I am a dyed in the wool Teddy Bear fanatic. I especially like very very small bears.
So, of course, when I was designing for the Lily Doll Project, the first friend I designed for her is an absolutely tiny Teddy Bear.
These tiny Teddy Bears have my ‘signature’ hugging arms so they can hug back and also hold onto things.
Because they are so little, they are fairly quick and easy to make, so they are a great choice as Pocket Bears, and as Comfort Bears to give to other people.
I am delighted that I can pull the curtain back on a project that I am so excited about….
For months now, I have been hard at work, designing a darling little doll, Lily, and her friends, and clothes and accessories to weave on the Mirrix Chloe loom.
The Lily Doll Project is an ongoing series of kits from Mirrix that are available at LINK
Everything begins with the Lily Doll kit and Tiny Teddy Bear kit, then every other week, there will be a new kit available with full instructions and everything you need to make the project.
This is so much fun! I hope that you are going to love Lily Doll and her friends and treasures as much as I do!
The Lily Doll and all the projects can be woven on either the 5 inch or the 8 inch Mirrix Chloe looms. They are such a joy to weave with!
Hope you will join me for this fun adventure in joyful weaving!
I have been meaning to write a review of Rebecca Mezoff’s awesome Tapestry Book since it came out. Sorry that it’s taken me this long to finally write a note about it.
Anyone who weaves tapestry already knows that this is the most wonderful, comprehensive, beautifully written, excellently photographed book and that it’s simply the best.
If you haven’t begun tapestry weaving, and you want to start, then I HIGHLY recommend this book.
And, I plunked my beloved little Chloe loom from Mirrix on the book because it’s such a joyful little loom to weave tapestry, and tabby and beads on.
The Chloe loom is just completely wonderful. The Mirrix team have hit it out of the ballpark with this sturdy incredibly versatile little loom.
What a winning combination- perfection.
I saw a woman on the news who said that if a reviewer was too enthusiastic about the product that they are talking about, don’t trust the review. Ummm…. that made me think that I should write a sedate and somehow un-enthusiastic review of these two things I love.
And, then I thought, awww phooey, if I don’t like something, I don’t talk about it.
BUT- I love Rebecca’s book and I love the Chloe loom. And, that’s the truth.
And, don’t we all need things that make us happy? I do.
Weaving on a little loom that I adore and being able to refer to the absolute Bee’s Knees of a ‘How to Do This Thing Really Well’ book is totally happiness inducing.
I am designing a whole lot of really fun projects using the Mirrix Chloe Loom and they all are woven using Tabby weaving.
There are a few things that I do when weaving tabby on the Chloe loom that I wanted to share with people, so I have made a video about these tips.
Here’s the link to the video. Oh my…. I had a whalloping huge learning curve to build the video, as the program that I was using is no longer in existence…. sigh…. challenges!
I hope that these hints and tips and hacks are helpful!
One of the things that I am learning about living with Long Covid is to be gentle with myself and stop just “pushing through”. I have had a very bad habit of over working all my adult life, and now, that’s not possible anymore.
So even though I am working to deadline on a new little book (thank goodness it’s a little one- I don’t have the wherewithal to do another ‘big’ book), I am taking time to enjoy some simple little things that make me happy….
What makes me happiest? My husband, our beloved family, our friends…. you know, all the truly BIG important things, so that all goes without saying…. even though I just said it! 🙂
Okay…. so a simple little thing that makes me happy?
Bead weaving. Last summer, I wove a new Goddess figure that was fairly complex…. but life has gotten complicated since last summer, (no time or energy for larger figurative weaving right now… but that will happen again- after the book is done and I am further along with making peace with Long Covid) so for now, I have warped up my little Mirrix Mini and have been weaving a super simple little band that might become a bracelet or a book mark or part of one of the new series of Goddess figures that is currently on hold until the book is done.
At first, my ‘Gremlins’ were all judgie: Oh this is not good enough, blah blah blah….
I told the Gremlins to shut up, as this is NOT about ‘good enough’….
it’s just a simple little thing that makes me happy.
My husband turned the beautiful wooden beading bowls for me almost 40 years ago.
They make me happy, too.
I hope that you are finding Simple Little Things that make you happy, too!
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