Crocheting a fairy was next on my agenda; after all I already had the “extra” head from the doll!
By this time, I had some sock weight yarn for the clothes and was up for the challenge!
I went back to Beth Webber’s site – By Hook, By Hand and started browsing through her patterns for ideas and inspiration. For any of you who also crochet, Beth make the most incredible dolls! And to say that she and her dolls are inspirational is, well, just an understatement!
Meet Violet McFernleaf – she is a cross between Beth’s crocheted Bleuette and Free Spirit dolls.
Violet is 16″ tall (which feels sort of big to me), but she was my “can I wrap my head/hands around crocheting a fairy project”.
Violet isn’t quite finished yet – she needs a haircut REALLY bad and her head and wig/hair isn’t attached – they are just sitting there. She also needs a pair of crochet boots and I haven’t found a pattern yet – I may end up designing some myself and do have some thoughts in my head.
Overall, I’m not displeased and when I do another (and yes, I will do more), the doll body will be done using either sport or baby yarn instead of regular worsted weight yarn, which should give her a more slender body and , well, make her look more fairy-ish!
I thought that making a crochet fairy would be a easy, seeing I had already made a crochet doll – but man was I wrong! Fairy ears are a bugger – and yes, Violet has little pointy fairy ears.
One thing that I’ve learned about crocheting dolls and fairies, while it doesn’t cost a lot for materials (there is about $20.00 in materials) – the amount of time that goes into making one is incredible! It takes roughly a month to crochet a doll or fairy – including the clothes.
What do you think? Do you like her? Would you buy her? And if so what would you be willing to pay for her?
Inquiring minds want to know! LOL
