This is Rachel Raggs - my final version of the wrapped wire doll with knitted costume - sitting on a large ball of wool. There will soon be a pattern and kit available.

She is 16" tall and the pattern for clothing will be available separately. More knitting patterns to follow.

Barbara Twaites produced this lovely doll. It was her first doll. Barbara designs and makes jewellery and her designs can be seen on www.silverunicorn.co.uk

Teresa Malyon created this beautiful doll improvising with the 'Miss Terrie' pattern. She used cotton fabrics and wool tops for the hair.

One of the April workshops in my studio in Deptford was making 'Miss Terrie'. We had a super group who all produced great results as well as having a really fun weekend.

This is the first 'mock up' of a hand knitted costume - its taking me quite a while to get the scale and textures right. Thankgoodness I have found a really good knitter now, to knit the outfits.

This is one of the armatures dolls wrapped in wadding and windsor comfort with cloth head and hands.

This is the wire skeleton for one of my wire wrapped armature dolls. I am dressing them in hand knitted costumes - there will be about four to start with. 'My Weekly' will probably be doing one of them as a pattern.

Here's June McGee and myself enjoying the sculpting class - we both made two heads - one open eyes and one closed eyes.

See Teresa's site 'Flights of Fantasy' for class details.

This is my first attempt at sculpting a face with which to make a mould and then face masks. It was done at one of Teresa Malyon's classes in her studio in Clacton. We made a mould as well and I shall soon be trying various materials to press the masks into the mold. We did this is a very busy day - it was a very rewarding day.

Knitting and Stitching Show at Harrogate November 2006. This was a corner of my stand there - we had a very busy and enjoyable show where I met up with many customers face to face for the first time. Its always lovely to put a face to a name! This was my third year at Harrogate and it was great to see old friends again. Nicky Dillerstone is a textile designer who has become a firm friend - I love her work. See her site in the links - Fun to meet the York Dolly birds again there - Harrogate is a very enjoyable venue.

This beautiful fairy is created by Trisha Joyce. I think we can aggree she is absolutely beautiful.

Teresa Malyon is a doll maker/designer of many years experience. This is a wall doll with a cast face and hands.

Teresa teaches all sorts of doll making as well as selling patterns and various clays.

Teresa's website: www.splendorincloth.co.uk

Ray Slater sourced all the dolls for this exhibition, as well as organising the exhibition. This magnificent doll is Ray's 'Pantomime Dame' which she also teaches as a weekend class. Ray has been teaching clothdoll making in the UK for 4/5 years.

I'm very late in writing about the 'Cloth Doll Art Uk' exhibition which was part of the 'Knitting and Stitching' shows this year.

There were around thirty exhibits and these are pictures of a few of them. This piece was by Jeanette Bright - to quote her
'I begin with a piece of fabrc which I stitch, dye and cut to make into a doll. Social history and life events are her strongest source of inspiration'

I held a weekend class in my studio in Deptford, London over the 11th/12th November. Four ladies who had never made a doll before came for this weekend. We made 'Tallulah', a doll which I designed especially to introduce the various cloth doll techniques to new doll makers.

All the ladies did wonderfully and everyone went home with their finished doll, except may be a little hand sewing.

All my classes will be with groups of four as space does not allow for more. This is a really nice size of group and allows a lot of individual attention for everyone. Below are some pictures of the class members and their work.

Mariangela made a great success with her first doll.

We had a super weekend, if very busy. I hope to meet up with all these ladies again.

Chris and Jean both work at the Welling Sewing Centre and were thrilled with their results. They have both gone away to begin another doll on their own.

Ann Gissing with her 'Tallulah' Doll, with a little handsewing to finish.

Tallulah was especially designed as a first doll to introduce the main techniques of cloth doll making.

This is an embroidered picture of my favourite holiday palce - which is Lakka in Paxos. It was also made as one of the final pieces for my City and Guilds in machine embroidery, taken this summer. It was designed in the format of the Bayeux Tapestry as a project entered into with other members of my group.

Got Knitted was made especially for the 'Cloth Doll Art' exhibition at Alexandra Palace. She also got to sit in Blackheath Library!