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Knitted Waldorf Doll

I finished my first entirely Knitted Waldorf Doll (well, ok, he does need some clothes, I'm working on that).

 

He is predominantly knitted in Riihivilla Aarni (a naturally-dyed Finnish rare-breed yarn) from Ecoknits and his hair is from Spectraspun.

I'm still here!

Been a bit busy, y'know how it is :D

We've had a lovely quiet festive season with quite a lot of biscuits and some marzipan dipped in chocolate (made by the children - yes they were covered head to toe in chocolate, I couldn't take photos as I was too ;) ).

Here are a couple of bits and pieces I've made, although I still need to take a picture of the hobby horse, coat and hat and scarf set.  I'm not a confident photographer and I just couldn't get half decent photos of them this morning. I have, however, finished Ted's doll's cardigan, some dungarees (couldn't get a decent close photo of them) and socks to match the cardigan.  For Nin's doll I finished a pair of stockings:

 

Aside from that it's been brisk cold walks with the dog (and some extra teens, I seem to collect them in this house...)

 

The last photo is where we do most of our blackberry picking in the autumn, it looks so cold and bare now.  The camera ran out of batteries at this point (which was a shame as we went to the playground and Erk took off his hat and put it on the ground next to the swing and the dog grabbed it and made off with Erk in hot pursuit, much to everyone's amusement - the dog was really, really pleased with himself).  Oh and guess what?  Ted did the whole walk with NO NAPPY!  Yes, my little boy is now wearing pants in the day :)

Anyway, hopefully I'll get some photos of the hobby horse and other bits and pieces I've made soon (I'd also like to also get them posted up on Ravelry).

Basic bendy body tutorial added

I know I'm really, really late on this - sorry!  But the basic bendy body frame for the knitted dolls is now in the articles (under Knitted Bendy Dollshouse Doll).  They're basic instructions (like Wee Felt Folk, without the finesse of wrapping), so if you're still stuck, do let me know and I'll try and answer any questions.  The dolls aren't difficult to make, just a tad fiddly when sewing into the 'skin' (but hey, if my chunky fingers can do it, chances are yours can too!)

 

The Knitted Bendy Doll pattern is now online

The pattern is written up, but I still need to post up some photos, plus a tutorial for the bendy body and sewing up the doll.  Still, it's something to be getting on with and I'll post up further instructions for making the inner-body and sewing up soon! Anyway, here it is in it's basic form: Knitted Bendy Dollshouse Doll pattern.

Rather delayed as I found myself knitting a further doll for a little boy who was adamant for a, "Me too, Mummy!  Doll, me too!"  Who can resist a 2 year old, especially one who has seen his sister get a number of small dolls made for her recently and is desperate for a doll of his own to drive his wooden truck with.  Bless him, he kept shoving the unfinished doll into my hands and even though the doll hasn't got any hair yet, Ted grabbed it as soon as the head was sewn on.

That particular doll has been knit in the round as opposed to in separate pieces and I will post a pic of him once his hair is sewn on. I will also be adding a pattern for a mermaid tail soon too - I promise :) In the meantime, here's a little buttercup faery I've knitted up:

I've been a bit bleurrrgh!

S'not nice, lots of vomiting (etc) all round. Still, before all that, I made this:

It had been a cardi I'd knitted out of Noro Kureyon - but amazingly it was too big and as I don't plan on gaining weight to fit into it, I thought I'd take a gamble and throw it in the washing machine on a hot wash. It's come out rather nicely felted - shorter than it was, so now jacket-like and is, I'm guessing, a size 14 as it's a bit bigger than a friend who is a size 12 (it's too small for me atm) - still, rather pleased and I've hung it in the wardrobe for when I've lost a bit more weight to do a bit more with (like add some fixings etc.) The photos don't do it justice (I am a self-confessed useless photographer) and it looks rather nice.

Whilst Ned was throwing up and therefore attached firmly to me, I made this (whilst he was sat on me either dozing or munching):

I needle-felted the base to give her some features, but also a base upon which I could needle-felt the hair on through the cotton knit 'skin' I put over the base. There is a better picture, but for some bizarre reason PSP is refusing to save any change to it. Anyway, not bad for a prototype. I'd change a few things, but do think I'll make some new 'improved' ones - and some clothes :) Also, in the depths of my throwing-up-ness, this arrived:

A present from my lovely Secret Pal - which did cheer me up through the murk, although I've still not felt quite good enough to try the chocolate included in the parcel (a true indication of my level of yuckiness-feeling). The whole parcel smelt divine, thanks to the soap and candle and I'm really looking forward to sitting down and sorting my circulars into the case. Thank you so much Secret Pal - it's such a lovely parcel!

If you haven't seen these yet...

... go and look. I first saw them ages ago, but came across the link in my Favourites folder again and thought I'd share: Camille Allen.

Another couple down

WIPs that is. I finished the purple cotton angora cardi:

Nin wouldn't stand still long enough to take an unblurred one of the front, but I did get another couple of photos of her and a couple of Ned:

I also fixed Nin's button jointed doll (the legs had come off) and have embroidered a face onto the first Waldorf doll I've had a bash at making (I bought some black mohair to knit a wig when I get a spare mo). I sewed up the rip in Woody's trousers (and restuffed him a bit). Continued WIPs are:

• The Waldorf doll (needs that wig knitted and some clothes made)
• A pink lace shawl (which is knitting up quite fast really)
• A blue 'pram blanket' - with textured trees and houses on it (from a Lucinda whats-her-name book)
• The cowboy print shirt that has been cut out ready to be sewn for Ted
• I *still* haven't finished embroidering the rosette I felted about a year ago.

There's a lot going on here atm and at some point I will blog about it, but it'll be a bit of a marathon (or should that be Snickers) blog and it's just getting it written down in a bit of peace.

Oh, oh, oh, look!

This site has some wonderful doll patterns - but it's worth just looking at the pictures too (under patterns)!