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March 27, 2006
A Teeny Tiny Spoolknitted Treasure Pouch!
March 27, 2006
A Teeny Tiny Spoolie Necklace Pouch for Teeny Tiny Treasures
by Noreen Crone-Findlay (c) 2006
www.crone-findlay.com
I have always loved wooden dolls.
And, a few decades ago,
I happily married a wonderful man who
happens to be a Lathemeister,
and
best of all is
an incredibly patient man....
and a very creative one....
and we really enjoy
co-creating things
together........
Including
wheeeeeeee heeeeeee
wooden dolls.
So,
about 9 months ago,
I asked Jim to please turn some teeny tiny wooden dollies
for me to draw on, burn and paint.
He did.
I was tickled pink,
but got overwhelmed by deadlines,
this, that and the other,
and the wee wooden dollies
languished in my dollhouse.
On one of my favorite email user lists,
there was a discussion
about Baba Yaga
and Vasilisa.
Who's that?
asked a friend.......
Ah!
the Russian version of Cinderella,
who was given a wonderful little dolly
by her mamma.
The dolly lived in Vasilisa's pocket and
guided her through many an
adventure.
This triggered the memory of the
tiny wooden 'pocket dolls',
abandoned, faceless, sad and lonely,
in the dollhouse!
Good heavens!
This will never do!
And, so,
after their long 'gestation',
they finally got to take wing.
Out of the dollhouse they came,
and they now have faces and wings
and hearts and hands
and teeny tiny personalities........
the embodiment of whimsy!
and
I was so excited that I immediately
started hopping up and down and
begged Jim to turn me some more!
He did.
While he was at it,
I was thinking.......
what if I didnt' have a pocket?
I would need to carry
my wee wooden whimsy doll
over my heart.
What better way,
than to spoolknit
a teeny tiny pouch
for a teeny tiny doll!
And, I figured that most everyone
has
~something~
small that they treasure,
and need to carry over their heart......
so I should share the teeny tiny spoolie pouch on my blog!
As is so often the way, when designing,
I ended up making the pouch and 'frogging' it
about 6 times before I was happy with it.
I used my 7 peg Mighty Mamma spoolie,
and 2 strands of Lion Brand Incredible ribbon yarn
for the body of the pouch
I took this picture during one of the earlier versions of the pouch,
when I was working with just one strand.
2 strands worked better.
Anyhow...
I did 5 rounds on 7 pegs.
then, I picked up a stitch with my crochet hook and chained one.
(If you don't crochet, it just means that you take the yarn over the hook
and through the loop on the hook)
Then, I picked up the next stitch, and passed the loop on the hook over it.
I cast off 5 stitches this way and chained one between each of the cast off stitches.
when I had 2 stitches, I spool knitted them for about a yard,
for the cord.
I attached it to the other side of the open edge at the top of the pouch.
I gathered the lower edge and stitched on a couple of beads,
and
Voila!
a teeny tiny pouch for
my
wee wooden whimsy doll!
(It would also work well for lip gloss
or something small that you treasure).
Actually, it looks very nice empty.
You could quest for something dreamy to put in it!
Happy Spooling and Happy Springtime!
hugs all round
Noreen
www.crone-findlay.com
A Teeny Tiny Spoolie Necklace Pouch for Teeny Tiny Treasures
by Noreen Crone-Findlay (c) 2006
www.crone-findlay.com
I have always loved wooden dolls.
And, a few decades ago,
I happily married a wonderful man who
happens to be a Lathemeister,
and
best of all is
an incredibly patient man....
and a very creative one....
and we really enjoy
co-creating things
together........
Including
wheeeeeeee heeeeeee
wooden dolls.
So,
about 9 months ago,
I asked Jim to please turn some teeny tiny wooden dollies
for me to draw on, burn and paint.
He did.
I was tickled pink,
but got overwhelmed by deadlines,
this, that and the other,
and the wee wooden dollies
languished in my dollhouse.
On one of my favorite email user lists,
there was a discussion
about Baba Yaga
and Vasilisa.
Who's that?
asked a friend.......
Ah!
the Russian version of Cinderella,
who was given a wonderful little dolly
by her mamma.
The dolly lived in Vasilisa's pocket and
guided her through many an
adventure.
This triggered the memory of the
tiny wooden 'pocket dolls',
abandoned, faceless, sad and lonely,
in the dollhouse!
Good heavens!
This will never do!
And, so,
after their long 'gestation',
they finally got to take wing.
Out of the dollhouse they came,
and they now have faces and wings
and hearts and hands
and teeny tiny personalities........
the embodiment of whimsy!
and
I was so excited that I immediately
started hopping up and down and
begged Jim to turn me some more!
He did.
While he was at it,
I was thinking.......
what if I didnt' have a pocket?
I would need to carry
my wee wooden whimsy doll
over my heart.
What better way,
than to spoolknit
a teeny tiny pouch
for a teeny tiny doll!
And, I figured that most everyone
has
~something~
small that they treasure,
and need to carry over their heart......
so I should share the teeny tiny spoolie pouch on my blog!
As is so often the way, when designing,
I ended up making the pouch and 'frogging' it
about 6 times before I was happy with it.
I used my 7 peg Mighty Mamma spoolie,
and 2 strands of Lion Brand Incredible ribbon yarn
for the body of the pouch
I took this picture during one of the earlier versions of the pouch,
when I was working with just one strand.
2 strands worked better.
Anyhow...
I did 5 rounds on 7 pegs.
then, I picked up a stitch with my crochet hook and chained one.
(If you don't crochet, it just means that you take the yarn over the hook
and through the loop on the hook)
Then, I picked up the next stitch, and passed the loop on the hook over it.
I cast off 5 stitches this way and chained one between each of the cast off stitches.
when I had 2 stitches, I spool knitted them for about a yard,
for the cord.
I attached it to the other side of the open edge at the top of the pouch.
I gathered the lower edge and stitched on a couple of beads,
and
Voila!
a teeny tiny pouch for
my
wee wooden whimsy doll!
(It would also work well for lip gloss
or something small that you treasure).
Actually, it looks very nice empty.
You could quest for something dreamy to put in it!
Happy Spooling and Happy Springtime!
hugs all round
Noreen
www.crone-findlay.com