… I chickened out on showing you my new dye space.

For now.

I’m going to get it up and running, and make it look a bit prettier and then I’ll show it to you. In the meantime I’m sorting out what is going into the sale on the 26th. Stay tuned.

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In other news, FB is going to be two (two!) in the middle of October, and though my midwife is convinced I’m not going to drop until week 41 (which is a week after his birthday. Yes. I know.)  I’m hard at work trying to get his birthday, and Christmas generally well under way with plenty of time to spare.

With that in mind I stayed up far too late last night to start work on the Waldorf doll that I’m making him. I’ve been wanting to have a go at one of these for AGES, but I’d heard they are tricky, and kept putting it off. However I’d really like FB to have a little buddy who he can go on adventures with, so I’m giving it a go.

I’ll do my best to document how it goes here, for those who are interested. Maybe it won’t be so scary, and others will decided to have a go too? Here’s hoping.

I’m working from Making Waldorf Dolls by Maricristin Sealey, which is a great book and a classic if you want to make these sorts of dolls. I got my supplies from Myriad Online, which is a great resource for natural toys and Waldorf books if you’re based in the UK.

Anyway a couple of hours at my new sewing table and here’s what I have so far:

It was relatively painless. Even without a third hand to help tie the knots. I’m really pleased with how smooth the face is (no bunching!) though the eyeline isn’t a pronounced as maybe it would be with more practice.

Anyway more on that soon (ish.)