This year has been difficult and full of challenges, and crafting has been my therapy and my escape. Some would say I’ve been using crafting as avoidance and evasion, but that’s a fine line to walk, and a different story.
Now it’s summer, and I can balance the immediate needs of my family with the creative itch that always drives me. And lately, it’s been a return to miniatures.
Specifically, dollhouse miniatures, or approximately the 1/12 scale world.
So where is the weaving? Waiting. I have projects and plans, but they take space and time and right now, I have only snatches of either to allot to craft-itch relief. Miniature-making fits the bill: small scale projects in small-scale time, using small-scale supplies in a small-scale space.
This particular run of miniature obsession started off with the Tiny Rag Doll by Ann Wood. How did I go from weaving full-scale towels and table runners to making miniatures? It’s not that complicated. A side-effect of learning to weave has been looking for uses for my woven cloth. Which led to a return to a fascination with doll making and doll-clothes making. In the interim, I did create a little (but not tiny) doll to use pin-woven squares to make clothes. And eventually some wholly-woven dolls.
However, it seems this summer will be taken over by the ladies of Chardon, as they strive to prove themselves worthy of the #missthistlesociety.
Check back here and meet all the ladies, and follow the construction of the Chardon manor.
