a spot of crochet.....

Australian Bush Handbag
I made this bag over the holidays.... many days spent relaxing at our shack in Tolmie... surrrounded by tall gums, roos, wombats, parrots, black cockies, all manner of lizards and echidnas. The colours reflect the environment.
My son Harry whittled the handles for me, rather special!
There is something quite calming about crocheting a project like this....just going around and around!

Cuddle Up....

Baby Blanket
Not that it's the weather for it but i have just finished this Baby Cot Blanket!!! any madder thing to do in this weather? i think not...
The blanket measures 950mm square and is made from all pure new wool.
Would fit nicely in the pram or tucked in around the car seat too.
Certainly a unique one-off!
$200

Busy Busy Busy Busy!

It's just aswell the shop is quiet with all this hideous weather as i have a chance to work on all my orders!

Little Johnboy went off in the mail and got lost!!!.......only for a week fortunately and he did finally make an appearance, but in his absence i was frantically making another.

All is well now and this little fellow will go onto the shelves very shortly

Also working my fingers to the bone with an order from my good friends at The Friendship Tree.
They had a sellout of Sweetpeas before Christmas.
So...I'm in the middle of making the dolls for the pea pods and the bush pouches. These little dolls will go off to Kim and Donna for their little felt hats and felt pods and pouches.
I make these dolls exclusively for The Friendship Tree so you'll need to pop over to buy them from their shop in Northcote.
Then once these little chums are off on their way it's on to the next order for Penny at rudolfsteiner.com in Castlemaine. There will be some for the steiner school and some for the shop too......its worth a trip to the country to visit Penny. Like me she has some treasures in her shop....very beautiful wares!

Anyway back to work.....the sewing needle calls!

Another order off!

Meet 'John-boy'




















I just finished this little boy with his beach blonde dreadlocks....he is off to Perth to meet his new friend.
I hope they have a lot of fun together!

This little bloke is made in the Waldorf tradition of doll making, hand sewn using all natural fibres.
He is made from pure cotton interlock that i have hand dyed and knitted here in Melbourne, and he's filled with pure new wool fleece, his hair is pure alpaca/merino boucle. He has hand emdroidered eyes, mouth, belly button and heart.

He is fully dress-able and stands approximately 40cm tall.

These dolls retail for $165 in the shop and are also available as a custom order like this little fellow!

Little Ponies

Little Ponies
Pop in and meet these dear little Ponies! They are so cute!
Hand made with loads of character by local artist Kirstie LeQuesne.

They love galloping around the play yard and when the sun get's a little hot they shade under the gum tree....

Hand sewn using 100% pure wool felt
$16.50 ea

Open again

Happy New to You and welcome to a wonderful 2009 at Little Sparrow.

The holidays up at our farm were restful and productive...i finally managed to make the dear little "Aussie" creatures from the felt toymaking kits from Felt Inspired.

There are Platypus', Hens and Chicks, Dolphins, Wombats and Dragonflys. The kits are comprehensive with all the materials you need and foolproof instructions (gotta love that!)
Each one took about an hour to make and are just delightful.
100% pure wool felt is definately one of my favorite fabrics to work with, it always looks good!

Each kit retails for $28.95
Suitable for big kids too!