#toft

[lapilka]

Toft sketches

Made them right after finishing Moomin valley in November

[lavender1217sblog]

Moominvalley in november

[pick-a-plush]

Sorry if this is hard to find but can you do bedlington terrier plushie poll?

It’s no problem at all, it’s fun to find plushies I never thought to look for!

Which plushie would you adopt?

Top left: Svetlana Mariss Bedlington Terrier

Top right: TOFT Bedlington Terrier Dog Crochet

Bottom: Handmade Bedlington Terrier Stuffed Dog by Mypetory

Voting ended onJun 2, 2025

Svetlana Mariss is a small independent plushie artist and if you like their work you should check them out!

Mypetory is also a small independent plushie artist and can be found on Etsy! Go check them out!

[besvikna-snusmumriken]

The Endless Sea of Signatures part 2 - Findings from Auctions

See first part HERE.

Here's a gallery of more less known signatures by Tove Jansson found in auction sites.

These three was sold together (and My carries a wine glass again as it seems)

Here it seems like it represents a human boy rather than a småtroll consider the size of the Mumin-troll beside him.

This was signed at Pappan och havet book (8th book)

Seller suspect this is supposed to be Homsan Toft

This was signed for the Finnish translation of Bildhuggarens dotter

See first part HERE.

[janetkwallace]

Eu gosto bastante da estética das capas das edições brasileiras de Moomins. Uma pena que só três livros foram traduzidos, então eu fiz essa capa não oficial porque, bem, alguém tinha que fazer.

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I really like the aesthetics of the covers of the Brazilian editions of Moomins. It's a shame that only three books have been translated, so I made this unofficial cover because, well, someone had to.

[silenthill2ps2]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🥳 🎂🎁🎈🥳🎈🥳🎁🎁🎂

HI TOFT THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

[flowerbloom-arts]

The only summary of Moominvalley in November you're ever going to need.

[techforevil]

tl;dr i finished two sheep from TOFT (Seth the Wensleydale and Tobias the Hebridean) and this is what they look like

Things that went well:

I think they are very cute and I 💖 them, I guess that's the most important : )

I'm glad I changed the colour palette for Tobias, crocheting so much in a dark yarn would have been hell even with my new neck light

Safety eyes, look much cuter than the pattern. I wish the toft patterns had more instructions on where to place the eyes, I go through A LOT of trial and error. :|

I added a second coat of sligtly longer chains to Tobias' fleece and I think it was a good decision, he looked hella flat otherwise (and it wasn't actually that much more work).

Seth has very fun texture! Reading the pattern I could not imagine how a chain you work back down can become fleece but in the end it's even more extreme than the picture. Leading to:

Things that did not go so well:

Holy fuck did I use A LOT of yarn on Seth. Obviously I misinterpreted something in the instructions about curliness or density but if I only used the 50g provided I think he would have looked patchy AF? In the end I think I used 50g just on the head, and about 125g in total - needing not one but TWO deliveries (since I thought extra 50g would do... idiot). I could tell early on it looks different but obviously was too stubborn to undo what's already been done. I'd like to say I'm gonna learn something from this but I'm not gonna sit here and lie. 😑

Black yarn fortunately means no one can see stitches on Tobias' horns, not just me. 🙄 I felt like I followed all instructions and even made 3 of each just to test if I fucked up by accident but all of them ended up looking a bit off.

Future improvements

I want to learn different ways to do a decrease (sc2tog), or maybe figure out how I'm doing it wrong - it always stands out and looks like shit. The fleece helped hide it in this instance but I won't always be so lucky...

I need more patience when sewing things together, or I'll never make anything that looks straight ahead. 💀

Fortunately I found both a crochet class from end of March and a stitch circle in my local library that just started mid-Jan so I should be able to bother some people irl for advice when a pattern does not make sense to me and just as a second pair of eyes. :')