So, to continue.
I received a gift from a lovely Australian friend. I first met her through buying her pattern for knitted Waldorf dolls from her Etsy shop, Faedale. Check out her patterns - I think they are the nicest I have seen for knitted dolls, and the mermaid is just uber cute:
etsy.com/shop/faedale
In the package was a doll making DVD and some supplies. I settled back to watch the tutorial (70 minutes) and at the end was really fired up. So, 2 days later, I have made a head!
The actual head took a whole day, and then the hair took another day.
I am very happy with the way she turned out. The 'skin' is peachy soft and she has a lovely rounded face which was just the look for which I had been aiming.
The hair is alpaca and silk, so each thread is fine, but strong and fuzzy.
I am knitting some clothes today. Fin's half term holiday finishes tonight, so while she is at school tomorrow, I will clear off the table, get out fabric and the sewing machine, and see if more magic occurs with the body.
I have also completed 2 little knitted gnomes and might well do another of those:
I'm very happy you made such good use of the DVD! The head is wonderful, well done!!! I know they take a lot of time but the end result is SO worth it! She looks so sweet. Looking forward to seeing the rest of her!! Winterwood Toys, you would have seen the stickers - are in Melbourne but have an online store for all things Waldorf which is well worth checking out, and they happily send overseas, if you can't find what you need locally. Thanks for the pattern plug too!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful start! As I just told you in our last e-mail, I'm working on the doll and the felt hair is failing. I'm starting to think that yarn hair is the way to go, but that requires learning. I don't know if I'm mentally capable of that at the moment. We shall look at tutorials and determine my bravery. Or perhaps I shall make some music inspired Teesha Moore inspired patches that are due. Johnny Cash "Ring of Fire" shall be the main one.
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