By Hook, By Hand

This is a blog for sharing dollmaking patterns, images of my life, and some poor poetry. The links to patterns should now be restored.

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Quirky Girls

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 To say it has been a while is an understatement, and its been even longer since I've done a new doll design. These quirky girls were in...
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Friday, July 19, 2024

It has been a while...

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  Fireworks in the graveyard:  Liberty I guess it has been a while since I've posted!  Still making dolls, and the following dolls are v...
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Monday, December 25, 2023

Merry Christmas!

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  Merry Christmas and Blessed Yuletide, from Ivy, Merry, and Noelle.
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Simple Doll

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 It has been a long while since I designed a new doll.  As I get older, I find working with the finer yarns I enjoyed using are harder to se...
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Friday, August 25, 2023

Crochet Dolls by Carla Mitrani

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  The first of two doll-related posts.  The creations of Carla Mitrani, aka Amour Fou, are a delight to make, and I have been making them!  ...
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Saturday, July 15, 2023

Size Matters...or, look at both yardage and weight when choosing your yarn!

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  These two dolls, from Sandy Nordwall Eggers' BoHo Hippie doll pattern, were made from Worsted Weight Yarn.  The one of the left, the s...
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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

"Not Recommendable" by Facebook

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  Artwork by J R R Tolkien I am a tremendous fan of all the works of J R R Tolkien.  I love the movies, and I love the new Amazon Prime Ring...
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Monday, May 29, 2023

Memorial Day 2023

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Memorial Day 2023 Soldiers who kept us free; Spouses who loved our country. Their memories fade As do our own, Reaching toward our final h...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Emma Revisited

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 Revisiting the last doll pattern I designed, Emma.   She is worked in worsted weight yarn (I used Red Heart Super Saver in Buff) and has ve...
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Beth
Indiana, United States
Welcome! My name is Beth and I live in the Midwest of the United States. I was 12 years old when Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon. I would have been an astronaut, but my fear of heights has kept me grounded :-) Instead, I became a Mechanical Engineer and worked in industry for many years. Now I design and make soft dolls; a passion I've enjoyed since my Grandmother first taught me to crochet.
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