and wings are painted watercolor paper. I spun the yarn for her body. Her joints are vintage buttons. She still has the code number tag that I attached to her back for the photo session for the book.
She doesn’t have a name yet. That’s up to Wendy…..
hugs all round,
Noreen
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67 opinions for September Contest- Win a one of a kind doll by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Kristin
Sep 9, 2007 at 10:03 pm
She’s adorable!
Kesam Katz
Sep 9, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Oh, Noreen–I wuv the doll–would love to give her a good home. Kesam
Maitri
Sep 9, 2007 at 10:44 pm
OH HEAVENS!!!!! SHE’S GLORIOUS!!!
I’m entering and excited and just delighted to LOOK at her. You never cease to amaze me Noreenie…
Big love and hugs to you.
Maitri, just in LOVE with this doll!!!
Karen Mallory
Sep 9, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Wow! What a great little doll Noreen! I would sure love to add her to my collection!
hugs Karen
Marian (Maz)
Sep 10, 2007 at 12:09 am
Hi! she looks so serene - Serena - okay!… hope Serena will come to live with me!!
Margaret
Sep 10, 2007 at 12:23 am
Please enter me; she’s lovely!
Leslie Sirag
Sep 10, 2007 at 1:56 am
I think her name’s Magenta & she should come to live at my house!
If nothing else, Noreen, these contests, besdies being fun, are teaching those of us who are a little slow at this to post comments on blogs
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Mary Emma
Sep 10, 2007 at 3:49 am
What a cute doll. You’re amazing…what adorable creations you come up with.
Vicki Frye
Sep 10, 2007 at 4:21 am
Hi Noreen,
What a gift you have…She’s beautiful!
Sharry
Sep 10, 2007 at 4:47 am
I just created my first doll using your book as inspiration. I can just imagine how I would be inspired if I actually had one of your dolls!
Anita
Sep 10, 2007 at 4:59 am
She is enchanting! And how cool that she has had a photo shoot! I think she really wants to come and hover in my den in Georgia.
Marianne
Sep 10, 2007 at 5:04 am
NOREEN, MY DEAR, WOULDN’T SHE MAKE A NICE COMPANION FOR MY DEAR NOREEN DOLL - THEY COULD HAVE TEA TOGETHER AND TALK AND THEN THEY COULD PLAY WITH THE SPOOLIE!!!! I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO BE CHOSEN AGAIN!! VERY HAPPY!!! HUGS AND BLESSINGS, MARIANNE
Alissa Barton
Sep 10, 2007 at 6:11 am
Oh sigh… she is exquisite!
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Leslie Nelle-Urinyi
Sep 10, 2007 at 6:26 am
Noreen,
Wow a button lady with wings!
Evie
Sep 10, 2007 at 6:35 am
I would call her Namaste, which means something like “I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Truth, of Light and of Peace,” the “God in you.” She is a beautiful messenger!
Denise
Sep 10, 2007 at 7:09 am
Oooh she is very nice!! Throw my name in the hat!
I have a question for you.. what do you know about the TKGA Committee on Loom Knitting?
Thanks!!
wendy penner
Sep 10, 2007 at 7:10 am
Noreen,
You should be declared “one of the seven wonders” of the yarn world. You bring beautiful creations to life.
Wendy
Wendy Proulx
Sep 10, 2007 at 7:37 am
Very beautiful! She would look lovely sitting on my shelf!
Congratulations!
Wendy
Dianne P Carroll
Sep 10, 2007 at 8:06 am
OOOOOOOOOh! I’m hankering for that beautiful doll. Got legs and fingers crossed.
Dianne
Katherine
Sep 10, 2007 at 8:55 am
Thank you so much for creating these lovely works of art that you so generously share with us. Please enter me in the contest.
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Grace Gardiner
Sep 10, 2007 at 10:53 am
She is beautiful…….I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed…I just love your creations!
Ysabeau/Leora Findlater
Sep 10, 2007 at 11:22 am
I watercolor so I really enjoyed your use of watercolor with yarn and doll making! It is surprising and delightful, and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. B*B, Ysabeau
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Patti Doan
Sep 10, 2007 at 1:35 pm
I just ran across your site & joined. I love your creations!!! I hope to order a book and try my hand at one.
Thanks!!!!
Raven
Sep 10, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Oh my daughter and I are in love.
If we don’t win the doll, I am going tohave to figure out how to make one like her. My 6yo thinks she and all her cousins ought to have one.
Your doll is so lovely.
Thank you for having the contest and for letting us enter (I say us because I am entering but if I win then my daughter gets the doll–lol)
Maru
Sep 10, 2007 at 5:45 pm
She is wonderful!!!!!
Please, put my name in the hat.
Thank you.
Judy Streger
Sep 10, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Noreen,
I recently saw your book in our local library. As a relatively new crocheter I was thrilled to see what I could do with my newly-learned skill. After all, there’s only so many afghans that one can knit. I went home and immediately ordered the book. In the meantime, I have the library book which I have been salivating over. Thank goodness it’s the library’s book. LOL I do have question. I have tried unsuccesfully to locate the website for CGOA Presents. Is that yarn available from elsewhere? Or is there a list of comparable yarns listed somewhere? Can’t wait to try my hand at making my own doll. I’d sure love to have one made my the originator of this idea. Thanks, Judy Streger
Noreen
Sep 10, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Hi Judy
Sadly, CGOA Presents yarns are no longer available. Sock yarns and Patons Grace are good substitutes for the thinner yarns. Hope you will enjoy the book!
:o) Noreen
Maenwyn
Sep 10, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Please put me in there. It’s funny, I’ve been planning a doll for a few days. Knitting isn’t too fun when it’s 90 degrees.
Thanks,
Maenwyn
Mary
Sep 11, 2007 at 12:43 am
This doll is wonderful. She is a real keepsake.
Thanks,
Mary
Teresa
Sep 11, 2007 at 5:29 am
I love her! You have combined various elements so well. I would be honored to give her a home.
Teresa
wendy penner
Sep 11, 2007 at 7:03 am
Noreen,
Please enter me again for your most wonderful doll! She would have a lovely home with me and my dolls or with my mother.
Wendy
wendy penner
Sep 12, 2007 at 8:10 am
Noreen,
Enter me again to win this lovely doll. I will put my thinking hat on (which is brown, green & yellow–a tree in the summer growing straight and tall in the sunlight–bringing shade and comfort and a home for birds and squirrels) and try to come up with a name for her. Wendy
RiverCitySTL
Sep 12, 2007 at 10:26 am
She is beautiful! I would love to gift her to my mother in law. She collects angels and what a beautiful angel she is!
wendy
Sep 13, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Noreen,
Please enter me again to win this lovely doll. I Know a few people who need an angel looking over them.
Wendy
loraine
Sep 14, 2007 at 5:44 am
My son would love this “‘ed doe-woo.” Those /l/ sounds are difficult at 2.5 yrs. You can see his picture on my neglected website :-) Very cute doll. Thanks for sharing her. I’ll look for your book at the Library. I’m sure I can make one for the boy out of scraps, great use for them. Too cute. loraine (from Y! Wool Soakers Group)
Bethany
Sep 14, 2007 at 6:34 am
Noreen…I was sent to your site by Denise…Knitting Without Needles. Let me say right now, You Are A Treasure! I love all your whimsical creations! The joy you experience in creating each one shines through in every project. Keep Crafting!
wendy penner
Sep 14, 2007 at 8:09 am
Noreen,
She is beautiful and I really could use an angel right now.
Wendy
wendy
Sep 16, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Noreen,
My Mom could use a beautiful angel looking over her shoulder.
Wendy
wendy penner
Sep 17, 2007 at 6:43 am
Noreen,
It is so wonderful of you to offer to share your beautiful dolls.
Wendy
wendy penner
Sep 18, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Noreen,
You did say we could enter more than once. So, here is another entry.
Wendy
wendy penner
Sep 19, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Noreen,
One more time–she is lovely!
Wendy
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Zann Carter
Sep 21, 2007 at 5:00 am
Oooh, I certainly would love to have another angel in my life!
wendy penner
Sep 21, 2007 at 6:39 am
Noreen,
I could really use another angel looking over my family.
Wendy
Karen Ratto-Whooley
Sep 21, 2007 at 8:58 am
Hi Noreen!
My rss feeds got all messed up! :) So I didnt know you had this contest until today! I so love your dolls! I still have your angel pin from the 2004 Chain Link.. She sits proudly on my desk watching me! :)
Anita
Sep 21, 2007 at 9:48 am
She is beautiful!
Dianne P Carroll
Sep 21, 2007 at 1:26 pm
want that doll, want that doll, want that doll, want that doll (smile)
Nadean Young
Sep 21, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Love the lady!!!!
Marlys Leder
Sep 21, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Wow! She’s beautiful! Your dolls (and other works) are so inspiring!
Kesam Katz
Sep 23, 2007 at 3:29 am
I’ll put in another entry–just in case the doll fairy is smiling down on me. Kesam
wendy
Sep 23, 2007 at 6:09 pm
She’s a beautiful doll….and you have kind and generous spirit to share her.
Wendy
Norma Byrkett
Sep 28, 2007 at 7:38 am
Noreen,
You are so creative and talented! I like the way that you are keeping the joy of dollmaking alive and in unusual ways with the spool knitting, weaving, crocheting, watercolor painting, etc. I have your book on making Soul Mate Dolls…now I just need to find some time to make one!
Norma
Norma
Sep 28, 2007 at 10:08 am
Noreen,
I love all your dolls! Hope this one heads to Arizona. I will keep her cool indoors with my other dollies or she can jump into my spa for a relaxing time. LOL
Stefania
Sep 28, 2007 at 11:33 am
I think this doll is perfect into my house….O)))) come on doll, in Italy!
wendy penner
Sep 28, 2007 at 12:35 pm
If I win, this doll might have to go to Ohio. My sister-in-law’s mother is going through chemo. She could certainly use this lovely little angel.
Wendy
Jennifer
Sep 28, 2007 at 2:18 pm
She is so very lovely, Noreen! I admire your work so much, you must put a lot of love into it,and it really shows.
Your little faery has the same spirit to me as a doll I just finished named Samilova, the Fall Fantasy Fae. They have the same look in their eyes! Isn’t it wonderful to create these little beings out of bits of yarn and cloth and clay? I love it!
Thank you so much for this contest, I would very much love to have her join all the faeries in my studio…we would make a nice home for her and she would be loved :)
warm wishes and happy creating,
Jennifer
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Jennifer
Sep 28, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Just stopping by for another peek :)
Jennifer
Sep 28, 2007 at 4:24 pm
I was just looking at her–I know who she is!
She’s Paquerette, the Falling Leaf Faery.
It’s her job to choose the shades and colors and paint all the autumn leaves.
She also teaches them the whirling dance they do with the wind on the way to the ground :)
Leslie Sirag
Sep 28, 2007 at 7:16 pm
would love to win your doll–thanks for having these contests.
Norma Byrkett
Sep 29, 2007 at 8:33 am
Noreen,
What a great idea having a contest to share your wonderful work! Thank you for all your healing dolls and ideas!
Norma
sherelyn
Sep 29, 2007 at 10:58 am
I really like that you spun your own yarn! I just bought a wheel for my DIL for Cristmas and can hardly wait to give it to her!
Pam Cozby
Sep 30, 2007 at 7:42 am
I have enjoyed making dolls from you book and would love to own an original. The first one I made was at an outdoor Bluegrass Festival my niece and I went to. We knew we needed something to do while listening and took needlework. We had a great time and the crochet doll I made is one of my favorite.
Stacy
Oct 24, 2007 at 7:33 pm
I first saw the creative crocheted dolls book at the library and checked it out. I fell in love with it and didnt want to give it back. I priced the book online and it was out of my budget.:-(
Last month I was at Half Price Books & More and found one almost new for $3.00. I was in heaven. What a find.
So now I am the proud owner of this book and it still inspires me to crochet creative dolls. Im still totally in love with the Einstein doll too.
Thanks to Noreen for her inspiration!!
Noreen
Oct 24, 2007 at 10:29 pm
I am pleased that you are enjoying the book, Stacy!Thanks for letting me know!
blessings
Noreen
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