Meet Harriet. She was my first doll. She got off to a rough start. I decapitated her (onceortwice) but she's thriving now. My cousin has claimed her for her granddaughter, so Harriet is off to a new home!
Meet Clara. She was my second doll. She now sits in my boss' home office looking pretty and stuff.
Meet Louise. One of my first tries at color work.
Clara and Louise are best friends. They still visit each other from time to time.
Meet Petrushka, my Slavic knitted friend AKA the biggest disappointment of my knitting life. She had a lot of potential which she did not live up to. Her dress has the most impressive color work I have ever done, but there's something about her that is just so ugly. Thinking of making her again at a tighter gauge with brighter colors. And making her head differently. Carol Anderson, the designer of the pattern, makes all of her dolls with rather large heads/faces, which I don't like.
Meet Liesl, an Alpine knitted friend. I made her for my niece, Persephone. She's also a Carol Anderson design. I was very pleased with her. Made at a tighter gauge, and the face is pretty :-)
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Harriet, Louise and Petrushka are up for grabs! I've posted on FB - anyone who knows of a child who would like one of them, PM me on FB or Ravelry, or leave a comment here. They're sitting in my closet unloved at the moment I will freely send them to loving homes.
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Harriet has found a "Forever Home" with a distant cousin in Arkansas. Louise and Petrushka are going to be lonely soon, so I hope they get adopted.
DeleteAll dolls have been adopted! Stay tuned for more...there may be a teddy bear or two coming up for adoption in the next few weeks.
DeleteHi Hannah, Clara and Lousie for my neice!! It's perfect.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you can use your gift for knitting for the hsopital childrens ward!!! I am sure!!! you can do this, and these children would love it!!!! Please consider this!!!!
They are all very good Hannah :)Petrushka is fine. She actually looks very realistic for the type of doll you made her to be. You should make more. You can donate some to the children's hospital as Wallkill suggested and you could sell some on eBay. I could help you set up a website for your dolls that you could manage and link to eBay & or Paypal. Also share links here on your blog and FB as a way to let people know about them. Perhaps even do custom dolls that people can order by selecting skin color, hair color and length, etc I showed Tony and he thought they looked neat, like antique dolls. I think others would too. A good way for you to bring in some income.
ReplyDeleteWould you mind if I repost this blog post on my blog with a link to your blog? I have many visitors from, US, Canada, Germany, UK and others. Let me know.
ReplyDeleteWoah, Woah, Woah! I don't think my blog has ever seen so much traffic...I hope it doesn't crash :-)
ReplyDeleteOkay, Celanie - Clara was originally completed for Susan, so she's not up for adoption. Louise is yours. You will meet her on Sunday :-)
Thanks for the suggestions about donating and/or selling, but I don't do that kind of knitting. I'm mostly a "Process knitter" which means I knit for pleasure and will glady give away the finished item but will not commit myself to anything if I can help it. Because then it becomes a chore.
What a woman did in St. Lukes was make E.R. teddy bears over the course of time to be given to the children who come into the E.R. for treatment. It was not heavy trafic, they were not large about 6in. and my Daniel was of the children who received one. He was 4 at the time and still has it. It ment alot to him. Maybe this would be more simple to do. You could make a bunch in your spear time and then just one day deliver it to the E. R. of your choice. Maybe this way it would not become a commimetment or a chore 1x per yr. What do you think?
DeleteGood idea, Celanie - I'll keep it in mind :-)
DeleteSure. No biggie. :)
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