Hankering for Yarn

April 1st, 2008

Cornstarch Clay Worry Dolls - 2

Part one of the tutorial gave the recipe for how to make Cornstarch Clay.
NOTE: Cornstarch Clay is remarkably sturdy and long lasting, BUT… you can’t carry these little dolls in your pocket. If you want it to last, you need to be gentle.  Your Cornstarch Clay Worry Doll will need to live on a shelf […]

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April 1st, 2008

Cornstarch Clay Worry Dolls - 1

I’ve been posting about making Worry Dolls, as I believe that they can be an excellent antidote to worry. So, they are comfort dolls and healing dolls!
I’ve posted the links for the Spool knitted Worry Dolls.
All through the pictures of the Spool knitted Worry Doll making, there has been a teeny cornstarch clay dolly […]

By Noreen -- 3 comments

March 31st, 2008

Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial - Links

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 […]

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March 31st, 2008

Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial - 4- Hair

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 […]

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March 31st, 2008

Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial - 3- skirt

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 […]

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March 31st, 2008

Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial - 2

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 […]

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March 31st, 2008

Spool knitted Worry Doll Tutorial - 1

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 […]

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March 30th, 2008

Worry dolls- almost

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 […]

By Noreen -- 5 comments

March 29th, 2008

Worry dolls-coming soon

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 […]

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February 18th, 2008

Knitting with handspun tissue paper

There’s been a lot of discussion on several lists about handspun newspaper.
I’ve never spun newspaper, but I have spun tissue paper.
I didn’t like crocheting with the tissue paper yarn.
Weaving with it is fine, too….. and so is knitting it…..
Here’s a little angel doll that I knitted with yarn that I spun from tissue from tissue […]

By Noreen -- 3 comments