A Scottish Doll

Now I have recovered my camera from its recent hiding place I can load up my recent experiementations.

This lady is approximately 11cm in height, crocheted with double knit cotton.  Her white cross is embroidered onto her jumper to give her a Scottish theme.  Perhaps she is Homecoming Scotland doll?  Her hair is unravelled tapestry wool to give her some curls.

My ever critical daughter informs me that the neck isn't right yet.

Another DS case

This one is for my niece.  It is plain so far and I am still deciding how to decorate it.  She might be happiest with a Ben Ten version, but I don't think it will go too well with the pink.

The last case was very well received by my daughter.

Nintendo DS case completed

Front

I am very pleased with how my DS case has turned out.  My daughter's Nintendo DS fits snugly inside with a purple strap and crocheted button to stop it from falling out.  The daisy on the front is for decoration.

I used tapestry wool to give the gradations of colour - pinks for the front and purples for the back.  The next time I will try a solid cotton to fine-tune the pattern, and might even be able to write it down for anyone who has a desire to try their own.  

Back

Nintendo DS case WIP

At last I have started making the DS case I have been promising to make for some time.  It is made with a 3.25mm hook and tapestry wool.  I love the texture and the colours of the wool, especially with the dense stitches from the small-ish hook.  Once the loose ends are sewn in, I think it will have some small butterflies or flowers and a little tab to stop the DS from falling out.


The problem is my little girl never puts her DS in a case.  I am hoping that the use of her favourite colours will help.

Front

Back

In use

Doctor Who, ice cream and little crocheted butterflys

It is a quiet evening.  I have watched an old Doctor Who episode, eaten a pot of vanilla ice cream and admired my new fish in the aquarium.  The fish are not dead, the ice cream was lovely and even though it was a Christopher Eccelston Doctor Who, Captain Jack was there to make things good again.

While doing each of the above I played with some tapestry wool to make experimental butterflies.  Not when I was eating the ice cream as wool and ice cream are not a good mix.

These might develop into Narabugs to go with the Pipkins, or they will go nicely on a Nintendo DS case that I plan to make at some point.  I am not sure that butterflies on a DS case will encourage my little girl to put her DS into it, but I live in hope.

Work in progress now finished

The previous WIP that I posted is now complete.  It turns out he is a cold weather janitor with a purple and white hat and flaps to keep his ears cosy.  His matching scarf will keep his neck cosy when he is out sweeping leaves.

He took a couple of evenings to complete and is approximately 20cm tall.

There are a couple of things I will change when I make another - his arms are a little on the long side and I might try toy eyes instead of felt.  He is also a perfect size to be a football mascot, so he might get a St Mirren strip next time.

The rest of the Pipkins

These are the rest of the characters of Waybuloo.

I am most pleased by the way Yojojo turned out.  He has a marvellous curly tail and a little quiff or hair that reminds me of a combover.

Lau Lau is a rabbit Pipkin made of purple cotton.  Her dress comes off.

Finally, there is Nok Tok.  I think I got his legs right, but his t-shirt is entirely the wrong colour and his smile does not work out as well with brown wool on brown wool.  These have all been noted in my scribble book of ideas.

Once they were finished, I proudly presented them to my niece.  They proceeded to dance around the room and sing.  The little purple one had a new house inside a plastic pumpkin, while the blue and pink one hid among the books on the shelves.  She has already lost the orange one.  I take this a sign of approval.