I wanted to get little girl handmade gifts this year (you know before she starts wanting all the mass produced crap from china that her friends have). So just before xmas I did a swap with miss millie. I made her some handspun yarn and she sent me one of her cute monkeys. She wanted something green so I dyed up some merino and it looked like this:
As I was spinning it, it looked so pretty and striped on the bobbin just for a little bit.
I really liked the final product, a nice light semi-felted single. I named it Usnea because it looks like lichen.
And here are the handmade gifts: Millie the monkey (blue named her...), Nicola the handmade doll (because she is a ginger, like our friend Nicola), and some soft cotton grapes for chewing (okay these are mass produced, but still handmade by some co-operative thingy). I got the doll on felt from poppetto.
Here is little girl opening her first present on christmas morning! What a sweet little elf!
4 comments:
I was wondering about the doll, it looks so sweet! That yarn is super yummy, if you want more handmade toys I'd be happy to do a swap!!
I'm always up for a swap. I have a little louisville pile building for you and skatergirl anyway. Colour preferences for some yarn?
I'm happy with any color - no preference!
Do you have a toy preference?
monsters and robots come to mind... but that's just a thought ;-) hmmm maybe i'll fire up the dye pot while the little one is napping now.
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