bubbly fish mobile

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


bubbles of the rainbow originally uploaded by melilab


The chunky fish measure almost 8" and can be suspended with the coral as a mobile, or even used as individual toys/objects.


blue bubbly fish originally uploaded by melilab


Entirely crocheted by hand using various acrylic, wool and cotton yarns and stuffed with polyfill.


I am on holiday... originally uploaded by melilab


An original amigurumi (crochet) creation by melilab.

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the goddess artemis

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

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 :-)

An original art doll, entirely made of fibre and therefore safe for children of any age to play with.

Her ample blonde hair is held up in a ponytail with silver headband in these photos. She's also wearing proper thong sandals securely tied up.

She has all her fingers and toes and a beautiful, anatomically correct body so that she can go swimming in the nude in the forest streams with her entourage of nymphs. She's got quite the little behind on her too ;-)

Artemis has large turquoise eyes and she is wearing a removable knitted overdress in archaic style with silver shoulder clips. Her fingerless gloves are an essential accessory for an archeress.

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 :-)

Complete with target:



and very handy as a cushion too :-)

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 original was designed for my niece and I am now making a range of them with different themes and charms. Available at my etsy shop.


This one has a key...



...and a heart

artemis' hats

My new niece grows so fast! And I have gladly taken it upon me to keep her well supplied with new hats, amongst other things :-)


The shabby chic hat

The latest one is the shabby chic hat, in a pink gingham fairisle pattern...




...with a crocheted flower, which can be "unbuttoned" at the centre.




The shabby chic hat is my own design and it is knitted in 4ply pure cotton in pink and very pale lilac.


The flower hat

Modified from ada june to fit a baby, with added chunky flower centre. Knitted in jade and fuchsia soft cotton aran.




The very berry hat

A textured hat to imitate a (rasp?)berry




The tomato hat

That's her first hat by me. She's only a few days old in the photo :-)

miss artemis' holidays

My baby niece has been a great source of inspiration for me, and I have designed several pieces especially for her.

Here's an ensemble I made for her first holidays. It consists of a wrap dress, a sun hat with a brim and a pair of mary jane booties. It's all made in DK cotton mix yarn in a combination of coral with 2-tone blue stripes.

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