Happy New Year!
I finished this outfit Sunday and moved on to a Christmas outfit for the Lots to Love 14 inch Baby Doll. My hope is all the dolls will leave with a Christmas themed outfit. Not sure how well that will go for the Calico Critters but I think I can manage for most of the remaining other dolls.
Notes:
This is Adoring Doll's Elf outfit that can be purchased here. It is shown with the Boy and Girl in red and green but the pattern is the same for both dolls. It is a jumper style pattern not a seperate pants and top outfit. While the shoes are separate the gloves are attached.
I believe the white and green yarns are both Red Heart Super Saver skeins.
The elf suit was made with an I hook and I followed the directions as written.
I used an H hook for the sleeves and the gloves. Even with the H there were some fingers breaking through I might go with an I the next time for the gloves.
I worked the first row of the collar in the back loops to get it to flop forward. I used the suggested H hook for the points I'd consider a G next time as they are larger than I expected. It might be that this doll has a bit of hair but I went up to an H hook and had to increase the stitch count and lengthen the hat to get it to fit on his head. I'd consider starting with an I hook and perhaps reducing once past the skull and hair.
The shoes worked up with an H hook. The only challenge I had was two different colors of green forced me to remake one shoe.
I would make this again for the boy doll as I don't have lots of Christmas options for him. This worked out well.
