Grey Owls, reclaimed sweaters

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These two are made from sweaters with classic knit patterns- the first one with a Nordic black and white pattern-

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the second with a dark grey cable.

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And then with the scraps of all the other wools to bring them to life.

This face has an angora/wool blend hood (so soft for petting!) and woven wool ears-

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And the other face has a woven wool tweedy herringbone hood and wool knit ears.

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Side view- I tried a bit of embroidery decoration on these angora wings-

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I just love how they have such different personalities!

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Lady in Bird Dress

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The green woven background fabric makes for camouflage for the birds. I love playing with the colors and patterns, some pop and some blend. Always interesting. This lady argued with me about her first dress and I had to remove most of the design!

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That’s the ladies for now. Next up, owls.

Lady in a Red Dress

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In case you haven’t noticed, I am trying out designs that I’ve used on my swaddled babies on these new big ladies. It is interesting to see which designs work and which have not worked at all (you won’t be seeing those!). I love the folk art-y designs and they seem to be highly adaptable.

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Big Lady with Poppies

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I’m not sure why I am struggling so much with these ladies. The seam ripper has been getting a good workout. It is probably just because it has been so long since I’ve worked with this design. I was just about to cut everything off of this one but then I changed her collar and Voila! I was happy with her!

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A Big Mermaid Lady

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I have been meaning to get back to making big ladies (that link is from 2006!) for a long while but something else always seems to be ahead in line. Finallythey are back on the worktable after some pattern tweeking. But then this lady/mermaid needed to get made and she pushed ahead!

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I will definitely be playing with this idea again- I love her! After her though, I’ve got some regular ladies that I am working on. The last time I really made any was around 2010  so yes, it’s been a while. I don’t know why I stopped after making these lovelies.