Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Swimsuit

With this outfit completed the Lots to Love 10 inch Baby doll is also now ready to be boxed. Since I'm preposting this I'm pleased to announce this is done before Halloween. We've never been able to box stuff prior to Halloween.

This is made from one of Char's patterns that can be purchased here.

It provides separate patterns for the 10 inch baby doll and the 9.5 Inch Baby Steps Doll. For my own notes what threw me when I went to look for the pattern in my binder was the cover picture is of the Baby Steps doll and I thought I'd misplaced this pattern. It is the right one.

Notes:

I keep a variety of thread sizes and brands on hand to try to avoid having to order for a specific project.

I believe the main color is Aunt Lydia's size 3 crochet thread in warm teal. The contrast color is Lizbeth size 3 I believe wildflower. Lizbeth is one of my favorite threads in all sizes for contrast. The skeins aren't large but the colors add something special to a project.

I used a size f hook for the swimsuit and the visor. I used an e hook for the shoes.

Along with not including all the accessories as I had in previous years this year I also didn't add the coverup. I've been on the fence about it the last few years and with time being an issue I chose not to include.

I also used the Lizbeth for all the contrast rather than returning to the origin color or adding another contrast color as the directions suggested. I prefer the Lizbeth for the contrast. I also used it to finish the visor this year.

I generally finish around the legs for these projects but this year the edges looked good and it would have been bulky if I'd added another row so I let it go.

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Moses Basket

I love when I finish off a specific project type for a donation year. With this moses basket for the Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll all the small doll carriers are finished.

I don't make them for the larger dolls anymore as the multiple yarn strands are too hard on my hands. I wait for the sales and pick up carriers for the Lots to Love 14 Inch Doll and the 2 JC 16 inch Dolls.

Notes:

The Moses Basket is from Annie Potter's Sweet Baby Layette Leaflet. I don't have a link I'm comfortable with at the moment for her website so as I mentioned on the Lil Cutesies notes I leave you with the pattern title and if you are interested it's a starting point to search for it.

The blanket is the standard pattern I use for this rather than the one that comes with the set. I just have found it fits better. It is from Darski's free BBL pattern found here.

The basket is made using Premier Puzzle Yarn in Maze and an I hook. I alternated the fp and bp for more of a "basket" look this time but I think I'd go back to fp in fp and bp in bp next time. It just seemed to work better.

When I can get shipping deals I try to pick up different baby yarns from companies as I like different colors and brands that are available. I just dread the high cost of shipping. I believe the blanket yarn is from Mary Maxim as I stocked up last year when I had a coupon.

I used an I hook with this yarn. I go back and forth on the size of the hook. With the larger doll the larger hook seemed like a good choice to get the blanket to fit.

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Romper with Tam

Some what unintentionally the Lots to Love 10 inch Baby Doll has jumped into the early lead in the clothing donation race. I've been working through pattern sets for this doll rather than completing an outfit and generally not getting back to finishing the outfits I use from the set as I've done in previous years.

This is part of Darski's free BBL set found here.

Notes:

I used Herrschners Worsted 4 for this project. Still one of my favorite yarns for the smaller dolls.

The romper calls for a size 7 hook I used an H and the fit was fine.

It could just be the year, certain projects work wonderful one year and confound me another but I ended up playing a good deal with the romper this year. I'm not going to document all the changes because I suspect coming back to it with fresh eyes would be helpful in either completing as written or documenting the accurate changes.

I used an f hook for the Tam hat. I added a note this year not to increase in rows 6-7 but to follow the pattern as established without the increases. DC in the dc and fp in the fp.

I included a set of booties with this outfit using the altered directions I decided from the previous outfit.

I used a D hook for the booties repeating row 5 once before completing them with rows 6-7. I found the additional row makes the booties stay on a bit better.

I'm using the blanket pattern from this set to finish the last Moses basket for the small dolls and then I will be done with all the Moses Baskets and the BBL set for the year!

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Cuddle Up Romper

One of the advantages to dressing and donating multiple sized dolls is when something doesn't fit one doll you have a shot it will fit another rather than having wasted all your effort and time on an outfit.

This is Amy Carrico's Cuddle Up Romper pattern for the Lots to Love 8 inch doll which is not currently available. According to my records I haven't made it since 2021 and I didn't write much about my experience back then.

However this year following the suggested hook size the outfit was huge. The shirt would have been big but OK but I had to decrease the waist just to fit the Lots to Love 10 inch doll despite the stitch count being right so clearly something wasn't OK.

Notes:

I used a D hook with Bernat Baby Sport White and Pink.

I had to fiddle with joining the legs to get the stitch count to match and the legs to join.

Later I did additional reduction rounds above what the pattern suggested at the waist as the pants were large even for this doll.

I needed to make a larger starting chain for the headband as the original pattern does fit the smaller doll.

Not all a loss as I know have this set up to use with the larger doll. I am playing with my hook size to see what I need to adjust for a better fit for the smaller doll.

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll BBL Sweater Set

This has become one of the classic donation patterns for the Lots to Love 10 inch Baby doll. I love this sweater set. It originally used up a huge stash of left over yarn and now I have been finding a new set of yarn to continue the tradition.

This is part of Darski's free BBL set that you can find here.

Notes:

Sweater:

I used an H hook for the sweater. The brand is a Herschnerrs worsted that I will need to find more of as I think I have one more sweater set left in the stash I have.

The sweater required an H hook. I only use one button.

Bonnet:

I used a G hook for the bonnet.

I ended up with a slightly different front this time. I'd look at this again to see what happened as I do prefer the original look.

Booties:

I've been struggling with these booties for years so I decided to try a few different things that improved the fit.

I used a D hook making them smaller.

I added a row including decreases before rows 6 and 7. This made the boots higher and more stable on the foot. I've been struggling for years to keep these booties on the doll's feet and this fixes seem to work.

Pants:

I do not use Darski's pants patterns. I used an elastic hair band and crocheted around it for the waist. This time I used hdc for the pattern and when the waist was long enough split for the legs.

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Sweetly Top, Pants, Bonnet, and Shoes

I've finally finished working with Darski's free Sweetly pattern set for the Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll which you can find here.

Notes:

I used Bernat Big Baby Sport Yarn for this project Lavendar and Baby Baby.

Bonnet: Follow directions as written with sugggested G hook.

Pants: I always make my pants top down when I can. I used an f hook chaining 44 for the waist. Mine are made with double crochets until pants are long enough from waist to split for crotch. I chained 3 and joined at back and then completed each leg individually.

Shirt: I used a g hook rather than the suggested f.

Shoes: I'd made several booties for this set so I modified the pattern to make Mary Jane's for this set.

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Sweetly Nightgown

It does pay to read my notes not just look at the colors of the yarn before starting a project. The last time I made this I used Bernat Baby yarn. This is still technically baby yarn but a 4 not a 3. While Herschnerrs tends to be lighter than most it was still a bit heavier than needed for this project. A reminder to myself to follow what I've used not the pattern directions when choosing a yarn for next year.

So for my future self's sanity I refer to my past notes:

Bernat Baby

F Hook

Reduce rows before detail rows as pattern is too long for the doll.

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Sweetly Dress

With this project for the Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll I finished the first skein of yarn from the pile I unearthed in my doll donation area. The yellow is an old skein of Woolworth's yarn and it worked up nicely for these two projects. I added some Herrschners' Baby Yarn as a contrast yarn and for the accessories when the yellow ran out. I used Bernat Baby white for the undies.

I did this in the suggested g hook but I think I'd go with an f hook next year as it was a little large. Again it could be the Woolworth's yarn is just heavier. I would crochet to arms and check as I believe I used Bernat Baby the last time which is a lighter yarn.

Since I used the bonnet for the previous outfit I experimented with a hat using front and back post stitches.

I used the multi-colored yarn for the booties. I wanted a different color anyways since the doll already has yellow booties so running out of the yellow was less of a crisis in this situation.

For my own notes these are the adjustments I make for the booties to get them to fit:

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

You can find the free pattern set here.

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Sweetly Sweater, Pants, Bonnet, and Booties

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

Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Snuggle Sack

This was my travel project for December. I like a simple project to work on that helps me pass the waiting time and still feel like I'm getting something done. This was supposed to be a project for the Lil Cutesies however, I grabbed the wrong hook for my travel. I realized my mistake and just decided to make it work for the Lots to Love 10 Inch doll instead. When I realized I had the I hook instead of the G hook in my bag.

Oddly enough when I looked at last year's project notes, I used the same yarn last year for this doll. I used Red Heart Striped yarn for these projects so I tend to grab what is close to hand. This tends to be a common color in my stash. Clearly more common than I realized to have used it for the same doll two years runnning.

Notes:

This is a free patterns from Suzies Stuff you can find here.

As mentioned I used an I hook for this project.