Lots to Love 10 inch Baby Doll Nightgown

I realized I forgot to add a link last year. This is made using Darski's free pattern set Sweetly found here.

Notes:

To get this to fit the Lots to Love 10 inch Baby doll I used an F hook and Baby Bernat Sport yarn. Reading my previous notes I remembered to return to the baby yarn for this project.

I followed rows 1-17 then completed rows 33-37.

I finished the back and then did the ties as suggested making mine 30 chains.

I finished the arms and added a sc chain 3. I did not attempt longer arms as this sometimes can make it more challenging to get the outfit on and off.

I believe I used Darski's BBL for the Lil Cutesies doll but I will be back with the Sweetly pattern for the Lots to Love 14 inch Doll.

Our Generation Green Christmas Dress

I found I still have one skein left of Bernat's Happy Holidays green glitter yarn and decided it was time to pull out Darski's free Green Christmas pattern found here.

Notes:

I realize I've never really made notes for this dress just a few casual comments along the way. For my own sanity here goes.

I used an I hook for the dress and a G for the trim and finishing the back.

I no longer have metalic white so I used basic white worsted. When I run out of metallic green I'm considering making it without the metallic yarn. I tried using a substitute I was given but it was too light weight for the project a few years back and the Glitter Girl ended up with an outfit from it.

This is a personal note for me chain one between each surface crochet stitch. No idea why but this works for me. In the past I've actually lazy daisy stitched the trim this time using the chain one I was able to make it work. I used fpsc technique for the ss as there are no sc and this has confused me for years.

I would actually consider using Bernat baby for the trim next time as the worsted is heavy with the chains. It looks fine for the surface crochet.

My Life Gingerbread Dress

This is another Adoring Doll pattern which you can purchase here. I believe I received both Gingerbread patterns as a set from my husband as a gift.

Notes:

Since I had both Gingerbread patterns I decided to make both of them for the two My Life donation dolls.

The patterns are similiar but different. If I make these for next year's donation I would use the first pattern's hat for both dolls. I had to take out the decreases on this hat pattern and it was still a little tight getting it over the hair.

Since hair ranges on the available dolls each year I try not to make anything too hard to get on and off. The first hat would work better for both outfits. That being said as someone who rarely enjoys repeating items I liked that this was a different take on the theme. The boots were different from the shoes and the dress works up well.

I used an I hook for everything but the trims. The face and bow were made with a g hook.

The brown is Red Heart Super Saver Caffe Latte. I finished off a huge ball of it after making the first outfit and it almost completed the dress. I've been trying to buy the Jumbo's when I can find them as they last longer for my doll projects. I was lucky to get a matching color as I didn't write down the color of the ball I had left. Thankfully if not the same as the unamed ball it was close enough that it allowed me to finish the project. The red and white are both likely Red Heart as I keep buying them when I run out but the browns seem harder to find and match.

I've been adding in the other yearly projects around the Christmas themed projects but promised myself no Valentine's outfits until every doll has at least one Christmas outfit to leave with for the donation.