Hitty: Her First 100 Years

[christhedolllady]

I picked up this book at the Quilt Festival over the weekend and I'm really enjoying reading it. Someone else had mentioned it in a book thread.

It's the memoirs of a wooden doll carved out of mountain-ash wood. So far, she has had adventures in a crows nest, on a whaling ship, lost at sea, worshipped by island savages and part of a snake charmer's act. A very full life for a little wooden doll!

[Brooke in BE]

I'm glad you're enjoying it! It's my favorite! I have my own Hitty travel doll, it is so much fun!


Brooke

[gingerharp]

I love Hitty!! I read the book numrous times when I was growing up, and I still have my copy on my bookshelf here.

[Sakurako]

That's been one of my favorite books since I was little. I have a Hitty, too. My father and I made her together in his workshop -- her body, arms and legs were turned on a lathe, which I helped with, and then her face and feet were carved by my Dad. Then I went upstairs and my mother painted her face very delicately and made her a beautiful wardrobe (you can definitely tell which clothes I helped to sew!). Then Dad made her a wooden trunk for her clothes and taught me to chipcarve to decorate the top of it. My Hitty is named Pamela.