By Hook, By Hand

A magic box!  All the needful things to make button and spool dolls. Painted head beads, some tea dyed beads, spools, scads of butto...

Sweet Hemlock and Caspar the cat wish you a Happy Halloween. The cat is from the Tiny Window Cat pattern on Ravelry, the rest came out o...

A couple of fun hacks for your button and spool dolls.  The first is a simple stand, since these girls are a bit wobbly on their feet.  Y...

One idea seems to lead to another, and suddenly I'm making spool dolls again!  Ages ago, I bought a kit from Magic Cabin Dolls (the k...

I spent the better part of August working on this little cottage for the tiny bead dolls.  Amazing how insistent a tiny doll can be! ...

Knitting does not come naturally to me, but I love it just the same.  Tiny knit sweaters have a sort of magical charm, so I made some for ...

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these,...

About a year and a half ago, Joyce and I collaborated on a doll design that used wooden beads for the head, dowel rods for the limbs, and...