Posted Thursday 20 May 2010 and filed under: 4-Legged Creatures, Animal Softies, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,cute, free, pattern, Squirrel, woodland, yarn
Another free softie pattern found via Craftzine - check out this delightful Squirrel that you can sew up yourself!

{image credit: We Wilsons}
That fluffy yarn tail is a perfect touch!
You can download the one-page pattern and instructions sheet from the We Wilsons website here: Squirrel Softie Pattern by We Wilsons
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Posted Thursday 18 March 2010 and filed under: Food Softies, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,cookie, crochete, cute, Food Softies, fortune, free, pattern, quick, yarn
Okay, these fortune cookies are not ntechnically “softies” but we can get around it by suggesting that you could actually add a tuft of stuffing into each cookie to puff them up a bit and thereby create crocheted fortune cookie softies

{image credit: Alicia Kachmar}
Too cute not to make, don’t you think?
Find the instructions at the bottom of this post: Crocheted Fortune Cookies by Alicia Kachmar
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Posted Tuesday 6 October 2009 and filed under: Embellishing, Tips-n-Tricks
Tags: ,attach, doll's hair, tip, tutorial, wig, yarn
Tantehilde makes extremely cute rag dolls. She shares a very helpful and clear tutorial on how to make a doll’s wig from knitting yarn, and how to attach it to a doll’s head to get this kind of hair style:


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Find the tutorial here: How to Make Doll’s Hair by Tantehilde
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Posted Thursday 28 May 2009 and filed under: Dolls, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,Dolls, free, knitted, pattern, yarn
Are you up for a knitting challenge? Yes? Then how about these delightful knitted dolls?!

{image credit: Yarnigans}
The Yarnigans provides very clear instructions and excellent accompanying photos including how to create the hair. (Note: patterns for outfits is not included).
Free knitting pattern is here: Blank Slate Doll Pattern by Yarnigans
(Found via One Crafty Place)
UPDATE: Yarnigans has also posted up the tutorial and instructions for the knitted lace dress worn by the doll on the right in the picture above. Get it here: Knitted Lace Doll Dress by Yarnigans
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Posted Wednesday 20 May 2009 and filed under: Embellishing, Tips-n-Tricks
Tags: ,doll, hair, tip, yarn
Here is an excellent tutorial by Crafty Sheep on how to create a gorgeous thick head of hair for a doll (not just for Waldorfs - you could do the same for any kind of handmade doll):

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The photos and step-by-step instructions make this tutorial a real winner - it also helps that the doll being worked is just so darn adorable!
Detail here: Waldorf Doll Hair Tutorial by Crafty Sheep
Related posts:
>> Basic Instructions for Making a Waldorf Doll by Simmy
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Posted Friday 9 January 2009 and filed under: Embellishing, Tips-n-Tricks
Tags: ,doll, hair, tip, yarn
(How’s that for a lengthy post title ?!)
Here’s a great tutorial on how to make and attach yarn hair to your doll - not just any yarn hair mind you, but awesomely luxurious yarn hair

{image credit: Page 63 of Your Manual}
The steps and accompanying pictures are very helpful. In my almost obsessive search for good yarn hair how-tos, I think this is one of the easier methods and actually seems very do-able - still time-consuming but at least you don’t need to know how to crochet or knit to make it. I also like the idea of using different types/colours of yarn.
Find it here: Awesomely Luxurious Doll Hair by Page 63 of Your Manual
Thanks to Fern Treacy for the link.
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Posted Wednesday 22 October 2008 and filed under: 4-Legged Creatures, Animal Softies, Tutorials/Free Patterns
Tags: ,cute, Dinosaur, knitted, softie, tutorial, yarn
Thanks to Jade for the link to Jennifer Thurston’s cute and cuddly knitted dinosaurs:

{image credit: Jennifer Thurston}
Each dinosaur only requires 1 ball of yarn. Instructions are in downloadable pdf format.
Get it here: Knitted Dinosaur Softies by X-treme Knitting
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