Tuesday 5 April 2011

New shoes for Poppy Doll

Joining Ginny over @ Small Things today for another lovely Yarn Along....

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Emmy finished crocheting the second baby bootee.

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Matilda has been asking me to make some shoes for her doll Poppy for ages.
 So this weekend we found a quiet spot and got to work.
Matilda loves needle craft, in fact in comprises a good deal of her "homeschool" and I am more than happy about that.
She really enjoyed watching me work, chatting away, playing with the button's in the button box, cutting thread and picking up of how to make a pair of dolly shoes along the way.

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Matilda is also quite the expert finger knitter!
We have miles and miles of multicolored finger-knitting in this house to testify to that.

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So while I was busy sewing up Poppy a new pair of shoes, Matilda got to work finger knitting some laces to tie them with.

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Poppy waited very patiently for her new shoes.

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14 comments:

  1. Tracey ~ Clover6 April 2011 at 02:50

    I love the rustic yarn you used too. The shoes for Poppy are great, you are one talented Momma.

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  2. ME6 April 2011 at 03:18

    Wow needle craft was one of my passion too as a kid. You both are highly talented ! Great work!
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  3. Mary G6 April 2011 at 03:22

    Love the teaching the kids to craft! Get 'em while they're young and they'll never be bored! (And they may just get a passion for it ... and make a career from using their hands & their hearts!).

    The booties are too cute.

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  4. MJ6 April 2011 at 05:10

    Your daughter looks like she absolutely adores her Poppy, so sweet. My son might actually like finger knitting! He was so frustrated with regular knitting that this might be a good answer for him :). The booties are adorable as are the crocheted ones your older daughter is doing!!

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  5. embracingitall6 April 2011 at 05:33

    What a busy crafting week you have all had. We have miles and miles of finger knitting here at our house too. So very useful. I use it for wrapping around gifts as decoration amongst other things. The booties are sweet, both for baby and Poppy. Poppy is a very cute doll. I have just finished my first Steiner/Waldorf doll. She will feature in my next blog post. Jacinta

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  6. Jess6 April 2011 at 05:36

    Those shoes! Can I assume that you made the dolly too? So sweet.
    We have a finger knitter here too. She'll pick up the needles from time to time, but right now she's all about the chain.

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  7. Anonymous6 April 2011 at 05:39

    I love that yarn for the bootees too! And those doll shoes are just darling. xoxo

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  8. Joy6 April 2011 at 06:06

    The bootie is adorable. How fun to have a sister-made baby bootie. :) I love the doll shoes. The finger knitting reminds me of my daughter when she learned to crochet. We had miles of chain stitches, and everyone had a rainbow necklace. So much fun!

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  9. Erin6 April 2011 at 08:17

    The shoes are wonderful! I have to check out the book! It looks fun!

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  10. Julia6 April 2011 at 08:48

    lovely doll, daughter and project!

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  11. house full of jays6 April 2011 at 09:08

    Those little shoes are perfect! And that picture of your daughter with her Poppy is precious!

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  12. Jane D.6 April 2011 at 12:47

    I just love Emmys crochet bootees, they are beautiful. My 10 year old loves to finger knit using four fingers - she made a scarf for her 14 year old cousins birthday! Well done Matilda on the laces.

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  13. Obaitori 8 April 2011 at 07:04

    Gosh, your little girl is beautiful! I'm so glad I found your niche in the world to have an insight into. Your photography is magnificent. I feel very inspired. Thanks so much, from my heart, Katie x

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  14. Shosannah8 April 2011 at 22:13

    Thank you Katie so much, what sweet, kind words.
    Lovely to "meet" you here :)

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