Every year I target yarn that has been far too long in my stash. This year I found some yarn that had been moved up in my donation storage area that was a mix of yarns.
I decided to start the year by finishing this yarn off because there isn't room in my normal stash for this odd mix of yarns. Some comes from pre-Covid Church sales, some from people looking to rehome yarn when a loved one passed, and other yarn that needed a good home but didn't quite fit the projects I was working on at the time.
The yellow for this project is an old skein of Woolworths yarn. I'm not sure where this came from. I've picked up some old stuff from Church sales, I've also been gifted stuff from people looking to rehome yarn. This was the first skein on top and it seemed like a good target for Darski's free pattern set Sweetly. This will not be the last time you see this yellow. I hope to work through this set until the yellow is gone sending the doll off with a vintage Woolworth's addition to its new wardrobe.
The multi-colored yarn is Baby Worsted 4 from Herrschners.
You can find Darski's free pattern set here. It has a whole set of patterns for the 10 inch Lots to Love doll. I've adapted these for smaller and once for the larger 14 inch baby doll.
Notes:.
Bonnet:
The pattern starts with the bonnet and I started there this time. I used the suggested g hook. I'd likely go for an f next time. Then again it could just be this yarn which I'm not likely to see again.
Sweater:
I had changes listed and I'm wondering if these are actually for the larger doll and I'd forgotten? The numbers worked as written for this doll.
I used an f hook for the sweater. I finished the edgings and closed the top with a button.
Pants:
I always make my pants from top down splitting at crotch and making legs. I've tried the method suggested here for making legs and joining but it is always much more challenging for me than productive.
F hook. Chain 44 to fit waist.
Booties:
E hook
I keep playinng with the booties but this seems to be the best fit yet.
Complete row 1-3 of the booties.
Row 4: sc in back loops around
Row 5: sc evenly
Row 6: sc reducing 6 times at toe
Row 7: HDC evenly
Follow directions for 8-9
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