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The wonderful free doll pattern is created by Beth Webber, byhookbyhand.blogspot.com.

The bloomers and the dress is my own design.

Fairy wings for Pocket Spirits! Crocheted from 30 gauge Artistic Wire and seed beads.

 

The patterns for the doll and the wings are available free on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

We made a man-bag version of our Daily Duffle pattern with Parson Gray's Shaman line. Read all about it here!

While many know John Sinclair as the White Panther firebrand who stoked the MC5’s insurrectionary manifesto, or drug bust victim released after John Lennon’s high-profile intercession, his roots stretch back to jazz and the beats, as writer, avant-garde champion and poet. Sinclair’s large legend allows him to travel the world, collaborating with like-minded souls; a living embodiment of the original free spirit that fought to emancipate a generation, one of the few left still flying the freak flag as high as he can hoist it.

 

Since the early 90s, Sinclair has released albums of his poetry, but Beatnik Youth is the high-profile statement he’s been meant to make all his life. This poorly served generation needs it: that militant energy which released the bats in the 60s is crucially booted into the 21st Century in a riotous celebration of personal freedom, cultural trailblazers and, frankly, marijuana.

 

Sinclair’s core cohorts are producer-bassist Youth and The Dirty Strangers’ singer-guitarist Alan Clayton (plus engineer-keyboardist Michael Rendall). Different tracks also feature Howard Marks, Zodiac Mindwarp, Mark Stewart, Primal Scream, singer Angie Brown and one Beef Pilchards. Between insidious soul choruses over diverse backdrops, Sinclair barks, growls, rails, coos and guffaws with a roaring animated passion undimmed by his 70-plus years. Moods straddle the smokily atmospheric (Testify, Sitartha), balls-out rockers (Ain’t Nobody’s Business, 1965-composed doper anthem Good Stuff) or free-form cinematic (Brilliant Corners homaging Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs). Everybody Needs Somebody’s motorik carries Sinclair’s infamous (Thelonious) Monk In Orbit poem, while the Primals-driven Culture-Cide (hijacked from Youth’s recent Mark Stewart sessions) becomes a weed-for-all riot with Howard Marks gleefully piling in. That Old Man is a spirits-lifting reflection on growing old disgracefully, concluding that this old man is “still alive and kicking”. A rare delight all round.

 

You can find John Sinclair in the Iron Man shop here: stores.ebay.co.uk/Iron-Man-Shop

Making dolls is what I really enjoy, so I decided to make Sidney a crochet doppleganger.

 

This is the Mini Free Spirit doll, worked in sportweight yarn with a size C crochet hook (instead of worsted yarn and size E hook). So, she is a Little Mini. She is about 1/2 inch shorter than Mini, and about 3/4 inch taller than Sidney. Her head is bigger than Sidney's, but her torso, legs, and arms are about the same.

 

Sidney and Little Mini can wear the same clothes, which are the Mini Free Spirit clothes worked in size 20 crochet cotton with a size 8 hook.

 

Doll and clothing patterns are available free on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

Rompers for the Teacup Spirit. Clothing patterns coming soon :-)

 

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Meet Nightshade, a Goth Pocket Spirit :-)

 

Pattern for the basic doll, and some basic instructions for the dress, are available free on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

Teacupsie Spirit with delightful curls, courtesy of Dutzie! You can find a tutorial for these curls on her photostream ( www.flickr.com/photos/dutzie/ ), and also on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com.

Fairy wings for Pocket Spirits! Crocheted from 30 gauge Artistic Wire and seed beads.

 

The patterns for the doll and the wings are available free on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

Rompers for the Teacup Spirit. Clothing patterns coming soon :-)

 

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Cherry, a Pocket Spirit for Christmas :-)

 

Pattern for the doll and her bodysuit available free on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

2020 collection

 

wearable wall hanging

 

freeform wrap rap

tunic dress top

coat vest jacket

organic elements

in gentle pink & honey colors

displaying DADA

kamikaze knitting styles

full of happiness & joy

 

muti versatile unique

unorthodox designer piece

offering about a gazillion

wearing options

indoors & outdoors

deluxe urban streetwear

in a very trendy

lagenlock design

Work to round seven on the body, then insert the shoulder posts into the body between rounds four and five. The hardest part of making this doll is pushing the collars down on the shoulder posts inside this tiny body. Persevere! It can be done! Push hard and push the collar down as far as it will go. You want a tight fit.

This has got to be the best DOF shot I ever done!! Just found this one.

No photoshop, I left in all the dust and noise (grain).

Judging by the grain it must be ASA 400, Camera: Minolta SRT-101, Focal length: either 58mm or 116mm.

I just took a break and came back. Now thinking this had to be an ASA 400 film and I was using the Rokker-X MC lens wide open at f/1.4 Only a fast lens lens like that with a fast film could do this!!

Now those days (photo taken 1978) I did all my own darkroom work, (as this) but there is no way you could create this type of DOF in a darkroom (I wish I could have, I'd be famous!! ;-) ).

classical freeform

pattern crochet/knitting fusion

MM - yoyo front closure

for playful individuals

& extravagant freespirits

Just one of the Christmas stockings I've made with this gorgeous fabric.

The Pocket Spirits couldn't resist a photo op with Oskar :-)

 

The darling turtle is an Ana Paula Rimoli design from the May/June 2010 issue of Crochet Today, and the Pocket Spirits are a free pattern available on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

Magika Hair - Thea

Addams - Yvette Lace Boho Shirt (Maitreya)

Blueberry - Jolene Jeans (Maitreya)

Reign - Charisma Heels (Maitreya - High)

 

GCD - Smartphone

Vagrant - Erika Denim Bag (Unrigged - Black)

 

Secret Poses - Boho Suitcase 1 (Bento)

DDD - Ivy Groundcover

Heart - Ancient Stone Pathway

HMPD - Wild Grasses

Hextraordinary - Nope Cat - Spooky Nope (Gacha)

More WIP's! I had to try each of the Paton yarn colors, and of course each Spirit wanted her own hair style :-)

 

Pattern for the doll is available free on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

1. MiniNatureSpiritMermaid1, 2. MiniNatureSpiritTree2, 3. MiniNatureSpiritFire3, 4. MiniNatureSpiritCentaur1

 

Created with fd's Flickr Toys

 

The pattern for the modifications to the Mini Free Spirit pattern to make your own Mini Nature Spirits is available free on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

Pattern designed by Rae Hoekstra of made-by-rae.com

I am a licensed seller

Made in black corduroy with patch pockets and turn ups in orange robot print by David Walker for Free Spirit.

Size 12-18 months

Read the blog post about these trousers here:

mary.emmens.co.uk/2010/10/17/this-week-i-have-made/

revolutionary

turbo freeform crochet

fearless kamikaze knitting

pattern crochet

sensitive knitting

stylish chaos

for inspired freespirits

with attitude

dress top tunic

pseudo poncho

shawl wrap

in rapping rainbow colors

literally 1001 wearing options

featherweight statement

Gucci for beginners

& fashion clowns

in the arena of joy

Made with fabric from the Habitat line by Free Spirit designer Jay McCarroll as part of a Modern Quilt Guild challenge.

 

I received 6 fat eigths plus a tiny scrap of a seventh fabric. As per the rules I added in one solid (kona charcoal) and I'm hoping the binding doesn't count (kona daffodil or buttercup, I'm not sure which).

 

I was heavily influenced by this quilt for the design, which I called "Split the Deck" while I was making the top. I laid the fat eights down in a random order and cut as many 4.5" squares as I could. I then cut these along the 45" angle and sewed them together randomly by splitting the stack of triangles in half and pairing them up. Any time I had two of the same fabrics, I stacked the pile and split it back up again (like shuffling cards.) I managed to get 49 squares plus 2 triangles that were just an ooch too small, these ended up in the corners.

 

To make the central motif I split the stack of HST squares and dealt the deck as it came. if I didn't like the layout, I picked up the squares at random, turning 90degrees at random and re-dealt. I repeated this a couple of times before ending up with this arrangement. I did the same random picking with the tiny scraps leftover from making squares to make the scrap pieced sashing.

 

The quilt is quilted with concentric squares radiating from the central HST. They are spaced around the square seams, a half inch either side of the ditch and then a second ring a half inch out from that. The quilt is about 33" square.

 

More pics in comments including the backing, a Japanese fabric I picked up in Vancouver as a remnant. It's a very pale pink with a light grey paisley print.

A gift for a sweet young lady. Outer fabric is Anna Maria Horner LouLouThi voile. Lining is Free Spirit solid voile. Read about it here.

The Pocket Spirits couldn't resist a photo op with Oskar :-)

 

The darling turtle is an Ana Paula Rimoli design from the May/June 2010 issue of Crochet Today, and the Pocket Spirits are a free pattern available on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

A Prima Ballerina Pocket Spirit :-)

 

The body suit for the ballarina outfit is my own design, but I used Annie Potter Presents 'Tu Tu Angelic' for the embellishment.

 

Sitting on a stack of granny squares.

A RecyclingMultiMediaJointVenture of epic dimensions

 

wrap with optional additional scarf

fixed by a row of buttons along the front & neck sections

 

can be worn in many different fun ways

 

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Jennie, for my good friend Bev! Her favorite color is blue (bet you couldn't tell).

 

Jennie is a Pocket Spirit. Pattern for the basic doll and many clothing options available free on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

 

  

Collection coming fall 08'

 

picnics

 

1930s/40s

 

shiny red convertibles

 

freshly laundered sheets hung on a clothes line

 

begonias on a kitchen window sill

 

tree swings

 

green grass

 

Collection coming fall 08'

 

sweet iced tea

 

apple crisp with real whipped cream

 

clear blue skies, the kind you get just a few times a year where the air is so crystal clear and the sky that shade of blue that kind of makes your heart ache (in a happy way)

 

These are the things that inspired this collection, I hope you like it...

Coming soon! Pattern for Teacup Spirits, at under five inches the tiniest members of the crochet Spirit Doll clan :-)

 

Look for the free pattern on my blog at:

 

www.byhookbyhand.blogspot.com

 

Soon!

Field Study by Anna Maria Horner for Free Spirit

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