Thursday 28 January 2010

Fleur - new cardigan


Fleur - new cardigan, originally uploaded by pacific_rin.

I've made a cardigan for Fleur - based on a Dollswest pattern which was based on a Stephanie Japel pattern from "Fitted Knits".



Fleur - new cardigan

The hem is supposed to be turned up on the inside to form a picot edging but I like it rolled.

Fleur - new cardigan

Fleur - new cardigan

I really like it!

Monday 25 January 2010

Experimenting

Making a dress from fine cotton chenille and making the pattern up as I go along.
I searched a lot of old doll patterns but didn't find anything suitable, most dresses were either lacey knits for baby dolls or double knits. I wanted a "home made" looking type of frock.



I've forgotten how difficult it is to keep chenille looking even, the stitches are very messy. Oh well, all adds to the home-made look that I want.

Wednesday 20 January 2010

Dimity: cardigan finished

It was a lovely pattern to do, very easy and quick and I followed it exactly for number of stitches and rows. I used a button from an old cardigan of mine.


Dimity
Dimity

Tuesday 19 January 2010

White

Two pretty pictures saved from years ago. Shades of white. White and cream knitwear - wintery, soft, ethereal.

Monday 18 January 2010

Another purchase!

Flynn was selling this crochet dress.

Dimity: cardigan wip

I am making Dimity a little crop cardigan from a Dollswest pattern. Using Rowanspun 4-ply in colour Midnight.

dimity: cardigan wip

Sunday 17 January 2010

Doll knitting


I've just received a bunch of PDFs for Dollswest patterns and am going to start with this one. I'm going to follow the pattern exactly with number of stitches and rows and see how it comes out.

Picture by Dollswest.

Saturday 16 January 2010

60's dolly knitting pattern


60's dolly knitting pattern, originally uploaded by pacific_rin.

This is the pattern used to make Anouk's skirt. I might knit the other pieces too, I love these sets.

Musedoll sweater

It's mine! Jane was selling one on DR so I snapped it up!





Lucille got to try it on first but I still want to put it on a Zero (Lorelei).

Friday 15 January 2010

woolly anouk


woolly anouk, originally uploaded by pacific_rin.

I've made Anouk a skirt based on an old pattern from the sixties. I wanted it to look oversized for her. She finds and steals her clothes (I don't ask) and she found this was made for a girl a bit bigger than her but she wanted it anyway.


I wanted it to look "vintage" so I wasn't bothered about scale or thickness of yarn. Just used 4-ply on size 10 needles for quickness. I added the braces.

woolly anouk

Thursday 14 January 2010

Purchases



Jane put these two up for sale on DR today and I snapped them up. I've wanted the Musedoll sweater for ages and I love the look of the cable jacket.

Sunday 10 January 2010

WIP: for Anouk

Anouk is hiding? or helping? She is sitting on a WIP.

Saturday 9 January 2010

A cream hoody again.

Brr, brrr - it has been snowing all day long.



Seina still likes her cream hoody.
I would really like to try and hand-knit this style. Could have a lot of fun with it - plain, ribbed, patterned, cables......

Friday 8 January 2010

Hot chocolate.

and a favorite sweater on a cold Winter's day. This beautiful jumper was hand-knitted by Kumi, and I've had it for quite a few years now.




And here it is on Alyss in Feb/March 2005.


Thursday 7 January 2010

Snow fairy

I don't know who made this coat but I absolutely love it. It looks to have been knitted in Shetland wool. I have a fondness for knitted coats - I'm still a 70's girl at heart.




snow fairy, originally uploaded by pacific_rin.

Wednesday 6 January 2010

Sweater dress

Pretty sweater dresses by Dale Zentner.




They remind me of these ones made by Nideru back in 2002. I used to have 4 of these, wish I had kept them.


Tuesday 5 January 2010

Pinafore

Inspired by this picture to make a knitted version with braces for Anouk. Need to look through my old doll patterns.

Monday 4 January 2010

A beret.

Karrosel wears a beret from an Ann Estelle doll. It's over sized but she does look cute in it.




I should count the stitches and knit my own. But I have tried before, a couple of years ago and failed!

Sunday 3 January 2010

Keeping warm.

Happy New Year!

A sprinkling of snow in the night. Lorelei wraps up warm in her hand-knitted hat and scarf. These two were made by Mio and were a free gift when I bought some clothes from her.



Lorelei is also wearing the cream sweater with rose embroidery.