Native American Doll

I didn't post anything on Friday because my project of the week was my mother's birthday gift.  Since she likes to read my blogs I couldn't post about her gift till after her birthday, which was Monday.

In 2008 I gave my mother a Native American doll.  She liked it so much that she told me she wanted a whole collection of these dolls.

A couple of months ago, I found a kit for another doll.  I was pretty excited.  I needed an idea for a gift and this kit provided the perfect opportunity.

Getting to work on the doll was a challenge.  I had been hospitalized in Stanford during April, which took time away from the project.  I live with my mother, so working on the doll in secret proved a challenge.

I managed to finish the doll Saturday evening, before my mother returned home form work.  That marked the end of my having to dash to my room to hide the doll so my mother wouldn't see it.

While I am happy with how the doll turned out, I don't think I will be working from a kit again.  The kit contained less than half of the yarn needed to complete the dress.  I had to improvise to complete everything. 

The doll does not look like the one in the pattern.  But now my mother can claim that it's truly unique.

I'm happy to report that my mother likes her new doll.  It's currently sitting in a glass cabinet next to the first one I made.  I also have collected enough patterns to make her eight more dolls.  My mother is going to need a larger cabinet.

Two pals chilling out in the cabinet.  Doll on left is the most recently finished.

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