Sock Monkey

When I came across a sock monkey kit in a box of craft items I won at an auction, my oldest said she wanted one to have while at college in Hawaii. It's finally done and gone, and I can say I will most likely never make another. At least not this way again. I think I would rather knit one up myself than sew these horribly stretchy socks. In making dolls, I stuff quite firmly, so it was a challenge to keep him from growing fat! I'm glad he's done and I hope he is never held for an M&M ransom! ;)

Santa Challenge

The ClothDollMaking yahoo group had a Santa challenge that ended in December. It was a fairly open challenge with a choice of using Runo's Slim Santa pattern or one of your own choosing. So, really, any Santa would work for this project. I am a literal person so I picked the originally intended pattern. I've done other Runo patterns before, but I really hated working on this one. I came close to pitching the whole thing! But, I absolutely love how he turned out. I am disappointed there were only three entries in the challenge.

Clothespin Doll

The last time I made clothespin dolls was 10 years ago when I made simple prairie ones out of calico and lace to sell at the farmer's market along with my vegetables. I had been tossing around the idea to start a swap, but someone beat me to it, so I joined their's. My partner likes purple and sparkly. This is what I came up with. She has crystals on her waist and on the lower edge of her stand. Her face was painted with a toothpick and her hair is handdyed mohair.