Pinelope

Last night my dear sweet spouse went to sleep early.  He had just finished an early morning shift that had started at 4am so it was no surprise that he had fallen asleep sitting upright with a book in his hand.  I was working away on my Venice doll in the other room.  It got quite late so I decided to pack up my doll making stuff (which always seems to migrate from the designated table to cover the whole room).  While 'cleaning up' I had a look at a pattern for a pin cushion doll I had started but had unfortunately turned into an unmitigated disaster.  I had been redesigning this doll in my mind for the past two nights and it was costing me sleep.  So in the interest of sleeping better, (nothing whatsoever to do with a serious doll addiction)I decided to give it another go.  And came up with Pinelope.  She is a pin cushion (not a voodoo doll, for the benefit of those who may have had trouble making the distinction).

So now that Pinelope had made her entree into the world, I assumed that I would be able to sleep in peace.  Unfortunately, himself woke bright and cheerily at 6:30am this Sunday morning and chirped 'Did you have a good sleep?'.  I pried open one eye and not so cheerily informed my better half that actually I was still sleeping if he didn't mind.  That was when himself looked at the clock and realised that he had broken the sacred morning sleep-in rule.  So much for undisturbed sleep.  If it is not one love of my life keeping me up, its the other. 

I am planning on offering Pinelope as a free pattern on my blog.  As I am rather bleary-eyed today it will take me couple of days to polish the pattern and instructions.  Come back in a few days to download the instructions and pattern.

In the meantime satisfy your pin cushion lust with a look at this fun site:  The Pin Cushion Challenge.  Every couple of months there is a different theme.  You make a pin cushion in that theme and your picture is posted.  It's lot of fun.  Have a look!