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Organic, eco friendly, vegan, soft sculpture comfort kids dainty cloth doll. This sweet, dainty, 16" little girl is made with the same 100% organic cotton knit fabric used to make the waldorf dolls. Her skin color is peach. She is stuffed with organic cotton. Her big bright blue eyes are embroidered with organic cotton embroidery thread. Her hair is made into a wig using yarn that is organically grown, and naturally colored cotton. No dyes. Her Clothes are also organic cotton.
She comes dressed in a two tone blue and white print organic cotton dress. The dress is trimmed with lots of white handmade crocheted lace made from organic cotton thread by me. This crocheted lace decorates the dress at neck, yoke, sleeves, and hem. The dress is trimmed with an organic cotton ribbon bow and a handmade by me, crocheted blue lace rose at the yoke. Her slip is made from organic white baby rib knit with an organic pink cotton ribbon bow at neck and hand crocheted white lace around hem. The panties are the bloomer style. They are also made with the same organic, white baby rib knit fabric and trimmed at legs with my hand crocheted white lace. I did not use elastic, I used organic pink cotton ribbon to use as drawstring at waist and leg openings.
I designed and sewed her socks from organic, white, baby rib knit and trimmed with my hand crocheted white lace. I crocheted her shoes from organic black lace weight yarn in the Mary Jane style they are tied with a bow made from a crocheted chain from same lace weight yarn. Her hair is put up into two pony tails held in place by my hand crocheted blue lace rose ponytail holders.
I used organic cotton thread to sew the doll and her clothes. I have double stitched all of her seams to make her even stronger to hold up to playing with her friends. Her joints are made using really strong organic hemp yarn and naturally finished wooden buttons.
The front of her face is one piece. Her nose is soft sculpted on her face. Her ears are sewn into the side seams by machine. Her eyes are indented around top of eyelid to give a more real look to them. It takes many hours to hand embroider her real life eyes. She has dimples on each side of her mouth. Her fingers are separated.
All fabrics have been preshrunk in machine with natural laundry soap.
Each doll takes about one month to complete. I designed and sewed all of her clothes. Her hair is made of washable, organic, cotton yarn. This cotton yarn is grown this color. I crocheted a wig cap using this yarn then I separated each strand of yarn and attached each piece of yarn individually to the wig cap. I then stitched the wig onto her hair using the same yarn. Her hair can now be styed in many ways. I suggest a wide toothed wood comb or hair pick to style her hair. She has a beautiful smile and an adorable dimple on her chin. This organic, dainty Comfort Kids doll is jointed at shoulders and hips. She come complete with a belly button and a shaped bottom. Comfort Kids have dimples on their knees, elbows, and hands.
Each doll I make is a one of a kind (OOAK), unique creation. The faces never come out the same. As I work, I love watching their personalities take shape. I may choose which eye, hair, and clothes color they will have, but each one chooses how she/he will look when finished.
IThe organic cotton stuffing, wood buttons and yarn from hair are from www.compostablegoods.com
Washing instructions: This organic dolly can be washed. I suggest spot cleaning or gentle hand washing. But if you need to get a deeper clean,put her hair in a net or braid it, and place her inside a pillowcase. Tie the pillow case around the dolly in a few places so she is nice and snug. Then tie the pillow case shut. Machine wash in cold water on gentle cycle and machine dryable on delicate cycle low or air dry setting.
She is the perfect playmate. She is a very good listener and wonderful companion. She will always have a smile for you. I welcome custom orders. Let me make the perfect dolly for you. Send me an email and together we will create a dolly just for you. Thank you. Marilyn
Reinventing this super inexpensive pair of sandals by adding crocheted accents. Just used white plastic rings, did a single crochet around each using Kreinik holographic Tapestry #12 Braid, then hot glued them onto the sandals. Added flat-backed cabochon in each center.
The threads: www.kreinik.com/holographic.htm
Week 6: Sewing
So here I am trying my hand at a recent hobby/obsession, which is sewing! I've always loved it, but being pregnant and not having great clothes out there is really forcing me to make my own, and i am loving it!
Trying on different filters on this photo, don't love it, but it's nice.
Did not have the materials for it but I have a feeling that I wanted to. So I used crochet thread that available. Well, for the first experiment it look ok to me.
Both threads (1-8-UNC-2A and 3/4-10-UNC-2A) done, using hand-ground HSS 60º cutting tool. Osama lathe, three-jaw chuck, 83 RPM speed.
In the workshop, the new, stronger stern tube is machined - and the pad that will accept the stern mounting assembly is marked out.
This was a brand new species of wasp for me. Apparently this species is distinctive for its blue black color with silvery/gold patches. A species in the family of thread waisted wasps. Kind of obvious from whence that name comes.
Thread Waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Janeu or Janou is a sacred thread worn by all Hindu Brahmins to mark the transition of a young male's life-from being a child to a young boy to becoming a man. Brahmins mark this transition with the "Upanayanam Samskara" (the sacred thread ceremony) and is usually performed between the ages of seven and fourteen. If, for some reason, it has not been done during this age period, then it needs to be completed before he gets married. This ceremony is a very ancient one. So long the boy doesnot wear the janeo or the sacred thread, he could not be reckoned among the "Dvija" (twice born).
The janeo thread is not only worn by the brahmins but also by Kshatriyas and by Vaishyas. If a Brahmin wishes to become learned in the Vedas, he should wear the janeo at the age of 5 years; if a Kshatriya wishes to gain strength, he should wear the thread at 6, and for a Vaishya, if he wishes for success, he should wear the Janeu at the age of 8.
Janeu Thread Material
This sacred thread of the Brahmins is made of cotton, that of a Kshatriya of hempen threads and that of a Vaisya of woollen threads.
Form of the Janeu
The form of the Janeu is different for different caste groups or sects. These forms are as follows :
Brahmgandh : With 5 knots for the higher grades of Brahmins and 3 knots for the lower grades Brahmin
Vishnugandh : The thread is with one knot for all other castes.
Meaning of the Three Strands of the Janeu
The janeu thread used by the Brahmins consists of three strands. There are various interpretations of the three strands of the janeo. These are as follows :
The three strands symbolizes the Hindu trinity-Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.
Some symbolizes with Mahasarasvati, Mahalakshmi and Mahakali.
Some interpret with past, present and the future.
The three qualities-sattva, rajas and tamas.
The three states-wakefulness, dream and deep sleep.
The three dimensions-Heaven (swarga), Earth (mrityuloka) and nether regions (pataloka).
The most important of all is-ida, pingala and susumna nadi, through which the kundalini energy manifests as prana and consciousness.
Different Methods of Wearing the Thread
There are different methods of wearing the Sacred Thread at different occasions. For example :
While performing an auspicious ceremony one should be Upaviti that is, the Sacred Thread should hang from his left shoulder.
While performing an inauspicious ceremony one should be Prachnaviti, that is, the Sacred Thread should hang from the right shoulder.
At times he is called Niviti when the Sacred Thread is worn round the neck like a garland.
The thread should be lifted and the upper part should be put behind ears when a person goes for his daily ablutions or doing impure tasks.
Both males and females can wear the thread. However, the woman should wear it on the neck. Otherwise, she may wrap it on a naariyal (brown coconut), and place it in worship place.
After a birth or death in the family, it should be taken out and then a new thread should be worn 15 days after the event.
Old, or broken thread should be replaced etc.
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Crocheted thread holder from pattern found at:
web.archive.org/web/20000623092330/http://crochet.theshop...
my weekend was pretty fun. i spent it with my practical sister gemma. but basically every computer in my house is broken, but my dad hooked up my laptop's hard drive with his desktop computer. lmfao. it's really confusing.
"I was born to be somebody."