Winter Warmer Donations

I generally don't make lots of human clothes. I do occasionally make shawls, hats, and scarves. A group of friends were collecting hats, scarves, and mittens for a local family shelter from December to January and I decided this was something I should not only make time for now but I'm commiting to working on as I do my doll's clothes to be ready for the next collection.

The hats were all made using a free Premier Yarns pattern found here.

One of my goals for this project was to use up yarns I had on hand where possible. All but two of these hats were made with Premier Puzzle Yarn that I had thought I'd make shawls with but never ended up making. The light colored one was made with Premier Chunky Bloom. The solid purple one was made with Homespun Aster. It's getting harder to find Puzzle Yarn locally. I wanted to experiment with the Bloom Yarn so I picked up a single skein to try. I used the left overs for a loom knit doll hat.

I used an I hook with all yarns. I liked the first purple hat so much that I used the left over yarn I had to make myself a hat as it got really cold during this drive and I didn't have a winter hat myself. This hat was a little loser around my glasses which I really liked as I hate when a hat pushes my glasses into the side of my head.

I went looking for free scarf patterns on Ravelry that were more than just a single stitch pattern but also not overally complicated and would used yarn I had on hand. The first pattern was free when I got my copy but there appears to be a charge for it now. You can find the pattern for V-Stitch Puzzle Scarf here.

Notes: I used an I hook with Puzzle Yarn for this project.

I needed 2 skeins as I needed to complete 2 more sections with second skein. A partial skein would work for second skein.

I made the scarf 70" long.

I numbered the repeat rows and I used a stitch marker to mark row ends.

This was made with Backgammon.

These are quite warm. I had some Premier Basics Emberand forest green. I had 3 skeins of the red on hand but foolishly started with a single skein of green. Since I refused to buy more green I ended up finishing off with a partial skein of Red Heart Hunter Green Yarn. It wasn't ideal but it is warm.

I used a K hook with this project. As written with the worsted 4 yarn I had, this pattern was more like a scarf shawl which was not what I wanted. I decreased the stitch count to 20 stitches of the stitch pattern which measured about 6 inches which with this pattern made it easier to wrap around the face and neck for warmth. The waffle style stitch makes for a nice warm scarf.

Hunter's Warm and Comfy Scarf Free Pattern found here.

I had some time in January before these were due so I decided to explore my Knifty Knitter looms that hadn't been used in some time.

I started with a basic e wrap hat with Lion Brand Hometown Yarn which is a thickness of 6. I used the adult purple loom with this project.

I'm still working on learning to count the size of the looms but a friend told me the purple was the correct size for an adult donation hat so I started here. I'm working on learning the terms as I go.

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.

Lil Cutesies Dress, Headband and Shoes

This has become one of my go to patterns for the yearly doll donation for the Lil Cutesies doll. It works up quickly and is not too demanding. You can purchase Petite Designs Pattern here.

Notes:

I used a B hook for the entire pattern. In the future the only change I'd make is a larger hook for the flower.

I would love to try this with size 3 thread at some point to see if I could make the panties fit better. They are still big for this outfit.

I join the back rather than using a tie. The doll slides in easily enough.

This is made with Bernat Baby Sport in White, Pink, and Lavendar.

I missed this direction this year and had to pull it out. I leave a row off of the knickers that is added back in when I start to work on the bodice. The pants are long as it is and this helps decrease how long they sag. This let me use the actual first row of the bodice to crochet the row in back loops to allow me to use the front loops later for my my skirt row. Others may not find this necessary but I found it was much easier to get an even starter row for the skirt all around.

I've made notes for years about reading the directions that the first and second skirt directions are different. Oddly this year I followed that direction without an issue. I'll keep it here because each year what I miss is different.

Last year I made the two flowers this year I followed the directions making just one flower. I rather like the two flower look and would consider returning to it in the future.

The shoes continue to be a work in progress. Her feet never change but my crocheting clearly does and each year where I break to add the strap changes and adapts as somehow the shoe isn't fitting. I actually frogged the second shoe and remade it still fiddling with the pattern but I made it work.

16 Inch Baby Doll Dress for Summer 2

I've been keeping to some simple doll projects the last few weeks. Every project finished is another item in the doll bags.

This is the second one I needed for the two 16 Inch dolls that will go out in December. This pattern is from an old Margaret Funk newsprint leaflet, 1981 House of White Birches Baby Doll Fashions to Crochet, that I'm hoping to dive into more this year for the donation outfits. I've been using this particular pattern but I've realized there are more that can be adapted.

The shoes are from a free Darski Pattern Set Peachy Keen which I use for all this doll's shoes as they are the only one's I've been able to get to fit this doll. You can find that pattern here.

Notes:

I returned to Lion Brand Ice Cream Yarn for this project with the exception of the shoes which require worsted 4. This is made with Black Cherry. The shoes are made with scrap yarn from a previous project.

I use an e and d hook for this project.

Start with e hook completing rows 1-5 repeat row 5 changing all further row counts.

For the actual Row 6 which now will be Row 7 that starts the skirt round change to D hook to keep the skirt from becoming too big.

I keep playing with hats. I started with a circle until it fit the head and then I started with alternating 4 front post and back post stitches to create some texture to for the hat. The edges are made with triple crochets alternating with a sc around rather than a dc that I've tried previously.

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.

Lil Cutesies Moses Basket

I've been trying to squeeze in those yearly items as I work on other projects and it was time to make the Lil Cutesies Moses basket for the 2025 donation.

I've been focusing on using up yarn on hand where possible and when I opened up last year's project blog I realized I'd used the same yarn for the basket Homespun Aster. I have a stash I'm finishing off and this project has been one great way to avoid multiple yarn skeins for this project. The blanket is made with Lion Brand Ice Cream Yarn Parfait.

The pattern for the Moses basket is Annie Potter's Sweet Baby Layette. I listed a link to a company that was supposed to be representing her but I'm not comfortable doing it after clicking on the link and getting lost this time so I will give you the pattern title and leave you to decide how you wish to find it.

The blanket is made using Darski's free BBL pattern set found here.

Notes:

I used an H hook for the basket and added rows to the bottom and sides to make it fit the doll. I found it to be narrow as written and I make it higher than a traditional Moses basket so the doll doesn't roll out while the child is carrying the doll around.

I used a G hook for the blanket and added a row before the final row so the end and starting row would be on the same side before I added a row of sc around the edge.

For those who are interested there are two sizes of Lil Cutesies dolls. There is the larger doll that falls between the 8 and 10 inch Lots to Love Dolls I donate. I know every so often I discover in doll forums people are discussing the smaller Lil Cutesie which I ocassionally see but is not practical for this donation.

Lots to Love 8 Inch Baby Doll Loom Hat

Once I knew I was going to commit to learning to loom I decided I was going to add to my loom collection with an eye towards items that would work not only for winter warmers donations but for things I could use with the dolls as well. Looms have evolved well beyond what was available when I was even looking at Knitting Board years ago after playing with my Knifty Knitters.

This was made with a small gauge 3/8 24 peg loom from their Baby Knit Looms kit. The purple one I believe is for baby booties but you can do so much more with it like this cute little hat for the Lots to Love 8 inch Baby doll.

This was made using the old e wrap pattern.

I actually did my first Good Knit Kisses Lesson on this loom as it was small and finished quickly.

This also attacked the yarn that must go pile. I have a scarf finished from it for the Our Generarion Doll. I just need a hat for her.

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.

Our Generation Boy Loom Knit Hat and Scarf

After making hats for a winter warmer donations I had some yarn left over that I wasn't prepared to use for more adult hats. I'm planning on continuing this project through the year to prepare for additional donations in the coming year but the left overs are good practice for learning new skills like loom knitting. Doll projects are often a great way to learn a new skill as the projects are smaller and they often are a bit easier to fudge if they aren't perfect.

I tried to learn loom knitting years ago and beyond the basic hat pattern that came with the knifty knitters I failed miserably. I recently started watching Good Knit Kisses on You Tube and her videos actually make sense to me. I said this recently to someone who was frustrated at learning crochet using online videos, keep looking for a method that works for you. I mention Good Knit Kisses not because it is the "only" one out there but because it is the first set of videos I understood. There are plenty out there that may speak to your learning style in a better way.

I needed to practice the knit stitch after learning the crochet cast on. I did her suggested homework swatch but I wanted a project I could use for the doll donation as well.

I used Learn to Loom Knit for Your Doll for the Scarf Pattern

I'm not sure if I hadn't started Good Knit Kisses video tutorials this book would have worked for me. It was however the right book for the right time. The book discusses patterns for multiple size dolls for hats, scarves, a backpack, and mittens. I'm actually looking to find some of the smaller looms as I had no idea they had them that small and recently found them online at Michaels and Hobby Lobby. I haven't purchased them yet so I can't say how helpful they will be.

Notes:

I used Premier Puzzle Chess Yarn I had left over from a crochet hat donation.

The loom for the hat is the blue knifty knitter loom. The scarf was made with the Knifty Knitter Spool Loom.

I followed the original pattern for the e wrap hat for the brim and then used the rest of the hat to practice my knit stitch. I did not use the pattern in the book

I followed the pattern in the book for the scarf. The challenge for me was closing the ends with the fringe. I tried an experiment with my second scarf that wasn't as helpful as I hoped but I'm not giving up on this approach.

Most Commonly Used Crochet Doll Patterns for Donation Project

I had a request recently for help finding doll patterns and I realized it would be helpful to have a spot to refer people to and that I could start and update as time went forward.

This is my first go at this based on my current pattern useage for the donation. If I find stuff that is useful I will add it but I as I wrote this up I realize I've evolved from using primarily free stuff to using more paid designer patterns both current and those out of print titles I've had to search out on the used market.

Barbie:

Just be aware with Barbie and family that the sizes change. I will buy new models and donate the old ones when I run out of a supply of a specific doll to donate because I have to adapt the patterns I have to fit each model. One Barbie pattern does not fit all Barbies. I change the patterns each time I adopt a new model. So if you are picking up patterns if possible having a model close to the one you are trying to dress is incredibly helpful.

Clothing:

Mermaid here

With adjustments works for Barbie and Skipper.

Accessories:

Suzies Stuff Sleeping Bag

This will fit all but Chelsea and Stacie if you adjust for height. The teanie beanie is a better option for Chelsea and the beanie fits Stacie better . Pattern here.

Chelsea:

Clothing:

Simply Bluetiful here

Summer Play Set This is not a Chelsea pattern. I have adapted it to fit for the donation project.

The original pattern can be found here. My blog with notes can be found here.

Accessories:

Sleeping Bag from Suzie's Stuff here

Paid Patterns:

Char's Patterns

Mel Garcio Tello Fairy Tale Themed Patterns

Michelle Ratman

This was one of the few designers I found making simple Barbie crochet outfits that were designed for play not display when I was looking to add something simple last year. These are basic designs but they were quick additions to my donation project.

Petite Creative Designs

Stacie:

Clothing:

Polka Dot Skirt and Top Pattern here my changes here

Accessories:

Suzie's Beanie Sleeping Bag Pattern found here

Skipper:

Clothing:

Simply Bluetiful here

Out of Print Patterns that are worth searching and paying for if you can find them

Margarent Funk's Crochet Wardrobe for 11 1/2" Fashion Dolls(Including a complete Wedding Ensemble and Trousseau.)It was published in 1982. No designer fashions here but if you are looking for patterns to build a child's wardrobe this is worth finding.

I've been collecting Annie's Fashion Doll Club Patterns for years and finally aquired a binder that I still don't think is complete but... My focus has always been on items that a child will play with rather than display.

Annie's Fashion Doll Quick and Easy book number 87D20

There's a whole series Annie's produced separate from their Fashion Doll Club and I've been collecting them over the years. However, this is one I keep returnning to when I go to create a wardrobe. The others are beautiful but often more of a time investment.

Baby Dolls:

Previous blog post on Lots to Love 8 inch and Lil Cutesies Patterns here. Clothing:

Darski's Free Pattern List on Crochetville covers multiple sizes of baby dolls

Dresses: Anabelle Linmary Knits here

Hookfully for larger doll here

Hooks and Knives here

Larger Doll Diaper Pattern here

Accessories:

Dolly Moses Basket here My adjustments for 16 inch doll here.

I made these for years but with the need for multiple strands I stopped. However if you are just making a few for family the pattern is amazing.

Feeding Kit I only use the bib these days but it is a cute free kit. Pattern found here.

Suzie's Stuff Small Doll SLeep Sack I use this with 8, 10 and Lil Cutesies with minor modifications for size. Pattern found here.

Suzie's Stuff Larger Doll Sleep Sack I use with 14 and 16 inch baby dolls with modifications pattern found here.

Paid Patterns:

Amy Carrico currently on Ravelry she sometimes is hard to find but I lover her baby doll patterns and I think I have everything she's done in the sizes I donate.

Char Patterns here.

Petite Doll Designs

I have many of her patterns for multiple sizes of baby dolls. I just have to remember to translate from UK to US terms

Out of Print Patterns/Leaflets/Books worth finding to build basic wardrobe

1981 House of White Birches newsprint leaflet Baby Doll Fashions to Crochet by Margaret Funk it pops up from time to time not always expensive as it is all black and white newsprint. I've found some great baby doll stuff to add to the donation here.

Glitter Girl/Wellie Wisher:

ABC Knitting Patterns

All sizes of dolls mixed together most are thread. Despite site name their are lots of crochet patterns.

Paid:

Adoring Dolls

Char Patterns

Little Bitty Boutique

Petite Creative Designs

18 Inch Dolls:

Clothing:

ABC Knitting

Multiple sized doll crochet patterns despite site name. Most are thread.

Darski's Free Pattern List on Crochetville has extensive list of patterns

Dresses: American Girl Little Flamenco Dress This is one of the most popular patterns for our donation found here.

Dress for Dolly here

Pearly Dress here Princess Look

Tops:

Mock Turtleneck Sweater here

Bottoms: Ribbed Effect Skirt here

Sets:

Teddy Bear Top and SKirt pattern here modifications here

Night Wear:

Bluebell Nightgown here

Outer Wear: Coat and Hat here

Accessories:

Suzies Stuff Sleeping Bag Pattern here

Paid Patterns:

18 Inch Dolls:

Adoring Dolls wide variety of affordable patterns along with frequent sales

Maggie Crochet's Abby, Allie and Annie pattern set. She has many for the 18 inch doll but this is my got to pant set and I've made many of the other items several times. Here

Michelle Ratman

Discovered this designer last year. The designs are pretty easy to follow and very affordable.

Sweet Silver Creations

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

16 Inch Baby Doll Diaper 4th and final for 2025

There is something incredible about finishing a task, especially on a big project like this doll donation.

Life gets busy and having these items "banked" for the year is a huge relief as there are other things both good and bad that come along making my time for this project more limited as the year progresses. Knowing some of the core items are done and no longer something I have to squeeze in is always such a happy feeling.

I did have a momentary panic. I've been using this pattern for the 16 Inch Baby doll since before I had to go to the Wayback machine to find it and during the holiday season mine went missing before I started diaper 4. I still have hopes that it might turn up but I printed a second one and this one went right back to the larger baby doll binder as soon as I was finished. You never know when things could slide off the Wayback machine and this is one of my core items.

You can find the free pattern here.

Notes:

In case I ever do lose this pattern and I have to recreate it starts with a chain 22 from there I work the decreases and increases.

I've gone back and forth on hook size depending on the yarn and my hands. This year the J hook with worsted 4 acrylic white seemed to be the solution. It seemed fitting I finished off a scrap ball of white on the last diaper.

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.

My Life Loom Knit Hat and Crochet Shawl

At a Christmas Church sale we attended I found a used My Life doll to help with the modeling for the doll donation. This hat fit her much better than my primary doll and she actually is one of the current models we donate so it seemed fitting to use her for today's post.

I will be posting later in the month once it is finally finished about a winter warming donation project I participated in and it got me thinking about returning to looming. I never have been great at it but people always talk about looming hats for charity so I thought it would be a good idea to practice before I started making loom hats for humans. This is actually yarn left over from one of the charity hats I made. I'm finding the 5 bulky is a bit thin for hats but again the doll isn't quite as picky and it was a great practice project.

For those of you interested the blue knifty knitter loom fits the 18" dolls. If you are not using the no longer available knifty looms I believe the blue is considered to be the baby loom. Try your smallest loom on top of the doll's head to see if it will fit. I hadn't loomed in several years and was following the directions for the baby hat. I previously had measured the hat on the doll's head to see when to stop. This hat is about 5 inches long and a little high. The baby pattern I believed suggested 6 inches which would have been huge. Next time I will measure it on the doll.

Last year I was working on camping outfits from Adoring Doll's Camping pattern for the Glitter Girl Doll found here. Instead of using an f hook I ended up using an H hook which fit the 18 inch doll but not the intended Glitter Girl Doll. I had intended to go back and create a camping outfit for the My Life Doll but it never happened. As a result I found myself in January with two accessories and decided it was OK to donate them as a pair of accessories without a complete outfit.

Lots to Love 8 Inch Baby Doll Moses Basket

I've been using this pattern for several years to provide the smaller baby dolls with bassinets. However, Annie Potter keeps moving her patterns to a different location. I'm not sure how much longer it will be available to purchase. However, her Sweet Baby Layette pattern still seems to be available for purchase from her company here.

This was made with left over Premier Puzzle Hangman I had left over from making a charity hat. I used a H hook. The blanket is made from a Darski's free BBL pattern set found here using an G hook and some old sport baby yarn.

Our Generation Boy Pilgrim

I actually started this shortly after I finished the girl Our Generation Pilgrim but I finished it in pieces. I'd get one item done and put it aside to finish a different project. I finally decided New Year's Day it needed to be completed before pieces were lost and the project abandoned.

This was made using Adoring Doll's male Pilgrim set you can purchase here. She offers a set with both the female and male doll which is the one I have since I use both patterns.

I was disapointed to discover I hadn't written down notes as I went along so I'm trying to recreat notes as I go here. I do know from checking the pants I used elastic at the waist of the pants. I think I then was able to use an H hook for the pants.

I think I also used an H for the hat although at least for the base I'd go larger as it is a bit tight maybe going with a smaller hook once past the head.

I know I used an I hook for the shirt and an H for the belt. I needed to the belt to get it to fit around the body. I added stitches until it fit and used a snap to close the belt.

Fairly sure the shoes were an H hook as the boots were tight when I went with suggested G hook.

I would add a few rows to the sleeves and perhaps one row to the pants. The pants are supposed to be shorter for the period but these are just a little shorter than needed.

Lots to Love 14 Inch Baby Doll Baby Bib

I finished this project back in December but with the holidays and updating computer equipment it never got documented.

It is worth celebrating as with this project I'm done with baby doll bibs for the 2025 donations!!

I discovered a few years ago that the free bib pattern I use for the larger 16 inch baby dolls really doesn't adapt well for the smaller 14 inch doll. I purchased a series of Annie's DVD pattern collections several years ago and one of the pattern sets on there was Needlecrafts Sweet Cuddles 971016 by Sandra Miller Maxfield. The set is for making a 15 inch doll with clothing. So far I've just been using the bib. Since I didn't buy the pattern it came as part of a collection it was a unplanned bonus.

I just need one more diaper for the 16 inch dolls. I feel like getting all these diaper bag items done before the New Year has been a good start for the donation year.

Lots to Love 8 Inch Baby Doll Snuggle Sack

I added snuggle sacks for the baby dolls a few years ago. Suzie's Stuff Blog has free patterns for a few different sizes along with sleeping bags for other dolls that I also use for the donation. You can find this pattern here.

Notes:

I used an F hook to make this for the smaller 8" doll.

I used Herrschners Worsted Baby Yarn color Tiara.

I did not need to add rows to get this to fit the doll and since it was a new skein I didn't have issues finishing it. I am reminded that it is time to order more Herrchners yarn as it is my go to yarn for the smaller baby dolls.

Happy New Year!

I got really far behind in November posting projects which led me to catching up and preposting projects through December and now into January. As I wish you a Happy New Year I still am anticipating a Merry Christmas. That being said I'd much rather be ahead for once that so far behind in my posts that I've completley lost any contact with what I did to make a project.

It also seemed appropriate to celebrate the New Year having finished another set of items for the 2025 donation. All the baby doll wipes are complete with this second set.

I'm always a little amazed when I pull this stuff out to pack at the end of November and beginning of December to realize how many little pieces go into making the larger donation. I remember many of the bigger projects but these little ones fall out of the project bags as I'm packing and remind me how many items are part of what I try to include in each donation.

This is part of a diaper bag crochet pattern no longer available from Crochet n'play. Over the years I've started buying some of the diaper bag/feeding kit items as some of them just are not worth the time and energy or the pain to my hands. I also no longer make the doll bassinets which I made for years as I couldn't deal with the multiple yarn skeins strain on my wrists and hands.

However, there are still a few items I continue to add to the larger baby dolls. I make these wipes because they add more value to pretend play. I make diapers because they have the potential to last longer than the plastic disposable doll ones. I also add bibs because the ones that come with the kits don't always fit the dolls I buy.

I wish all of you a happy, healthy New Year. I hope this donation continues to be blessed and our ability to help kids at Christmas continues.