The girl and the raven #2

Keeping on with the raven and the girl, there is yet much to be done...

Sock creatures need hands

"Sock creatures need hands," mumbled the round sock creature to himself,
while I was already crocheting a pair for him.
As soon as they were done, he was invited to take a look.

They seemed to be fine.

Sewing them to the creature's body was painful.
He had to take a rest when it was over.

Crochet construction

It was long days of crocheting, till I got the construction of the armchair. Some parts I had to re-crochet few times till I realized how I should do it. At first I crocheted all the parts, sew them together and stuff afterwards. It turned out as a big mistake. I had to crochet all the four legs twice, since only when I stuffed them I noticed that the crochet hook I used was too large and the stuffing came out of the stitches.
After re crocheting the legs, suddenly the arms turned out to be too small, so I had to re crochet them too.
It all was a bit exhausting, and yet there is much more work to do till someone could use this armchair.

The crochet doll wasn't really bothered by it, she decided to give it a try as it is.

Couple of friends popped in, they didn't even notice the new furniture but were very curios to see what she is busy with.

As time passed by, and conversation went on and on, covering much of the issues were discussed in the studio lately, she had to give up the comfy padding.

Armchair crocheting

At the last few days I was busy with crocheting.

There are many parts to sew together,

and someone inspecting my work.

Haircut

Her hair was too long.

Hair

Today it was her time to get some hair.

Installing the facial features

As soon as she had been recovered, she was operated again.

Blouse and eyes

The doll I am crocheting for some time already got a new blouse yesterday.

Today everything became more complicated and painful.

She had an eyes operation, she is going to get an eyesight soon,

but now she has to rest and let her eyes recover.

Birds details

The birds are almost done, just few stitches left me to do this night, but just before the work is completed, let me show you some details.

The wing,

The bird's skirt

and a rose...

Eyelids crocheting

My birds got wings, head and beak, only eyes were missing.

By a small ball of stitched piece of socks I created the eyeballs and sew it to the crocheted head.

The small bird got a crocheted eye lids.

For the bigger bird it was more complicated, as this bird ordered a made to measure pair of eyelids with eyelashes.

I crocheted both in one piece

and attached it to the head, same as I did with the eyeballs.

It was a very gentle operation, I had to keep it very accurately right on its place, taking care of not causing any damage to the bird's eyesight.

Here it is the bird with its new eyelids-eyelashes.

Red and white, from shoes to birds

I was deeply inspired by the bridal shoes I was asked to customize in red and white.

For a long time I had this idea of creating new birds, it was so long since I made the last ones. Some of them already flow away and spring time felt so perfect for new ones.
After the red and white shoes was done yesterday, it was clear what colors the new birds are going to have.