Teenie Gem dresses 4 & 5

Continuing the Teenie Gem dress project see here





Dress #4 browns - on Little Fleur.
Dress #5 greens - on Coco Rosy

I reckon I can make another 4 dresses from the remaining yarn!

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".

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





I really like it!

Brrr.

Fleur wears a black fluffy UgliKnit hat on this very cold January day.

What brown jumper?

A mix of woollies - hat by UgliKnits, jumper by Bobon doll and scarf by Ajumapama.

The same UgliKnit hat on Fleur in February 2005, (with a ByChesca jumper).

Noro-vember

Scarf made from a bit of left-over Noro Kureyon.

Secret Garden

Fleur wears the crochet dress. It's pretty on her too.

Eclectic Mix!

Sky and Seina, Sinead and Fleur all have their own style.



Fleur's sweater reminds me of this rose intarsia jumper for Tyler




Floral intarsia knitwear was very popular in the 90s - Susan Duckworth, Sasha Kagan, Jamie & Jessi Seaton plus lots in the Rowan Magazines.

Rosebuds on cream by Susan Duckworth.

A cream hoody.

This is also a favourite sweater made by Bobondolls and is very versatile. It's a simple style and the hood makes it extra special.





And here it is on Seina in 2004.

Mauve cardigan

I knitted this cardigan in 2003, it was based on a Scotty Maloney basic kit pattern and sized up for a Cissy doll. I used a 4-ply Shetland tweedy wool on size 13 needles. Tried it on Fleur today, it's a little tight at the waist but overall she looks quite lovely in it.






Here it is on Cissy.

The crochet cloche

There was a revival of knitting and crochet as a craft pursuit in the mid 70's and lots of magazines had patterns for the crochet cloche, especially after Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974.

My dolly crochet cloche first appeared in 2003, part of the Seventie's Strut Cissy doll set. I loved this hat with its big red flowers and have tried it on lots of dolls since. Rin and Blythe were the first to try it.











2004 and Fleur looks beautiful in it. It looks fab over Cissy's orange hair too.
And here is Candy wearing it today.

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.

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.