Hankering for Yarn

March 25th, 2008

Knitted Lily Doll

The oddest thing happened with one of my knitted doll designs…..
One of my most favorite designs is for a doll I named Lily.

The pattern for Lily sold really well. I kept having to reprint her, but then a strange thing happened.  The masters for the pattern simply disappeared! pooft!
Vanished.
I ripped the studio apart…. no Lily […]

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March 25th, 2008

Knitted Esperanza Doll

Yay! I have finally finished the PDF for the Knitted Esperanza Doll. I’m doing the happy dance. :o)
I’ve been working on this PDF for ages. But, you know how it goes….. deadlines and a million other things come up, and things get pushed to the edges until they fall off the […]

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March 7th, 2008

getting ready for a little more complicated knitting

Lately, I have been posting lots of my ‘easiest ever’ designs.
Crocheted caps,
and  mittens,
and easiest ever knitted bears, dolls and toys 
So, I have decided that it’s time to post a more involved pattern.
I am going to be uploading the pattern for my design for a knitted fairisle pattern doll, Elspeth…..

So, if you’re up for a slightly […]

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February 8th, 2008

Playing Hookie

When I was a kid, and someone would skip classes, they were said to be ‘playing hookie’. Do they still say that?
Anyhow, while the servers were down, and I couldn’t work on my blog, I finally got to work and pulled together all the pics of the new crochet hooks  that I have been carving.
I […]

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February 2nd, 2008

Carving a Jane Austen crochet hook

I am a total Jane Austen freak.  I got addicted to Jane Austen when I was 11 years old, and I have re-read her novels hundreds of times.   I still have my first copy of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ that I bought from the book club at school.
I have designed all kinds of dolls in homage […]

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