Being a regular reader of craft blogs, I'm aware of so many people finishing off projects; some of these projects may have been WIPs or UFOs for quite a while. So then the items are photographed and a post written by these bloggers. And my goodness some of the lovely quilts, embroideries etc that have been completed are just wonderful. I have a much smaller project finish.
The finish I'm writing about wasn't a project of mine though. Ages ago...ahem...it might have been last year...cough cough...I was given a knitted toy to finish so that it could be given to a needy child. The toy had been donated to K4 BN slightly unfinished. :-)
He had no facial features or hair...I put him in a box of yarns in my sewing room and I'm afraid I forgot all about him! Then last week I thought that I really should finish him as he could be used as a gift for Christmas. (K4BN helps other community groups provide gifts to those in the community who might not otherwise get gifts)
But it wasn't until last night that I finally did something about Mr Golly.
Felt mouth and eyes; I didn't seem to have any black felt so I used a permanent marker to make the pupils. For the hair I crocheted a circle shape using trebles. I thought the Patons Loopy was just perfect as it's quite 'nubbly'. It's now a discontinued yarn
I stitched on the hair and glued on the eyes and mouth so finally the toy is ready to give away. The person who knitted this toy did beautiful work; he is well 'stuffed' and very firm...no droopy head here.
There may be readers who are horrified to see such a doll. They were certainly out of favour in many countries for a long time ( and in some places still are!) ; such dolls are/were even banned in some places. Here in Australia, they seem to have made a comeback in recent years. I loved my Golly doll that I had as a child .
8 comments:
I love Golly dolls - I think political correctness can go over the top. He's lovely and will make a great toy for someone. Great finish!
He looks great - I think people can be a bit precious about things at times.
Diana
It looks gorgeous.
how cute My Golly, here in the UK they are still not really acceptable, I have a great friend from Barbados and she gets so upset when she sees the golly fabric and finds it so offensive, it can be embarassing at a quilt show at times. I can understand her point as she still gets racial discrimination, it happens when I am with her so I know what it is like. My granddaughter is mixed race and she has a bad time too but she is strong at 17 and can handle most of it
Golly are great and he looks fabulous now Maria
I had never heard the term Golly doll before. Heading off to google where it came from!
Well done on the finish...I love golly's too, my grandmother made me too when I was young...sadly my mother threw it out, but my Dad got me another one from a craft stall when I was in my mid 40's!! In England they are very politically incorrect but here they seem to be more popular than ever.
I loved my golly too and your finish looks great. It was interesting to watch an interview on the TV a couple of years ago with a curator from the toy museum in London. The very PC interviewer insisted on calling them golly's while the curator insisted on calling them golly-wogs! xx
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