Do you like to doodle? I do. I always have.
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A friend mentioned that she’s been using
her doodles to inspire her in her
crochet design, (I’m going to be writing more about
this soon, with links)
and that got me thinking…
Why not doodle on wooden dolls?
So, I got out my Faber Castell artist pens
(link to where my husband bought them for me
for Christmas: pens
and did a little doodling on
a small wooden peg doll body.
Here’s the front of the doll body,
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and
here is the back.
Because the doll is
tiny,
and this pic
is wildly blown up
it looks much coarser
than in real life.
I varnished the doll
body after I doodled on it,
and then
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made little
wooden
hands and feet.
I varnished them
as well,
and then
drilled tiny
holes with a
very fine
drill bit.
That’s so I
could sew
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the spool knitted
cords that
I made with
my
Cordelia cord maker
for the doll’s
arms and legs
to the hands
and feet.
For the legs,
I spool knitted
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a cord that is
6 inches long.
As you can see,
the cord goes
through the body.
I drilled larger
holes through the
body for the arm and
leg cords.
For the arms,
I spool knitted a
cord that is 4 1/2 inches long.
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The hands and feet
are stitched to the
arms and legs,
and then the extra yarn
is wrapped around the
wrists and ankles,
stitched through
and woven into the
arm or leg.
Here’s the Doodle Doll,
cuddling with Tottie Tomato’s
puppy, waiting for Tottie to pour tea….
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Tottie is a little distracted,
because she’s busy admiring
the new Cordelia cord maker
that I just made, with a
portrait of her on it.
Tottie is pleased with it,
and has suggested that
I put it to work,
making another Doodle Doll
to keep her new friend company.
I will have to do that,
but first, we ought to pour tea….
You know Noreen…this doodling stuff becomes addictive…I promise, you can trust me on that! I’ve got a few “doodles” under my belt, and I cannot stop…who knows what you’ll be doing with them!!!
Hi Noreen,
Just got your new blog, Mez post it in Spool Knitting group and it is wonderful without any error.
You brout it !!! Wow !! Congratulation and thank
you for a neat and clean Blog……WOW!!!
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Any paper that is within reach invariably gets lots of doodles on it when I’m talking on the phone…and I remember doing a lot of doodling when I was in school. Perhaps a way to connect the audio to the visual for me?
Looks like Tottie is playing some kind of instrument in the last photo!
Aaaw … she’s adorable. I can’t believe you made your own wooden hands and feet! That’s impressive.
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Hi June
I love what you are doing with your beautiful doodles and I have included a link to you in this post:
http://tottietalkscrafts.com/2010/03/12/doodle-dolls-and-friends-who-zentangle/
Thank you so very much, Swapna!
I really appreciate your kind comment!
Thank you so much, Eileen!
Hands and feet are so expressive, aren’t they? I love coming up with interesting ways of making them….
Hi Terri
I think that you are so right about this… I find that I can listen better if I can doodle while listening, or crochet, tat, knit or weave…. there is something very connective about the hand in motion!
I had to laugh about you seeing that Tottie was holding the Cordelia like it was a guitar. When I was making it, I twigged that I had sub consciously or unconsciously designed the shape of the Cordelias in the shape of a guitar body. I guess that’s from living more than half of my life with a guitar player and associating that with beauty!
Noreen, this reminds me of the whole Zentangle craze! What a great idea to doodle on more than just flat shapes…this could get to be REALLY addictive, I can see
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Wonderful!