I spy, with my little eye...
Nov. 18th, 2006 06:20 amFrom a comment I made in a protected entry (this excerpt does not touch on the subject of the entry):
"I have seen dollies made out of the peg clothespins, with the round ball at the top for the face and string wrapped around them for clothes.
But when I went to do laundry with my grandmother, what I actually remember is the handkerchief dolly. She would tie a knot the size of the end of her thumb in one corner of a hanky, then fold the hanky into a triangle diagonally (with the knot being the top of the two middle corners). The two side corners would be folded around and the top folded down a bit to make a "swaddled baby".
I can't seem to find a picture of this sort of doll anywhere-- its virtue was that, unlike the usual sort of "kerchief dolly", it didn't make the hanky unusable afterwards. (It was meant to be a temporary amusement.)"
I can't find a picture of a knotted-head temporary handkerchief dolly online.
What have you looked for online and not been able to find even a single example of?
"I have seen dollies made out of the peg clothespins, with the round ball at the top for the face and string wrapped around them for clothes.
But when I went to do laundry with my grandmother, what I actually remember is the handkerchief dolly. She would tie a knot the size of the end of her thumb in one corner of a hanky, then fold the hanky into a triangle diagonally (with the knot being the top of the two middle corners). The two side corners would be folded around and the top folded down a bit to make a "swaddled baby".
I can't seem to find a picture of this sort of doll anywhere-- its virtue was that, unlike the usual sort of "kerchief dolly", it didn't make the hanky unusable afterwards. (It was meant to be a temporary amusement.)"
I can't find a picture of a knotted-head temporary handkerchief dolly online.
What have you looked for online and not been able to find even a single example of?