Lil Cutesies Christmas Dress

The Lil Cutesies doll is next up for a Christmas outfit. I went back to the Petite Doll's outfit I wrote about last week changing to Christmas colors and making the corrections in the skirt following the directions for a dc ch dc v-stitch to a 2 dc ch 2 dc v-stitch in the second row which makes for a puffier skirt.

The dress and shoes are made using a Petite Designs pattern that can be purchased here. The hat is again adapted from the free Barbie Santa hat available here.

Notes:

I've started to use size 3 thread for some of the smaller baby doll dresses as I'm fining them to be a bit large with the sport baby yarn. The red sport I have is slightly heavier than current baby yarn which makes it even less helpful for these outfits.

The white and red are Aunt Lydia's. The green is Thread Art. When I start buying thread again I'm going to need some darker greens in all numbers if I want to do the Christmas project again for next year's donation.

I did rows 1 and 2 skippped to 4

I join all rows no need to close back.

I decreased the panty rows down to 3 and this made for a better fitting panty. It reduced the width for the front of the panties but this was not a huge issue as they tend to be incredibly bulky in full.

Hat:

I needed a chain of 50 to get the hat to fit around the doll's head. Over the white base rows I reduced to the original count and the thread stretched quite well. I was then able to follow the pattern as written.

The pom pom continues to be the pattern I've used for all of these dolls and then sewn on to the hat. I've never been great at making traditional pom poms and these don't tend to shed.

Chelsea Christmas Dress

Chelsea enters the 2026 donation with a Christmas outfit made from two free patterns. The dress is the free Simply Bluetiful pattern found here. The hat is the same one hat I used for Skipper found here.

I was able to finish Skipper and Chelsea's dresses two days before Christmas. It is fun to crochet Christmas items during the holiday season itself.

Notes:

Dress:

This dress has become a staple for Chelsea although I don't believe it made it into the 2025 donation as I'd tried a bunch of new pattern for Chelsea.

I believe these are both Aunt Lydia's size 10 crochet thread but for my notes the variegated is Aunt Lydia's Shades of Christmas. I had bought some for pot holders a while back and am working on using up orphan fiber.

To fit this Chelsea I need a 1.8 mm thread crochet hook.

I do not overlap the back as suggested in the pattern as I find the dress is then too tight.

The final row is a trim and depending on my mood I add or leave off. Wanting to add the contrasting color thread I chose to use the trim row. I would do this again in the future for a Christmas dress.

Hat:

The major change to the hat is I used the 1.8 mm hook for the hat. It fit her head better and it also looks like it will work for Stacie.

I hate making pom poms. I had an 18 inch doll Santa hat years ago that crochet balls and added them so that's what I've been doing this year. !0dc into magic circle. 2dc into each dc for 20 total. Finish off and close to make ball leaving end to sew to hat.