Been very busy lately with my day job stuff and still working down the commissions list. But, I took a couple days off the doll commissions to take on a challenge. Finally finished an item using that 0.35mm crochet hook I had bought some weeks past. This little fella is the result. He is made using regular cotton Gutermann sewing thread and is five way jointed.

Here he is on the right with his older sis who was made a few weeks ago. She is about 5/8 inch high and he turned out about 1/2 inch high. The difference in height is small but he does look quite a bit more diminutive over all.

The big difference is that he took twice as long to make as the slightly larger ones. The hook is extremely thin and flexes a little if you are pulling on the thread too tightly. I was very afraid of either breaking it or leaving a permanent bend in it so I had to go slow……pretty sure I could never work smaller than this!

Anyway, he is quite the cute little fella and we all are enjoying having his happy little self around!

Have had the pleasure of getting many commissions recently. This one was particularly fun – was asked to make a tiny doll for a specific small BJD (ball jointed doll) who I think is a Charles Creature Cabinet Firefly. The real doll has rather ghostly light blue eyes that add to her unique personality and it was only fitting that her little dolly would have similar eyes. Her hair is also red and she wears a white dress as one of her signature outfits. If anyone is interested, there is a thriving BJD community which has a thread devoted to CCC Firefly dolls here: The Resin Cafe

The little gal is around one and a quarter inch high – crocheted from various threads and with a painted wood head. It is always cute to see a doll who has a doll – and to have one that is a “mini-me”, well, am sure it will be a fun thing…

Along for the ride to their new home is also another one inch Cookie and his ever present snacks :)

I have much to do this afternoon not least of which is the annual tax preparation appointment at HR Block (oh joy). So, Mama Rose is helping me keep them both busy till I have time to get them into their traveling box. Hope everyone had a peaceful Easter weekend!

Mama Rose has been busy attending to the needs of some new little ones. The mouse population always has a way of increasing! Have made two more of these tiny ones working out what proportions are best… The original I made last week is the one on the left in the above photo.

It is amazing that no amount of planning accounts for their different personalities. A little twist of thread here, a little tighter or looser stitch all makes them so different at this size. Definitely not factory production :)

In other news also this week, I received a new even smaller crochet hook – the smallest one made – 0.35mm. Very delicate indeed and actually bends if you put pressure on it! Not sure what to do with it yet but we shall see….

For any of you interested in tiny crochet hooks, here is a link to a supplier here in the USA:

http://www.heirloomcrochet.com/hccrochethookstulip.html