Toadstool Doll & Leaf Set Kit

When Amanda Soule, the editor in chief of Taproot Magazine, asked if I’d like to contribute to the Tend issue of the magazine. I jumped at the chance. I absolutely love Taproot and Amanda, for that matter. I had just been reading Elsa Beskow’s Children of the Forest and the characters in her book completely inspired me. This would make a fun book and knit gift combination. Here is the little introduction I wrote for the magazine:"When my kids were little I used to love how they would care for their dolls. I especially loved when they would put the dolls to bed, tucking them in carefully and quietly. They would let the dolls sleep for a mere second or two, wake them up, and then go through the process again. This sweet little Toadstool Doll and Leaf set offers many such opportunities for imaginative play.”I think you will just love this little doll and leaf set. It is the sweetest. The doll is made in one piece, the toadstool hat is made separately and whipstitched on, and the little d