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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

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 […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays – 25 (Sea Stars – a variation)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays – 25! Some weeks I find Wool on Sundays comes round a couple of days before I’m ready for it! I expect I should learn to be more organised and schedule posts… This week, again, I’ve realized, late on a Saturday night, that I’ll be out all day tomorrow so […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Really Random Thursday – the Blue Peter Edition

Wine boxes seem to be the only properly strong packaging these days so I had to ransack my fabric storage… We didn’t have a television until after I started school, when I was five years old. And I can clearly remember, when we eventually got one, my first best friend, Deborah, asked me whether it […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Wool on Sundays 24 – (Some Sea Star Progress)

Welcome to Wool on Sundays 24 and Thank You very much for all the lovely comments about my Flowerful Blanket last week :) I haven’t made a lot of progress on my crochet, this week. I got a bit more done on my Sea Stars and even made a filler block for the spaces […]

by Janine @ Rainbow Hare

Yarn Finishes, A Little Sewing and Two Caravans

This has been a week of yarn finishes, here at Rainbow Hare and my sewing friends have probably seen enough of these but I’m posting them again because I’d like to link up with Tami’s Amis for Fo Friday First a crochet finish – the stats for this crochet blanket are all in last week’s […]