bubbly fish mobile

bubbles of the rainbow originally uploaded by melilab

All the colours of the rainbow in this underwater composition/soft sculpture made of stripey fish with bubbles and a coral.

the goddess artemis

Artemis is the goddess of hunting and forests, the original amazon and skilled archeress.

An original art doll, entirely made of fibre, she is the doll I made for my niece's first birthday. One-year old Artemis gave me a sweet little smile when she first held her doll, so I think she likes her :-)

for a little archeress...

...because every Artemis should have one!



Soft toy bow and arrow with archaic curves and jewel decoration, made for a little girl's target practice :-)

the lucky charm hat

Pure hand dyed merino baby hat, with a square construction and little amigurumi charms attached to the corners like tassels.

the girls

I thought I'll take some photos of my 3 girls together before miss O returns home to New York.

From left to right:
miss daisy, miss O, hermione

miss O

This is my friend miss O! I tried to capture her essence in this custom amigurumi (crochet) doll made for her and her new site on women's issues.

hermione

hermione is a curvy angel, named after the messenger god hermes because of the little wings at the back of her shoes. she is my latest amigurumi doll, inspired by anita klein's painting "red angel"

hello daisy!

miss daisy is a crocheted amigurumi doll. Her bodice is the centre of the daisy and her skirt is made of white petals.

miss purplicious

Presenting miss purplicious, a sexy redhead who loves purple (obviously!) and even has purple eyes to match. She is all dressed up for a night out wearing a mohair corset top and sparkly mini skirt with matching long gloves.



miss purplicious is an amigurumi doll inspired by an image in my mind and a few gorgeous purple yarns: mohair (top), sparkly merino (skirt & gloves), velvet chenille (boots).

I am still working on her, I believe she requires a bit more bling. Plus I realised that I am making a mistake crocheting the way I do which produces a not so tight fabric ( as it should be for amigurumi).

Armed with my experience from making miss love bump and miss purplicious as well as loads of new supplies (!) I am now in the process of making improved versions of both these amigurumi dolls. My amigurumi dolls will soon be listed in my etsy shop, so please keep checking if you like them.

A new one - miss daisy - is also coming up soon based on a beautiful costume made for me by my grandmother when I was very little. She was an amazing lady whose talent remained unrecognised so I will strive to bring some of her designs to light and hope it will make her happy watching from up there.

miss love bump

She is my first amigurumi doll and her character is based on my sister-in-law who is also expecting.




Miss love bump is proudly showing off her bump with a heart pattern on it.
The skirt part of her dress as well as the polo neck are knitted, and the dress has a sparkly lurex trim. Her red lacy panties are just peeping out underneath her dress.






She is keeping warm in a red cap with heart-shaped earflaps.





Her boots are made with chenille that has a suede feel and have corset laces at the back.




Miss love bump decided to enter The Softie Awards competition at flickr in the amigurumi category. She will be delighted if you vote for her!