Valentina!
Born on St Valentine's day; Valentina is adapted from the Minnow's pattern. Longer arms and legs, and DK weight yarn instead of size10 crochet cotton.
I used Knit Picks CotLin (70%cotton/30%linen) which I had purchased for a knit doll a couple of years ago. I didn't like the way it slid off my knitting needles, but it was just fine to crochet with.
Valentina has an internal armature much like the floss-wrapped dolls of Salley Mavor. I used 6mm pipe cleaner, and loosely wrapped them with fingering weight yarn. The larger body cavity and head are stuffed with wool batting. This worked great, as I wrapped the legs with black yarn, and the arms with white...no stuffing showing through the stitches :-)
I used Knit Picks CotLin (70%cotton/30%linen) which I had purchased for a knit doll a couple of years ago. I didn't like the way it slid off my knitting needles, but it was just fine to crochet with.
Valentina has an internal armature much like the floss-wrapped dolls of Salley Mavor. I used 6mm pipe cleaner, and loosely wrapped them with fingering weight yarn. The larger body cavity and head are stuffed with wool batting. This worked great, as I wrapped the legs with black yarn, and the arms with white...no stuffing showing through the stitches :-)
Now for some clothes!
Now she has a cropped tank top :-)
¡Qué bonita! Me gusta como la has vestido.
ReplyDelete¡Feliz día!
Gracias tanto y el día de San Valentín feliz :-)
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Beth
How precious! Happy Valentine's Day!
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Lois
Thank you so much, Lois; Happy Valentine's Day to you too :-)
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Beth
She is an absolute delight. You are so good at this Beth. I love her face. Happy Valentine's Day!! I have a new gray kitten, that I named Velma. She is my Valentine this year!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Judy! Right now I have an old grey kitty sitting in my lap...she has been my Valentine for 16 years :-)
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Beth
Valentina is adorable! Love her earrings. Any chance you might do a tutorial on the armature? And I love her eyes!
ReplyDeleteAs always your creativity is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the good words, Linda! Since the technique for making the armature is not my own, I would recommend buying or borrowing from the library the book 'Felt Wee Folk,' by Salley Mavor. I used the method she uses to make her felt folk for the armature.
DeleteBeside, it is a WONDERFUL book to have, full of inspiring photo's and delightful instructions to make your own Felt Wee Folk :-)
warmly,
Beth
Well, what do you know? I actually own that book! I made some wee folk for several granddaughters a number of years ago. I would never have thought to use the technique for crocheted dolls! So many ideas! Thanks much!
DeleteShe is very cute and love the idea of wrapping the yarn on the slender limbs, by the way I love Salley Mavor dolls think I have all her books they are so enchanting... great work x
ReplyDeleteThank you for your good words, Amber; I have several of Salley's books, and even have three wee folk that she made :-)
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Beth
How did you keep the yarn secured when you wrsp it around the chenille sticks?
ReplyDeleteI wrapped the chenille around the yarn a bit, then just poked the yarn ends into the body cavity. Once you insert the armature into the body, the yarn will not unravel.
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Beth
I love Valentina! She is so pretty. I really love her hair. She even has those adorable little heart-shaped earrings. You've created a real sweetheart Beth!
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Thank you so much for the lovely words, Momma Cat :-)
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Beth
She is lovely. You always come up with something new. I love her beautiful blue eyes and dark hair. I like the longer arms and legs too.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Dawn. I love the way she turned out too. I used the CotLin yarn from Knit Picks that I had purchased for the knit china doll. I didn't like knitting with it, but it is very nice to crochet :-)
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Beth
nice post
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