Friday, July 4, 2014

Amilia Thistledown

Amilia Thistledown, a golden skinned elven child with a talent for spinning thistledown into gossamer yarn, to knit lighter than air fairy shawls :-)

She is a Grace Notes doll, with elf ears.  Her hair is fun fur, which is a fun and easy way to make a doll wig.  She has dangly glass earrings, and her dress is basically the nightgown pattern with a different lace edging.  Her shawl is pretty close to thistledown; knit from lace weight silk/mohair yarn.

We took pictures in Garfield Park and around the conservatory.  So many pretty purple flowers!

11 comments:

  1. She is darling & looks good in purples!!

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  2. Thank you so much, dear Joyce :-)

    Warmly,

    Beth

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  3. Amilia is beautiful, I love what you did for the earrings! I nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award, here are the details: http://cogaroocrafts.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/very-inspiring-blogger-award/

    Have a wonderful day!
    Cogaroo

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    1. Thank you for the nomination, Cogaroo, and for the good words :-)

      Beth

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  4. What a beautiful doll.
    Love the colors.
    Marja

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  5. Moc jí to sluší, další pěkná panenka. Růža

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  6. Beautiful doll Beth, will you make the little purple lace dress pattern available, I would love to make one , just like her.... so pretty!

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    1. Thank you so much, Sherry. Actually, the dress is simply the nightgown pattern with a different lace edging. The edging is from the book "50 Fabulous Knitted Lace Stitches.' I borrowed it from our local library, then decided I just had to have it! This pattern was called 'coral' and worked up pretty easy.

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