My Doll Haven

Everyone Needs Playtime

In our hectic, modern lives, many of us focus so heavily on work and family commitments that we never seem to have time for pure fun. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we stopped playing.

When we carve out some leisure time, we’re more likely to zone out in front of the TV or computer than engage in fun, rejuvenating play like we did as children. But play is not just essential for kids; it can be an important source of relaxation and stimulation for adults as well.

There doesn’t need to be any point to the activity beyond having fun and enjoying yourself. By giving yourself permission to play with the joyful abandon of childhood, you can reap oodles of health benefits throughout life.

Friday

A New Dress for Avery

Ideas have been tossing about in my head as to what I could do with the 8ply wool that's been sitting in my basket for some time. There was a tiny bit of white, a slightly larger ball of lemon and almost a full ball of grey. So I began working with the white from the bottom up and completed this off the shoulder dress for Avery.

It was fun just knitting and changing things about as I went, though I wish now I had written down what I was doing so I could make another down the track, but it is what it is . . . and I told myself if I could do it once, I should be able to do it again.

I also crochet the little flowers and stuck them to some hair slides with PVA glue and added the little pearl centres. They are not perfect, but they'll do for now.

Hope you all had a productive week and are looking forward to a lovely weekend!
Hugs,
X

Tuesday

Curious About Colours

I've been sorting out my wool and trying to decide which colours to keep and which to ditch. This got me wondering, when it comes to your dolls, which colours you prefer to dress them in?

PASTELS

Pastels always make me think of macarons, you know those yummy, yummies you have with a latte!

LIGHT BRIGHTS

Light brights are wonderful summer colours, the type that make you think of sun, sea and sand.

STRONG BRIGHTS

Fairly basic and mostly primary colours, but they are very cheery and probably remind me most of Christmas.

SUBDUED

There's nothing more subdued than old Victorian decor! Some shades almost border on dusty, but I find the colours very calming.

DUSTY

For some reason the dusty colours always remind me of Mia, possibly because she uses many of these colours when she sews for her dolls.

NEUTRALS

Of course neutrals are what were featured on Emma in my previous post.

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Sunday

More Knitting

My larger dolls have been a little neglected lately and I thought it time for them to receive some attention. With odd balls of yarn to use up, and inspiration from the beret, I made this set for my Gotz Happy Kidz 2017 Emma.

The beret is a free pattern from Ravelry: Free Beret and the cardigan and dress were both modifications I made from this cardigan pattern: Lacy Cardigan Set.

Hope you have a happy new week!