Early 20th Century Dutch Notebook with Colored Pencil Darning Diagrams and Notes carved wooden doll but which has the effect

but which has the effect of introducing a narrative and giving the viewer a place to--literally and proverbially--land

She's got a lot of personality all the way around

Also reminiscent of the pieced oil cloth toy balls I love so much too

I believe it likely dates to the 1940s or so

At the bottom of the drawing

Early 20th Century Dutch Notebook with Colored Pencil Darning Diagrams and Notes carved wooden doll but which has the effectAs a lover of antique Dutch darning samplers, I was especially delighted to find this Dutch notebook dated 1906, which contains a series drawings diagrams, together with handwritten notes, detailing methods for executing a series of darns. As abstract drawings, rendered in colored pencil, they're quite lovely things (as are darns themselves!), but understanding each drawn line and loop as representing a thread I think makes them even better. Pretty