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
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! ❤
The other day when I was out in the yard photographing some inkle weaving, a bee landed on the loom and ambled around. She didn’t seem bothered about me and my camera and she let me photograph her.
I was concerned that she might be having a hard time in the heat, so I sat my camera down so I could bring her a little dish of water, but she flew off and started nuzzling tomato flowers.
I hope that she and all her sisters are doing well, and I am grateful to her for stopping for a little visit.
Life is full of little blessings that make our hearts sing, isn’t it?
❤
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! ❤
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
The Lily Doll Project that I am co-creating with Mirrix looms grows a little more each month.
This month, the newest addition is tadah: Jeans for Lily Doll and her friends.
Yesterday’s blog post was inspired by Lily Doll’s new jeans.
All the PDF’s and kits to make everything in the Lily Doll Project (including the Jeans) are available at:
Happy Weaving! ❤
Lily Doll, Millie, Lally, Teddy Bear and Sam Dog The Brave decided that they needed to investigate the flowers in the trees. The flowers smelles so delicious and inviting!
Lily Doll and Millie Doll have new jeans, which made them feel extra adventurous.
Lally doesn’t have jeans yet, but she wasn’t going to let that slow her down!
Lily and Millie scrambled up the pear tree to snip the sweet smelling blossoms. They didn’t notice that Teddy Bear and Lally weren’t with them.
They heard a little ‘Squeak’ and Millie climbed down to see what it was…. oh no!
Teddy Bear thought that he might find some honey in an inviting looking tree cave…. but, nope.
No honey, but suddenly, he felt that everyone had climbed too high and he didn’t like it at all.
Millie called Lily….
And, Lily talked kindly to Teddy Bear
And they both rescued him.
Lally called to them to see what she had found…. so while Lily comforted Teddy Bear, Millie scrambled higher up the tree.
A Faerie window!!!!
Teddy Bear said he was tired and hungry and that he really didn’t want to open the Faerie Window, Just in Case…. (it could be scary, after all).
Brave Sam The Wonder Dog hadn’t bothered with climbing trees.
He was much more interested in the Faerie Door at the base of the tree!
He called them down and they took a selfie and decided that it was time to go inside.
Lally thinks that it’s unfair that she doesn’t have jeans, so I have promised her a pair.
(But in a different color, she said…. to go with her hair).
The pattern for the jeans as well as all the other patterns and kits are all available at:
Hope you find magic and wonder in your garden or in one that is close to you, and also on your loom!
Happy Springtime! ❤
Around the middle of every month of 2024, Mirrix Looms will be releasing a new pdf pattern and kit for projects that I have designed for the Lily Doll Project.
And, since today is the 15th, there’s a new pattern and kit for Lily Doll at https://mirrixlooms.com/pages/lily
Lily Doll now has a comfy sweater and a skirt that has twisted cord suspenders and waist band and a sweet sweater.
There are lots of ways to make twisted cords, but here’s one that I have come up with that is so easy: Here’s the video:
I made the skirt and sweater using the same color yarn, but if that’s too matchy matchy for you, feel free to use other colors. 🙂
Happy Weaving! and Happy Twisted Cordmaking, too! ❤
I love weaving these Small Square ‘Comfort’ Teddy Bears!
They have ‘huggy arms’ that hold onto a thumb or finger so hugs are always near.
To make a Small Square ‘Comfort’ Teddy Bear that is a Panda, weave the body in white and
work the ears, arms and legs in black or any color that you prefer.
Weave them in just one color or with 2 shades to make them ‘tweedie’.
They have lucky pennies and good wishes hearts inside, so they have very good energy.
Because they are so small, they easily fit in your pocket. It’s so good to always have a couple of them with you, because you never know who you will meet that needs a little bit of comfort!
These charming and whimsical Small Square Comfort Teddy Bears fit in an envelope so you can send them to friends who need a little hug.
They are quick and easy to make and are a lovely way to share love, kindness and all good things!
You can buy the kits and pdf’s at https://mirrixlooms.com/pages/lily
Happy Weaving! and especially to ‘Comfort Weaving!’ ❤
A couple of years ago, I made a youtube video on how to weave butterflies on the Mirrix Saffron loom. LINK
When I was chatting with Claudia and Elena on a webinar a few weeks ago, wonderful Sandy from Mirrix, mentioned about the tabby butterfly. This inspired the living daylights out of me, as I ‘aha-ed’ that I could weave smaller butterflies on the Chloe loom. (BTW, the butterfly woven on the Saffron loom can easily be woven on the Chloe loom, if you use the 8 epi combs.)
Why are small woven butterflies so exciting? For me, the most meaningful reason for weaving the Small Comfort Butterfly is to be able to offer kindness and comfort to people, whether I see them in person, or I mail one to them. People are worn to exhaustion nowadays with all the dreadfulness in the world, so even a tiny glimmer of hope in the form of a woven Comfort Butterflies is a lovely reminder to hold on and carry on, knowing that we are all in this together.
Also, the Comfort Butterflies can be appliqued onto to larger woven pieces or used for creative mending projects or worn as brooches, pins, zipper pulls or earrings.
They also hang happily in house plants to brighten a cloudy day.
And, for those who still enjoy books that are made of paper rather electrons, the small butterflies make lovely bookmarks.
Oh my goodness! I ended up weaving more than 30 prototype butterflies in order to get to this simple little butterfly! It was worth all the work to get there, as it’s now a delightful little butterfly!
I’ve made a video tutorial on youtube to show you, step by step, how to weave and assemble the Comfort Butterfly. I hope that you will enjoy weaving lots of them, and giving them away as a symbol of hope and transformation in these challenging times!
Happy Weaving! May weaving and giving the Small Comfort Butterflies bring you joy! ❤
Noreen Crone-Findlay, designer and author
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