Cosy!

This cardigan is fab, it looks so cosy and the colours are great. The knitting is by Cynthia and I think the pattern is the SD one from DoA. I find it very inspiring.

Snow!

It's snowing here, which, surprisingly is really unusual at this time of year which is why it so exciting!

So I had to take a couple of pics in case it disappeared overnight. This is Cissy Anna Sui, wearing a pale blue cashmere sweater, made by the Tonner company for their 16" fashion doll range. Cissy Anna Sui is 22" tall, so the sweater is big!

And I obviously like pale blue sweaters and jeans on Anna and taking pictures of her in the snow as the second photo was taken in December 2001 !! Her sweater there is a machine-knit made by Lyanne's mum.

Lacey sock jumper.

My friend Marina has made her doll a lovely jumper from a pair of cream lacey socks. It's so pretty (as is Soraya).



Fab look with the pleated skirt and black opaque tights too.

Striped Ugli-Knit

This is such a great hat!

Winter

Came across these photos saved from a couple of years ago. I still like this cardigan, it says Winter to me with the colours and pattern and texture. So soft looking.

Brown and more brown!

I like brown clothes for dolls a lot. This is a fab outfit - a ski style quilted jacket over a striped hooded top, over a short sleeved polo-neck jumper. Plus jeans and long boots.





I'd like to try and knit a hooded top like this.

Kumi's sweater!

Kumi made this for me last year, such beautiful work. I think all my Serendipity girls have worn this.

Pic of the Day: Scottie!

I'm lazy and still haven't made Scottie a winter sweater. Instead she is borrowing one I bought for a Tyler doll aeons ago. The marshmallow teacake was sickly sweet!



A terrible picture of the Tylers and Alex walking their dogs!

My Eco-Alien

Seina was my first ever ball jointed doll (BJD) and arrived here 3 years ago today. I ordered her through Crescent on the 24th October 2002 and was told there would probably be a 3 month wait and yet one month later Masamichi emailed to say she was ready to send. I was so excited but I didn't have any clothes ready for her, even her default outfit was delayed - the doll was ready but not her clothes. I dressed her in a cut down sock - poor baby! Later on I found Bobo'n'doll and bought quite a few pieces, I love Bobo's stuff so much.

Seina still has her original face with it's molded eyebrows and lashes - they are really pale and are such a part of her, I think she is beautiful.

Yesterday I took her apart and cleaned her, she was very grubby especially her hands. Today we took her out to Holywells Park - hard to believe it's in the middle of a town, so quiet and beautiful. We were the only ones there!! I love this time of year best of all - the colours, the weather.

Her armwarmers and bag are hand-knitted by me.

Little Brown Jumper

The last post reminded me about this brown jumper made by Bobondolls. It has been a favourite over the years, worn by lots of different dolls.

Jude keeps warm on the beach at Aldeburgh in Dec 2003.


Leo's arrival in October 2004


Sebastian lazing away the afternoon in May this year.


Esian in the frosty garden this morning.

Toys!

I bought these 2 books in town this morning and Seina is helping me choose projects. There's a fab monkey (a friend would love this) in "Toys to Knit" and a starfish (funny) - and the ballerina on the cover is so cute. I love knitted rag dolls and their wardrobe of clothes.

Nifty Fifties

I am fond of fifties fashions and adore these little beaded cardigans.

A favourite piece

This jacket (made by Magalie Dawson) is a favourite. It's been made from a sweater and has some very interesting stitchwork - moss stitch, cabling, basket stitch.



It's a great shape too, with the peplum skirt and is an ideal length for a jacket. I also love the colour.



The matching hat is wonderful, especially with the rose detail.



I'd like to try and hand-knit this style sometime, with these stitches too. Maybe a bigger version for my taller dolls.

Happy Hallowe'en!

This is Nigella and her pumpkin bear.




The sleeves are half sleeves - cut from a machine knit jumper as the the coat sleeves were too narrow to pull over the whole sweater. So I made long armwarmers to push under the coat.





The coat and matching hat are beautiful. They are a very soft velvet and were made by Magalie Dawson. The colour is gorgeous too.

Girl in Da Hood!

Here is Serendipity Alice - renamed Alyss - wearing a hoody that I made years ago for the Tonner girls. It was from a kit by Scotty Maloney.

To make it again for this size doll, I would need to make it a bit bigger, especially the hood as it's making the shoulders pull up at the moment.




Here it is on Trance in 2004.



And here it is on Milly in 2002.

Ballet-wrap.

A friend made me this beautiful pink ballet wrap for my Clea Bella dancing doll a couple of years ago. I no longer have this doll.








Recently I tried the wrap on Opal (Serendipity Sharmin) and was so pleased that it fits her. Though the sleeves are a little short, the body part is perfect. She looks so pretty in it.

Rowanspun knits.

Marina posted some gorgeous photos of her Custom House girls in lovely knitted cardigans. The pattern is the free one on DoA and the wool is Rowanspun 4-ply. I love these colous, very inspiring.



Beautiful girls.

Petite dress

kiyacat on LJ has posted a free pattern for a Petite knitted dress. The button detail is sweet too.

Perfection!

This Mio outfit ticks all my boxes - argyle, white jumper, long socks, duffle coat and modelled by Unoa!

Knitted dresses

I have always been fond of knitted dresses, hand-knit or manufactured from stretchy knitted fabric. One of my favourite Sindy outfits was Coffee Party - "When Sindy meets friends for coffee and a gossip she wears this mocha-coloured knitted wool sweater dress that's smartly styled with polo-neck, dropped waist and matching belt. Also available in blue."



The dress below from R&D dolls for their Susie range reminds me of the Sindy dress. I love the brown stripes and the brown scarf is fab too. It fits Momoko well.