Blue Man streamers become fairy doll
October 13, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet, doll and dolls and dollmaking
Yesterday, I posted about the Unicorn that I wove with paper yarn that I spun from streamers from the Blue Man show.
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Today, I used the
upcycled paper yarn
to crochet a
fairy doll to
keep the Unicorn
company.
Crocheting the
paper yarn is
a touch tricky.
It will break if you pull too hard on it.
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At the same time,
it has no flex to it,
so it is a lot like
crocheting wire.
So, you have to
be gentle with
the paper yarn,
and gentle with
your tendons.
It’s a delicate balance.
Rather like riding a unicorn…..
While I was crocheting the fairy,
I had some questions.
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Here’s the fairy doll.
I was wondering….
should I add hair?
should I paint
the fairy doll
a color,
or combination
of colors?
So I took a
photo of
the doll….
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and then,
I photo shopped
out the
background.
I sketched in
the outline of
the ear that
wasn’t
showing up.
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This gives me
a chance to
sketch in some
hair….
yes!
I like that!~
So, I think
that I will
add some
hair.
Good.
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And,
because the fairy
is crocheted
from paper yarn,
there is a tantalzing
possibility of painting
the fairy……
BUT… I don’t want
to wreck the doll
by painting it and
then going- oh oh…..
So, by playing with photoshop, I can experiment with different colors, different saturations and different combinations….
What a useful tool! I am definitely going to add hair, and need to play with more photoshop colors before I pick up my paint brush and start splashing paint around.
Working with a photoshop program is a superb design tool. It gives me so many ways of exploring a design without making potentially damaging changes to the project. It’s win-win!
