The Crone, or “The Wise Old Woman of the Forest”

Completed over Samhain 2023, the Crone lives deep in the forest and embodies the energies of the darker half of the year. She is an edge walker, moving through the liminal with strength and wisdom. She travels the path between the worlds with ease and guides us as we journey into the underworld. The Crone archetype encourages us to face our fears and release what no longer serves. Like Hekate, she is the keeper of the keys who guides us into the unknown. She lights the way as we walk into the dark to embrace our shadow - and offers us a seat by her hearth on the darkest nights of winter.

The Crone’s apron is made of hand-dyed recycled wool fabric and decorated with small beads, bells, and a key. Her Hawthorn staff is decorated with wool, cotton thread, and a howlite skull bead. 

Her medicine bundle holds mugwort, rose, yarrow, hawthorn berries, milk thistle seeds, and a salmon bone.

{You can read about my experience working with this doll here.}