Here are the links for my mixed media woven dolls:

Woven Earth Listener Angel  Doll

Dame Julian and Neni 

Three young spritely spirited mixed media dolls 

Mixed media dolls with found objects 

The previous entry had pics of my spritely mixed media dolls

Here are some more of my mixed media woven dolls:

A woven Menopause Fairy Doll

and a collection of my ‘Reclaiming Dolls’ (Dolls that have parts made from reclaimed, recycled or re-purposed components and found objects,  as well as weaving):

I’ve put together a Links posting so you can catch the group of postings on mixed media woven dolls.

Hmm, it just struck me that they are like three dimensional collages. Neat!

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In my last posting, I showed pictures of my woven mixed media dolls, Neni and Homage to Dame Julian of Norwich.

These dolls are more whimsical:

I spun the yarn and then wove them on potholder looms and combined them will all kinds of mixed media: Leather, wood, stones, metal, wire, buttons and more….

Next posting:

More whimsical mixed media woven dolls.

Some of my readers are on dial up so they’ve asked me to not put toooooooooo many pix in each entry.

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Yesterday, I posted pics of my latest mixed media woven doll, the Earth Listener Angel Doll (click on the name to see her).

Several people asked if I had pics of any of my other woven mixed media dolls. Why yes! Here are some:

Homage to Dame Julian of Norwich. I wove her on my inkle loom and several small vintage looms. Her hands and face are crocheted. I used cotton and linen to make her. Her body is wood that I carved before stitching on the weaving and attaching her armature.

This is Neni. She’s another Earth Angel doll.

I wove her on the vintage equivalent of Butterfly Looms.

I carved her head, hands, wings and shoes from wood, and drew and burned the face and patterns for the wings.

The buttons came from Grandma’s button jar so are more than 50 years old.

In my next posting: More mixed media woven dolls

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I am working on a new doll.

I’ve finished sculpting the head:

and have finished spinning the yarn for the doll:

My best friend gave me a bag of lovely merino/tencel:

That I spun on my wheel, then plyed with my navaho spindle:

I warped up the loom

and wove one panel that just didn’t do it for me,

So, I frogged it, and re-warped the loom.

I am one of those people who would rather take something apart and re-do it rather than leave it if I don’t like it.

Taking it apart is quite contemplative, as it allows me to give myself a second (or third or fourth) chance.

I like the feeling that weaving is not written in stone.

Knowing that I can easily unweave a piece gives me tremendous freedom to be very adventurous with my materials.

I’ve just gotten a tiny bit woven on the new warp, so will start taking pics as I get a little more weaving happening.

I’ll post pics as the doll starts to emerge.

When I was designing and making this Worry Doll:

I started out by basing my measurements on another little doll that I made a few years ago:

and I ended up transforming her, too.

So, she ended up like this:

I figured that she’s such a little cutie that I should probably upload a tutorial on how to make her too.

And, I have:

Here’s the Tutorial for the Cornstarch Clay Worry Doll

It took a few days, as I had sick family, so I spent the day tending to them, and making chicken soup and such.

So, the Worry dolls took a little longer than intended,

but all’s well…..
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Tadah! I did it! I’ve uploaded the tutorial for the

Spool knitted Worry Doll

Worry Dolls have been on my mind lately. I blame Marcie

She teased us by saying that she’s got a posting coming up in a day or so, about Worry Dolls.

I did a few sketches of some potential Worry Dolls a day or so ago, but they were rrrrrrrrrrealllllllllly rough…. as in the dolls looked like they were more ferocious than potentially helpful in the case of severe worrying.

And, so, today, I spent the afternoon designing and making some new Worry Dolls.

It’s really late now, as I write this, so I’ll just give you a sneak preview…….

She’s spool knitted, and about 1 3/4 inches tall. I spool knitted her with yarn that I spun from our very worrisome cat’s fur.

I’ve posted the tutorial for the Spool knitted Worry Doll. and will be posting the tutorial for the other Worry Doll,

So be sure and check back…..

and remember: Don’t worry, be happy…..

I’ve been spinning up a storm…

A friend recently gifted me with a heap of new rovings. I decided that I would get them spun up right away instead of storing them as clouds of colorful potential…..

Our dogs love the spinning wheel, and like to sleep right beside it while I am spinning.

The cats, however, prefer safe haven in baskets….

As I run my fingers over the new yarns, I am mulling over what they are destined to become.  I wonder…….