6 girls

all wearing knits....



1) Dimity in a Tonner grey hooded cardigan. I love this style.
2) Phoebe wearing a cardigan I made based on a Teva Durham design in Knitty.
3) Polly in the Dollswest textured cardigan from this month.
4) Leo wearing an adapted version of a turtleneck sweater pattern (Dollswest).
5) Trance in a simple top down raglan made from sock yarn.
6) Jemini wears a Madame A. Alex sweater.

Just because!

The last day of January - at last. This has been a very long month!
Phoebe is snuggly in her cable sweater. This was knitted by Nadine from a Daniel Bingham pattern. I love the little pockets

Nostalgia

This cardigan was one of the first pieces of doll knitting I'd completed for fashion dolls. I bought 3 Scotty Maloney kits, back in 2002 and made a hooded sweatshirt, a Nordic snowflake cardigan and this fair isle yoke cardi.
The sleeves are a tad short for a BJD size doll. Maybe it's time to try this again?



On Leo in 2007


On Little Ruby in 2007.


On Brenda Starr in 2002.

Rib knit

Polly is wearing a lovely rib knit pullover made by Gill. This was originally for a Tyler doll but the stretchy rib fits well over a Narae's hands. I think Polly looks fab in it.

I do have the pattern somewhere, I think it uses 4/0 needles and very fine yarn but it would be so worth doing, such a classic design.



These lovely socks were a present from my friend Jane and they were knitted by her Mum. Though I do knit socks it's a real treat to receive some that I haven't made. They are so soft and beautifully knitted.

Valentine and Phoebe

wearing cardis I've just finished making.

Finished!

Polly - 4 years!, originally uploaded by pacific_rin.

I completed the cardigan today, bands, collar, belt loops, sewing up and buttons.

And it fits Polly perfectly!

Polly's new sweater

Polly's new sweater, originally uploaded by pacific_rin.

Finished! And I'm very pleased with it.

And so is Polly.

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.

Classic!

Polly is wearing a black sleeveless cable knit from an Alex doll.

Oatmeal

Another favourite jumper and hand-knitted by Gill. It's so fine and was originally made for a Tyler fashion doll but Narae have slim hands and the sleeves just about fit.

Narae

Love this look!

Phoebe

wearing...



crochet hat - unknown maker
tweed coat - Affordable Designs
scarf - handknitted by me
top - Mio
denim skirt - SSW
tights - Janette
shoes - Doll Heart

phoebe, originally uploaded by pacific_rin.

A cold Winter's morning walk

wrapped up warm.........

polly, originally uploaded by pacific_rin.

hat - handknitted by me
coat - Volks
sweater - handknitted by Nadine
jeans - Mio
boots - Ajumapama

Winter Chic

Grey Hoodie revisited

The result - good!

And here are snaps from the doll meet and Kalia's new hoody fits!





I also made Flynn a couple of scarves and Kalia is wearing one here.



This is the other scarf - a curly whirly one made in kidsilk haze.

Just Phoebe

phoebe, originally uploaded by pacific_rin.

wearing:-

hat by Carla.
wig by Tinybear/Sleeping elf.
sweater from Tonner Tyler Boutique.
skirt from Cheerydoll.
stockings by JanetteRoddy.
boots from Doll Heart.
necklace from a Daisy&Willow outfit.

That plain old hoody again!

Here's another picture of the plain hoody - Phoebe doesn't change her clothes much!
It's Spring and they are both dressed for Winter. Tsk!

Plain hoody with kangaroo pocket.

The grey hoodie I made years ago has always been a favourite shape so I decided to try and make one properly MSD sized. I started from scratch using size 2mm needles and Rowanspun 4-ply wool in colour Rumtoft. I made the pocket an integral part rather then sewing in separately and grafted the shoulders together. I started it on April 1st and finished it on April 4th.
And then didn't take a decent picture of it! Phoebe wore it to a doll meet the next day and this picture was taken there (not by me) - I cropped her head off because it was at a very strange angle!

Retro

Polly wears her black cable knit jumper with a black & white pleated houndstooth skirt and black bomber jacket.


Momoko wearing a black sweater with pleated Burberry tweed skirt. I just love a sweater and pleated skirt combination. I used to wear plaid skirts in the 70s.



I also like cable knits with short sleeves.

Green, black and orange cable knits from "Saucy Boutique" (2003.



Sydney in the winter white cable-knit from Winter Boutique (2004).


Tyler in the pink cable-knit from "Suitable Spring" (2003).