Knit Picks Fingering Yarn

Just a quick note of business, I have not received compensation for this review. I am just thrilled to have found a source of fingering yarn that is not in baby colors. At first, I was even excited to find the baby fingering yarn. If you have followed this blog, you know my journey to find the lightweight yarn for my doll clothes. I have not been able to find a regular local source for fingering yarn. Posts to various sites had not proved helpful. I guess most people use thread or sport weight for their projects or they are just holding out on their sources for fingering yarn. I can occasionally find Paton's and Bernat Baby Fingering yarn at local JoAnn's and AC Moore's but neither carries the products with any predictability. I had taken to ordering my baby fingering yarn online when JoAnn's had it on sale. I was disappointed to find Knitting Warehouse had little to offer in price difference or selection. When I find something I have spent time looking for, I share it with others who might also not know where to look.

Mom came through when she referred me to Knit Picks. She has been knitting the small outfits and was ahead of me in locating a source. I was a bit intimidated with the yarn selection process. I am a simple yarn buyer. I just want basic simple yarn that will make doll clothes and toys. While I understand the benefits of more expensive yarns for other projects, there is little value added in buying the more expensive yarns for my projects. It means I can make fewer projects.

I can now move beyond pastel colors. I found some beautiful primary colors and blends that I cannot wait to try. Barbie and Barbie's dressers will also be pleased to move beyond the basic pinks, blues, yellows, and pale purples of baby yarn as well.

What was most pleasing was the cost. I found Palette Yarn 50g balls are priced from $1.99-$2.19 a skein. The baby skeins are no larger and that is less than I pay for them on sale. They are also acrylic, not wool. Knit Picks also offers free shipping if you order more than $50. Not surprising I had no trouble meeting that requirement. Stay tuned, I will be discussing my experience with this yarn soon and hopefully have some projects to show.

Barbie and American Girl Doll Free Patterns are listed on my blog at these locations:

Barbie Crochet and Sewing Page

Barbie Knitting Page

Ken Page

Kelly/Skipper Page

American Girl Doll Crochet and Sewing

American Girl Doll Knitting

Additional Doll Patterns also Available on the Holiday Blogs:

Valentines

Easter

Graduation

Patriotic

Halloween Page

Thanksgiving

Christmas


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Fashion Doll Polish Peasant Dress

One of the challenges I faced when I started this pattern was the realization that fingering yarn is not as easy to acquire as it once was in local stores. I have since been experimenting with alternatives and trying to buy equivalents online, but it has been challenging. This gown was made with remnants of yarn purchased at a Church sale. Unfortunately, while I had enough to finish the dress, I had to finish the apron in white. Somehow, it seemed like a realistic solution that might have been made if someone had in fact run out of the required resources. If I can find the right pattern of variegated fingering yarn, I would love to match the original pattern as it makes a pretty outfit. This was fairly close to the look I wanted, just lacked enough yarn.



The pattern used to make this outfit is the Polish Peasant Dress by Frances Morse. It can be found in the out of print Fashion Wardrobe International 87D10, Annie’s Pattern Club, published by Annie’s Attic, 1983.

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