Cappucino time - dress #5

Stripes! This was fun to do and a homage to Sindy's Coffee Party dress. I love brown knits!

Coffee Party

Love this picture, mainly because both Sindys are wearing "Coffee Party".

Sindy dresses.

I've had this yellow dress (knitted by my mum) since I was a little girl. The navy one is "coffee party", one of my all time favourites along with the brown version.

Yellow.......

Yellow rib knits are cool too!!

Green ribby sweater

I also like rib-knits in green. This was a jumper that I wanted for my Sindys but never did get.

White ribby sweaters, tartan and berets!

There's something about cream or winter white ribby sweaters on dolls. I love them.

Sindy favourites again - 1966 "Casual Moments" - "to top a casual skirt Sindy chooses her crew-necked, short sleeved knitted white jumper with ribbed finish."
There was a long sleeved white polo neck sweater in the Sindy "Winter Holiday" set.
When I collected fashion dolls a favourite was the cream ribbed sweater from Alex "Editor in Chief".



I love them on dolls but not on me.




This set of cream ribbed jumper, matching legwarmers and red tartan skirt was made for 12" dolls but I can't remember the maker's name. It's similar to Sindy's Highland Lass outfit.



A lot of my favourite patterns in this last picture - tartan, argyle, rib, houndstooth and turquoise gingham.

The next picture is another great combination - classic!

Ski!

A new Blythe arrived today - Ms Merry Skier. I love ski sweaters and the more traditional and snow-flakey they are the better I like them. I have heaps of patterns for them, must scan them in sometime.





Again, I can trace back my passion for ski-wear from Sindy!! "Winter Holiday" was the first outfit I'd ever owned and was given to me one Christmas along with my first Sindy doll. I still have this outfit and the doll.





25th Feb: A few days later we went to an Olympic Party Doll Meet.

My four wintery girls.

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.

Rib knit and houndstooth

I wish I had bought her in 1970. What a fab outfit - yellow ribbed knit and houndstooth!