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10" Brother/Sister Basic Kit ~ Joy's Waldorf Dolls™ Sew a 10" doll with a soft, flexible body, shapely legs and feet and plush cotton knit velour clothing. Simple for younger hands to dress. Pattern is for a brother and sister doll, top, pants, and shoes. A good kit for those with some dollmaking experience but, many have done well as beginners. Machine sew. Find out more!   Pearlized Ball Head Pins Pack of 120 long pins with colorful bead balls on the ends. The size and visibility of the ball makes these superior for pinning on the doll's wig, putting soft doll parts together and especially useful when designing the doll's face. Pearlized Straight Pins  #1103 ~ $4.95   Earth Ball Kit Make your own felted Earth Ball - have the power to transform continents in minutes. Kit includes wool and instructions. You provide the soap and water. Ages 12 and up or younger with adult help. Earth Ball Kit #3244 ~ $7.50   Cotton Knit Velour - Fat Quarters & Yardage A plush material, soft, warm and ideally suited for bunting babies, Joy's Bright Eyes Babies, Star Children, doll clothes and more. 11 oz. per linear yard. Approximately 60" wide. Available by the yard or in fat quarters (18" x 28"). Left column - lilac, lavender, light yellow, olive, sage, chocolate Right column - red, royal, sky, mulberry, soft pink, fuchsia Cotton Knit Velour, fat quarter - $3.50 Lilac Lavender Light Yellow Olive Sage Chocolate Red Royal Sky Mulberry Soft Pink Fuchsia   Cotton Knit Velour, yard - $11.00 Lilac Lavender Light Yellow Olive Sage Chocolate Red Royal Sky Mulberry Soft Pink Fuchsia   6" Velour Star Child Kit ~ Joy's Waldorf Dolls™ Sew a soft cotton velour doll for the very young to snuggle. Kit includes a pattern for the doll, velour for the body, organic skin tone cotton knit fabric, eco-wool stuffing, tubular gauze, craft thread, and embroidery floss for the facial features. A beginner doll kit for ages 13 and older. You will need 3" dollmaking needles, embroidery needles, machine needles (optional), chopstick (optional), thread to match velour fabric and pins. Most of which can be purchased in our supplies section. Please specify: Velour Color, Skin Tone and Eye Color when ordering below.   6" Star Child Kitt $14.00   Choose a color for your star child's clothes from above:  Yellow   Blue Purple    ___________________________________________________ Organic Cotton Knit Top to bottom: Fair, Tan, Cocoa, Brown Skin Color: (choose a skin color for your kit) Select Option Fair Tan Cocoa Brown Eye Color: (choose an eye color for your kit) Select OptionBrown Blue Green   Top Whorl Drop Spindle While it looks you’re spinning upside down, it’s only the weight of the whorl that’s reversed and you’ll find the spinning is much easier than expected! We carry two sizes from Ashford of New Zealand. Both are well balanced, have strong spring wire hooks bent to help keep your yarn from arcing out of the hook. The long shafts help to balance the spindle and allow for "down the thigh" propulsion for high speed spinning. Small - diameter 2.5", weighs 1.3 oz. Large - diameter 3.75", weighs 2.75 oz. Light lacquer finish. Top Whorl Spindle, Small #717 ~ $18.25   Top Whorl Spindle, Large #713 ~ $21.25   Rainbow Wool Felt A soft and thick, textured piece of hand-dyed 100% wool felt with all colors of the rainbow represented in a beautiful, luminous way. Sew a bag, fold in half and stitch up for a potholder, make rainbow gnomes and table puppets, use for penny rugs, applique and more! Shades will vary, going a bit lighter or a bit brighter. Dyed with non-toxic, food grade dyes. About 7" x 15". Sorry, this is not available in larger sizes. Rainbow Wool Felt #289 ~ $9.95 each   Living Crafts Magazine - Summer 2010 Find unique designs for sewing a hammock and camping accessories. Knitting projects include cotton vests for boys and girls and an adorable doll jumper with matching hat. Felt a lily pad playmat complete with lily pads and flowers. Read how to enhance your child's fine finger control in Elizabeth Seward's Extreme Knotting article. Craft a wood utensil tree for the kitchen. Construct and weave on a year round garden loom. Enjoy this issue's story from Suzanne Down, The Sea Stars, and the accompanying project for a wet-felted story world. Get up-to-date on knitting retreats around the country and more! Living Crafts, Summer 2010 #1014 ~ $6.99         Roots Shoots Buckets & Boots - garden activities Sharon Lovejoy presents 12 spirited, easy-to-implement ideas for theme gardens that parents and kids can grow together. With a focus on fun and creativity you'll be inspired to plant a pizza patch, sunflower house, moon garden, flowery maze, zuni waffle garden, medicine chest and more. Illustrated throughout by the author's own lyrical watercolors, each garden includes a plan, the planting recipe -- seeds, seedlings, and growing instructions spelled out step-by-step -- and activities. A GREAT gardening book for children! Paperback , 176 pages Roots Shoots Buckets & Boots #1037 ~ $13.95   Earthues Botanical Dye Kit An Earthues dye kit. All you need to create beautiful colors from nature on yarn, fiber, or cloth. Includes four natural botanical dye extracts and fixative to dye four pounds of color. Complete instructions and recipes included. Cutch, cochineal, logwood grey and osage. Ages 13 and up. Earthues Botanical Dye Kit #2514 ~ $45.00        Earthues Indigo Starter Kit An Earthues dye kit. All you need to create beautiful blues from nature on yarn, fiber, or cloth. Includes natural indigo, necessary additives and complete instructions. Ages 13 and up. Earthues Indigo Starter Kit #2515 ~ $45.00           Knitted Finger Puppets These darling little puppets are destined to become cherished favorites. Each cute finger puppet is modeled on fairy tale characters and everyday figures that are easy to make. Includes instruction for three collections: Christmas at the North Pole, Under the Big Top and The Enchanted Forest. All you need to create these adorable finger puppets is a basic knowledge of knitting. 34 Easy-to-Make Toys. Meg Leach #2411 Knitted Finger Puppets $19.95