Luna of the Land and Sea

I LOVED making Luna of the Land and Sea.

I upsized her as I wanted her to be quite big.

I forgot to measure her before she was gifted but if I had to roughly guess,

she is about 50cm tall.

I love that I can send her off with her tail on and then you get surprised to find out

she also has legs, a cute dress and a stylish bikini!

Pattern is from The Merino Mermaid on Etsy

We Have Hair

It's taken some time to get this right

and quite some time to pull apart yarn

but doll finally has some hair!

Now to make her some pretty clothes and she is ready to go.

I think I might sell this doll as a one-off item in my Etsy store.

To be Updated!

A Doll in the Making

I have been searching for a good pattern

to make a doll for a very long time.

I finally found one that looked good and didn't use

tiny little hooks, as these hurt my hands.

I came across Just My Size Sammy on Ravelry

and was instantly impressed.

Here are a few of my progress shots.

The most laborious part is the hair!

I have re-done the hair 3 times so far

and I still don't have a good look!

This is how the hair looked after I made the 'wig cap' and attached stands.

After attaching almost a full head I held her up

and her head just flopped backwards.

I was devastated to say the least.

I really wanted her hair to be down but this method wasn't working

If I were to put her hair up or in some 

'Princess Leia buns' this method would work great

Here is a close up of the hands and her belly button.

I modified these from the pattern - both the 

thumbs and the belly button are just bobble stitches.

I modified the hands little also.

Can't wait to figure out her hair and get some more progress shots!