Knitted doll
Margaret Thompson
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1988
Materials
Knitted doll
Measurements
150 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663630
Summary
A knitted baby scarecrow doll known as ‘Sunshine’, part of a knitted scarecrow family. Doll has attached hat and scarf (circa 1988). The doll has yellow acrylic yarn hair sewn onto the head, underneath a light blue woolly hat with a red yarn pom-pom on top. The doll has a white face with black felt eyes, an orange carrot knitted nose and red lips both made from acrylic yarn, with painted on rosey cheeks. He has a yellow baby-gro that has multicoloured stripes at the top. His knitted scarf is red with pieces of green yarn at the ends. This is tied around his neck and is removable. The doll has light blue knitted shoes. This was knitted by the donor's mother Margaret Thompson, part of a collection of 7 knitted scarecrow dolls and a small Father Christmas. The knitting patterns for all the dolls are by Jean Greenhowe.
Makers and roles
Margaret Thompson, maker