Very Finely Crocheted, Hard-Shell Old Folk Art Humpty Dumpty...Rattle! homemade ball Such a sweet and curious

Such a sweet and curious little owl

The post holding the ball can move up and down and will come out

these four are the final ones of the bunch

8 3/4" in diameter

(Photos do no justice here to the scale and beauty of this apple

Very Finely Crocheted, Hard-Shell Old Folk Art Humpty Dumpty...Rattle! homemade ball Such a sweet and curiousI could not look at this little face and walk away. I And while I know it can be hard to gauge from photos, what makes this great is how finely done it is those crocheted stitches are very tiny, and very tight. Also, Humpty Dumpty, with origins dating back at least to the late 18th century, is an interesting character: a personification of precariousness, making him feel like something of a metaphor for the moment. If you look closely you can see