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.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Life in the time of Pandemic

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How has your life changed with the Pandemic?  For retired introverts such as myself and my husband, not a lot.  We shop differently, we ...
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Friday, February 21, 2020

I said a prayer for God today

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image credit:  Mikhail Levit  | Dreamstime.com I said a prayer for God today To comfort in His grief; As we destroy this belove...
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Thursday, February 13, 2020

Dollmaking techniques

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Another Puddin' doll, by Sandy Nordwall Eggers on Ravelry.  Her outfit is the Spring Boho dress on Sandy's Ravelry site.  Her h...
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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Puddin' Dolls by Sandy Nordwall Eggers

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January has been a long, grey, difficult month.  I've kept my sanity by almost obsessively making dolls from Sandy Nordwall Eggers...
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Saturday, December 7, 2019

Sweet Advent

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I hope all of you have an Advent season filled with joy.  May everything you do be done with love.  We are celebrating a birthday!  Try no...
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Saturday, October 5, 2019

Public Service Announcement

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If you have bookmarked some of my early tutorials that were picture tutorials on Flickr, they will disappear FOREVER on November 4.  The ...
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Sunday, September 29, 2019

You CAN take it with you...dollmaking, that is.

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A magic box!  All the needful things to make button and spool dolls. Painted head beads, some tea dyed beads, spools, scads of butto...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Happy Halloween!

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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...
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Friday, September 20, 2019

Fun hacks for your button and spool dolls

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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...
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