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Wool on Sundays – 30 (yarn time)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays 30 and Thank you very much to everyone who stopped by last week! Recently, my friend Jules from Juna Creations asked me how long my Perfectly Plain Cardigan took to make. I thought about it for quite a while and in the end I said I started it months ago […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 29 (simple socks)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays 29 and Thank you very much to everyone who stopped by last week! This week I managed to finish a pair of simple blue socks – no bells, no whistles, no homage to Dr Seuss – just stocking stitch with garter stitch toes and heels and a large (4×4) rib […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A SUMMER STORY

If you have been thinking that Granny Square’s hair looks a bit like a bird’s nest, there’s a reason for that: One morning, Granny Square was out of sorts. “As soon as you have finished your breakfast, I’d like you to go all round the caravan oiling the hinges, Knit,” she said. “Something has been […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 28 (A Perfectly Plain Cardigan)

A very Happy Midsummer to all and Welcome to Wool on Sundays 28! I’ve been in two minds about whether to post my Summer Story yesterday – the day of the solstice – or on June 24th. As it turned out, a lack of access to my sewing machine during the last week decided for […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A BASIC JOINTED CLOTH DOLL TUTORIAL

This post is adapted from the Tutorial which accompanies my Basic Jointed Cloth Doll Pattern. I’m posting it here because the techniques used are readily transferable to many patterns for dolls and softies (although some patterns will have some pieces that will have to be cut with a seam allowance and sewn in the traditional […]

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Wool on Sundays – 27 (even less knitting!)

miniature knitting Happy Fathers day to any fathers who may pass by my blog and Welcome to Wool on Sundays 27! This week I have been making doll’s house (1:12 scale) versions of Knit, Purl and Granny Square’s knitwear. They are quick to knit up but I’ve been recording the patterns, which is more time […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

A Family Photo

Here is Knit (you may have met him at the weekend in this post) with Granny Square. Granny Square thought it looked such a lovely day that it would be nice to go outside for a family photo. Purl is sitting nicely… …but Knit is fooling around. He did come and sit still in the […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 26 (wool and knit)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays – 26! This week, I had an email from Emily’s Mum, who blogs over at Quilty Doings. She has a friend who keeps a small flock of Rare Breed Ryeland sheep as a hobby and he currently has some really beautiful wool for sale. If you are looking for yarn […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

little people in progress

I keep forgetting to link up a WIP post so, I thought I’d share my progress on these small people, today. I’m making a scalable basic jointed doll pattern and these ones range from 4 1/2″ – 11″. Whenever I post a doll like this I always get comments about nudity so (to set everyone’s […]