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My Kindness Pin Loom Project

Kindness is important, isn’t it?

When we offer a tiny handmade gift that shows another person that we care about them and that they matter, it is a small act but an essential one.

It’s so lovely to brighten another person’s day by delighting them with a tiny handmade comfort gift.

Amazingly enough, that makes your day so much better, too! What a good way to help to create connection, community and hope.

That is why I have designed a whole bunch of charming little woven ‘Kindness Gifts’ and a small simple, eco friendly pin loom, the Kindness loom, that people can make for themselves using just a few household tools and upcycled materials.

The Kindness looms are perfect for weaving all manner of petite, simple and sweet Kindness gifts that are easy to make. They are a lovely a way to say: “I wish you well”.

The Kindness Pin Loom is all about weaving small tokens of caring, kindness, comfort, wishes for good luck, sweet peace and blessings! From the tiniest flying pigs, Lucky Penny pouches, Comfort Bears, Vasilisa Dolls, Angels, Goddesses to ‘Portrait’ Dolls in homage to family and friends, the Kindness Pin Loom can weave them all, because I am designing them with love and best wishes!

Making things that embody joy and whimsy in small things can add up to great goodness, can’t it? Yup. ❤

As I make the pdf’s for the Kindness projects that I have designed to weave on the Kindness Loom and load them up to my etsy shop, where they will be for sale for a modest fee, I’ll post the links to an all links page LINK And, as I make youtube videos on how to weave on the Kindness Loom as well as some freebie projects, I’ll post those links on the same page, too.

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ALL THE LINKS FOR THE WEAVING KINDNESS LOOM AND PROJECTS BY NOREEN CRONE-FINDLAY

Here are all the links for the WEAVING KINDNESS PROJECT by Noreen Crone-Findlay

1– What is the Kindness Loom Project all about? LINK

2 LINK to my etsy shop for:

PDF FOR STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS SHOWING HOW TO MAKE A UNIQUE KINDNESS LOOM

This PDF of Step by Step Instructions shows how to make a Kindness Pin Loom. It’s the instructions for you to make the loom, not the finished loom. You’ll make your own unique one of a kind Kindness loom using these instructions purchased from my etsy shop.

3– Video tutorial: How to weave a square on the Kindness Loom by Noreen Crone-Findlay

LINK: https://youtu.be/2fzG2l-Hyzg

4- The video tutorial link for the how to’s for making the Lucky Penny Pouch is on

4- How to weave a Rectangle on the Kindness Loom: L I N K

The links to both the Square and Rectangle are on this blog post L I N K

5- How to Weave a Kindness Butterfly on the Kindness Loom: L I N K to free video tutorial

6- Tiny Flying Joy Pigs – L I N K to my etsy shop for the pattern

7- An update about pins for the Kindness Pin Loom L I N K

8- The woven Kindness Kittens- so adorable! L I N K

9- The Wise Little Mouse- L I N K

10- The Gentle Restful Rabbit- L I N K

11- Tiny Birds of Hope and Happiness and Comfort and More – L I N K

12- A New Version of the Kindness Loom L I N K

13- Kindred Spirit Comfort Dolls L I N K

14- Tiny Kindness Angel Dolls L I N K

15- Tiny Flat Comfort Bears: LINK

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A Celebration Dress for the Lily Doll Project

All over the world, red is a color of celebration, so to celebrate all the ways we as humans enjoy the turning of the seasons and the connection to the Divine, Lily Doll has a new red Celebration dress.

The links on the Mirrix site to order the kit are:

May you find joy, grace, hope and delight in all that you celebrate! ❤

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A tiny little book with a woven cover for the Lily Doll project

For this month’s project for the Lily Doll woven on the Mirrix Chloe loom, I designed a teeny tiny book, because after all…. books are treasures, right?

The links to buy the kit and pdf are:

Happy weaving and happy book binding and happy reading!

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A shoulder bag for the Lily Doll

This month, I designed a Shoulder Bag to weave on the Mirrix Chloe Loom for the Lily Doll as part of the Lily Doll Project- a co-creation with Mirrix Looms.

It’s a VERY tiny purse, just perfect for a 6 inch tall woven doll to carry her wee Teddy Bear and other little treasures!

Here are the links to order the kit and the PDF- Happy Weaving!

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Woven Overalls for the Lily Doll Project

September is such a lovely month with clear blue skies and crisp temperatures, and oh yes, shorter days- perfect for overalls, right?

So I designed these fun overalls for the Lily Doll project.

They are woven on the Mirrix Chloe loom.

Oh so cute for Lily Doll and all her friends in the Lily Doll Project.

Check out these and the whole Lily Doll collection.
https://mirrixlooms.com/pages/lily

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How to make a Boy or Gender Neutral Doll from the Lily Doll Kit

People have asked me how to weave a Boy or a Gender Neutral Doll using the Lily Doll Kit.

They also asked for gender neutral doll clothing, so I have been focusing on designing clothes that work for girl, boy and gender neutral dolls. (Jeans earlier in the summer, this month’s shirt and shorts and Overalls for September’s project).

I also show how to make glasses for the dolls in the Shirt and Shorts pdf and kit. All the kits are available from Mirrix Looms. LINK

I have just uploaded a video to YouTube that shows how to customize the Lily Doll kit and pdf to make your dolls be exactly the way you want them to be.

Happy Weaving! ❤

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Kokeshi Dolls and Furoshki Wrapping

I have loved wooden dolls since I was a very little girl. There is something about a wooden doll that touches my heart deeply. Perhaps it is the energy of the tree still alive in the doll……

I have a very dear friend who is Japanese in origin and Canadian by choice.

Recently, she went back to Japan to visit her parents and help her Mum with a little downsizing.

Her Mum decided that she no longer needed to keep these two Kokeshi dolls that had lived with her for probably more than 50 years.

My sweet friend wrapped them in Furoski wrapping cloths which I also LOVE. I have used the Furoshki method of carrying things since I discovered it about 20 years ago-

Here’s a link to a very useful quick Furoshki tutorial from the Japanese government:

https://www.env.go.jp/en/focus/attach/060403-5.html

The large Kokeshi doll is very heavy and tall- about 14 inches/36 cm. I love that she still has the bark of the tree on her. Her little sister is about 8 inches/20 cm tall and has the ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ monkeys hiding behind a bamboo tree. Delightful!

I treasure these elegant old dolls that came around the globe in my friend’s suitcase- what a special gift!

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A Mermaid Costume for the Lily Doll

The Lily Doll Project that I am designing for the Mirrix Chloe loom is all about imagination.

So to celebrate imagination, I designed a Mermaid costume to be woven on the Chloe loom for the Lily Doll.

The Mermaid Tail slips onto Lily Doll’s legs so she can have adventures in a Mermaidly way.

But it struck me this morning that the Mermaid Tail and the Lily Doll pattern could be ‘mashed up’ to weave a doll that is a Mermaid and not a little doll with legs, dressed as a Mermaid.

There are always so many options, aren’t there?

Here are the links for the Lily Doll kit and pdf pattern:

I hope that your day is full of Mermaid musings and imagining all manner of sweet things!

Happy Weaving! ❤

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Woven Baby Doll PDF Pattern for the Lily Doll Project

Here are the links to the kit and pdf for my latest design for the Lily Doll Project: A tiny woven Baby Doll.
https://mirrixlooms.com/collections/kits/products/the-lily-baby-doll

https://mirrixlooms.com/collections/books-media/products/the-lily-baby-doll-instructional-pdf

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