Janine @ Rainbow Hare
Thursday’s Child
Tag: CLOTH DOLL
New Furtlings and Some Spring Photos
I seem to have given up blogging of late and almost a month has gone by, during which time Spring has been springing.
But I’m glad to say I have completed my monthly goal of adding all the TAST stitches to date into my fanTASTichia picture.
Lots of these stitches are new to me and I plan to keep going with this, at least for the first twenty stitches or so although I still don’t know what it will end up looking like!
Apart from that, I have been knitting…
And, after much trial and error, I have unvented a new improved way to attach heads to cloth dolls and a hair technique to avoid the stumpy, thick plaits/braids that rag dolls tend to have. When I get time, I’ll put up a tute in case anyone wants to try it.
I have also been outside a lot, mainly bramble clearing and weeding, but I haven’t taken photos of that! I did manage to get some pictures of a pair of geese who visited us one morning though and some on a walk with Poppy..
My most exciting news is that we are on the verge of having ‘real’ internet. After literally years of being promised more than a very inconsistent -1mb (owing apparently to long copper lengths, which has made providing us with the infrastructure for a reliable service ‘uneconomical for the public purse’) we have a green cabinet installed along the road which, if what they say is true, will deliver fibre broadband. I can hardly imagine what it will like – not watching a spinning disk and waiting for things to time out and resetting the router…
If you are a mother in the UK, I wish you a Happy Mothers day! If not I wish you a happy day anyway :)
Janine @ Rainbow Hare
I am linking this post with:
Fiona at Celtic Thistle Stitches for ‘New to Me’
Soma at Whims and Fancies for ‘Wandering Camera’
Helen at Archie the Wonder Dog for ‘Furtle Around the Blogosphere’
February Furtling
As a lover of words, I was very happy to learn, last month, of a word that is not only new to me but rhymes with turtle…The word is ‘Furtle’ and ‘Furtling’ means ‘having a rummage, a delve, a look at the contents of something’ (Helen’s definition). So I have furtled around to see what I have been doing this month and now I’m going to furtle around the blogs of anyone else who links up over at Archie the Wonder Dog!
I have caught up with the TAST stitching (above) – this really is just doodling and learning some new stitches for fun.
I began knitting a baby cardigan but ran out of wool…
I made a quilt for the next Endeavourers Challenge. This is just a peek because the Reveal Day is not until May 1st and, although it seems ridiculously early to have it finished, I thought I’d just make it and, if I have a better idea nearer the time, I can make another one!
And, last but not least, I made a doll called Ellen. You can read her story in my post ‘Ellen and the Star Dog‘.
Lately, I have received several comments from noreply bloggers. If you have a blog and leave a comment on any of my posts, unless you are quite certain that your comment will link back to your blog, please leave a link to your blog with your comment so I can visit you.
Happy Furtling!
Janine @ Rainbow Hare
I am linking this blog with Helen at Archie the Wonder Dog for February’s Furtling.
