Lambkin is Done!

Here's Bo Peep's Lambkin:

I really hadn't thought of a name for the lamb, so I guess Lambkin will do; it's kind of cute. I used flexible aluminum wire for the legs and sewed them inside the body. At first I was going to bend the wire and sew it along the inside bottom of Lambkin's belly, but the legs simply wouldn't stand up that way. So I finally sewed the wire in a straight line, and the legs stand up just fine.

Bo Peep's Lamb Companion

Here's my progress on Bo Peep's lambkin so far:






The front end is where the yarn needle is pointing. I have been adding more black yarn to the hooves to prevent the wire I used to stabilize the legs from poking through. I just need to stuff it and sew on the head, and it will be done! Soon Bo Peep will be ready for her closeup!

Little Bo Peep's Sheep

Well, I'm just going to give her a lamb, not all of her sheep; after all, she's looking for the other ones...

So far I just finished the head and one leg (apart from the body which I posted earlier).

I was going to sew the head onto the body but thought better of it, since I would need to attach the legs first. I plan to finish the legs by the weekend and put them on at the start of next week, if not sooner. I will make the staff over the weekend. I plan on making a few of them, in case one cracks when I bake them in the oven. I wonder what they will smell like when they're baking.

Little Bo Peep 1

Here she is, my Little Bo Peep coffee can doll!

I think she came out really nice.

It took me a little while longer to finish her, partly because the local craft store didn't have any air freshener dolls at all and I had to order it online. Then I decided I wanted to add pearls to her dress, but was having trouble finding the size pearls I wanted. I finally did:

Now I am working on her lamb, as you can see:

Over the weekend I plan on making a shepherd's crook out of clay for her, since I can't seem to find any that are the right size online or anywhere else. Probably would have an easier time of it at Christmas, with all the creches and shepherds around, but I don't want to wait that long. I'll just experiment with making my own this weekend.