This is a vintage yarn doll. I think it must have been because of what was with her when I found her, but I always think of her as being from the 1940's.
You'll have to excuse the state of her. She's been kicking around in Ivy's toys for many years. I had to photoshop lint out of her yarn to make her presentable! I always thought she was so cute though.
When my sister and I were kids we used to have some yarn dolls similar to this. Somewhere here I have them, a pink yarn doll similarly made, a scarecrow, which somehow got burnt on the stove once, and a purple spider or octopus!
I know the scarecrow and the purple thing had styrofoam balls inside their heads. The tiny pink girl was like this doll though, with an empty head. (Sorry girls!)
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| This is the back of her head, with her bonnet off. Her hair is made of a different type of yarn, with white stitching through it. |
Her bangs are a little matted these days.
Ken thinks she's ugly! I think she's sweet.
That's it for today's doll. See you again tomorrow for another one.
